What is the Nicoya Peninsula Waterkeeper?

What is the Nicoya Peninsula Waterkeeper?  

We are a not-for-profit organization, without partisan affiliation, whose mission is to monitor, protect and restore the quality of the water in the coastal zone from the Cabo Blanco to the the Caletas-
Ario Wildlife Refuge.  

What do we do? 

• We take water samples from the rivers to generate an information base so that we can both understand and monitor changes in our waters; 
• We organize educational activities to raise awareness of the issues that we face in keeping our waters clean and protecting our environment; 
• We provide free assistance and education to homes and businesses in the management of residual waters; 
• We support a better management of waste in the town; 
• We co-ordinate together with Florblanca and Tropico Latino the Ecological Blue Flag program for our beaches; 
• We campaign for the enforcement of the law; 
• We fight for the health of our rivers and ocean.  

And we will be able to do more as we grow!

How are we Funded?

As a not-for-profit organization, we depend economically on donations.  We have received donations from individuals, from the Sangham Foundation (the foundation of a family committed to the environment), from the OEA-Organization of American States.  

Recently we started a Nicoya Peninsula Waterkeeper membership system - please see our website to find out how you can become a member and support the important work that we do.  

Financing is one of the biggest challenges that a not-for-profit organization faces.  

  

The Team

Our team comprises of two people that work for the Association - Carolina and Jepo - and a Board of Directors - Grey, Luis, Dahlia, Ana, Favio, Nicoya, Christina y Nat - all of whom support our organization on a voluntary basis.  The whole team is committed to the protection of our environment!