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The ACE in Costa Rica participants are: (from left to right) Michael Bennett, India Houghton, Chloe Beittel, Caelan Koch, Phoenix Clarke, Megan McGinnis, Kelsey Zampa, Jordan Stock, Jala Wright, Ivy Davis, Audrey Suarez, and Cameron Kerr.

Participants will also have access to a running route called Sea Point Promenade which is a 10 min walk from the accommodation. Sea Point Promenade is a 6 km / 3.7 miles long (flat, hard surface, no elevation) promenade along the seafront only accessible by pedestrians.

Emile Fourie is the founder of Ywaste and has a formal qualification background in Finance and Marketing and has used these assets into pioneering Social Entrepreneurship in Developing Circular Economy models. He is particularly interested in using this thinking, to creating tangible, effective and sustainable change, by focusing on models striving for job creation.

Ywaste provides an eco-friendly methodology for the management of food waste through effective off-site composting.

The zesty cuisine found in Gandoca is renowned as some of the best in the country. One thing is for certain: food here is different from the traditional gallo pinto and other inland cuisines found in Costa Rica. In comparison, Afro-Caribbean food is a fusion of different European cuisine and is characterized by dishes such as jerk—seasoned meats—and curried goat or chicken.

2022 Participant Connor Krug participating in virtual cooking class

2022 participants learning Muay Thai