Report from Costa Rica

Christmas Festival
for Children of Inmates

Celebrating Christmas with
children of prison inmates in
Heredia, Costa Rica

Fellow practitioners from the Costa Rica Center, the Administrative Staff of the Heredia Prison, and Heredia's Rotary Club joined to celebrate a Christmas festival for 300 local children and their parents. Some fellow practitioners dressed as Father Christmas and others as four happy clowns. Four large pinatas shaped as pots were filled with sweets for the children to break open.

Bags of sweets, cookies, drinks and gifts were prepared for all the children. Singing with a live band brightened the atmosphere and the prison's main square looked like a fairground, filled with harmony and the overflowing happiness on the children's faces. It was a wonderful day of plenty, the resources coming from contributions and the unselfish service of all those participating.


Gifts for the children

A letter of appreciation from the Centro Atencion Institucional, Heredia, Costa Rica to The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association for supporting a Christmas Celebration for inmates and families. (Originally in Spanish)

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