1. I. Show us an activity you enjoy doing.
Tell us how you think it contributes to your personal and
professional development.
I enjoy inspiring peopleby hope
and acts to change an unjust world
by loveand care for our neighbours.

2. For example
In 2008 I helped organizing a
mission trip from Costa Rica
to support Carlos Quesada
language school in
Nouakchott, Mauritania.

3. Our project ends up with 16 costaricans that traveled to Mauritania
committed to help the school and the cause.

4. What we came to do ?
Help Equinoxe School in Nouakchott,
Mauritania.
How?
-Teaching english and spanish classes
-Teaching embroidery classes.
-Develop a new business venture: The
cafeteria of the school.
-Play music and share with the
Mauritanians.

5. 40 % of the Population is below poverty line
2004 CIA World Facts

6. These are the Mauritanian “tomato can kid’s”
, they suffer modern slavery and some of
them can be bought for less than 500 $ US.

7. My work, and
students !

8. My other work
Helping establishing an operative plan for the school cafeteria.

9. Make great friends

10. Personal
Development

11. Personal
Development
• How happy the people could be with little things.
• You end up receiving more than you give when you
don’t expect it.

12. The small details like this girl smile makes your day GREAT! In Mauritania

13. Professional Development
• Exchange thoughts and ideas
understanding the arab world
vision.
• Deal difficult situations is always
better if you face them as a team.
• Respect, tolerate and learn from
other ways of living instead of
trying to change/impose a culture.

14. That’s why I enjoy
motivating, leading,
and organizing people
to get involved in social
aid projects.

15. Oh yes and I forget….
CocaCoca should improve
logistics in Mauritania…