Human Rights

José Carlos Morales has worked on Indigenous Peoples rights for over 30 years, both at national and international arenas.

Workshops have been carried out with representatives of the different indigenous territories in the country on issues regarding the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, American Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Domestic Law and empowerment.

Environment

One of the main areas of owrk of Kus Kura S.C. is the environment. Work has been done in the area of the Millennium Development Goals, to promote and ensure environmental sustainability. Kan Tan Educational Finca is a pioneer project in the southern region, promoting Sustainable Development within the Indigenous Territories.

Capacity building has been carried out to ensure the sustainability of the environoment.

Over 200 volunteers (national and international) have participated in environmental practices at Kan Tan, supporting the project's values and learning from these experiences.

Youth

As the new generation faces new challenges, our work focuses on preparing the youth and having their active participation in our projects.

Most of the projects developed by Kus Kura have an active participation of youth and in some cases, they are the main component of the project, such as the development of Breeding Farms.

Alancay Morales is the youth coordinator and has participated in a series of events, national and international as an indigenous representative.

Childhood

Kus Kura S.C. has done active work with Indigenous Children. On 2006 the first regional gathering of Indigenous Children was carried out at Kan Tan Educational Finca. The creation of the Environmental Space for Children, which is a space for non formal education with children, on environmental issues.

Every year, the members of the environmental space participate in the Christmas Party. This party is a gathering space and an opportunity to help the children of families with little resources.

A team of coordinators works actively with indigenous children at national level.

Spirituality

Kan Tan Educational Finca has various sacred sites for the indigenous people of Boruca. Activities with spirtual leaders, such as the Bribris, Ngobes and Bribris are carried out. Creating a space for sharing and learning from other indigenous cultures.

The coordinator for the spirituality in Kus Kura is Leyla Garro Valverde, a nurse that has worked for almost 40 years with indigenous peoples in areas such as natural medicine, alternative medicines and capacity building.