The indigenous Boruca Tribe in Southern Costa Rica has artisans that handmake high-quality, handcrafted bags, purse , placement, hats and even yoga mat bags . All are made from local cotton using plant-based dyes.

Costa Rica is famous For their durable contrasting grained wood, including cocobolo and Guanacaste . These unique art pieces are made from local woods and appropriate for any setting.

The Huetar indigenous group lives in the mountains of central Costa Rica. Our artisan specializes in handmade baskets, pottery, and musical instruments using local materials.

The indigenous Chorotega people live in the Guaitil region of western Rica have. They have been making unique hand thrown , wood-fired pottery using traditional methods , clays and dyes.

joka is actual a family of artisans in the Guanacaste province in Costa Rica . They make wooden bowls , utensils , serving plate and decorative items that have been hand carved from local timber , particularly Guanacaste wood.

The maleku are the indigenous group og the Guanacaste province in Costa Rica . they have handmade drums , rainsticks and key chain masks materials paint they gather from their jungle.

In 1979, when Mr. Paul Peña, graduated from the Santa Clara Agricultural Technical College, he began a journey in beekeeping and agronomy. Since then, he kept a few hives as a hobby, producing honey for his family. By 2007, the entire family was involved and they began expanding their number of hives and, with it, honey production, which they began selling in wine bottles to our neighbors and friends.
 They gradually dedicated more energy to protecting bees and in 2013 carried out their first rescues on the Hacienda Pinilla golf course, where Rubín, Don Paul's son, had worked for several years. Since then, in collaboration with the Santa Cruz Fire Department, Guanacaste, we have carried out more than 300 rescues, covering homes, offices, and hotels within a 30-kilometer radius.
 Wanting to share our passion for these important pollinators, we began encouraging those who contacted us for rescues to keep the bees in high-tech hives where they wouldn't pose a danger to anyone. In this way, we seek to raise awareness about the importance of protecting bees and their fundamental role in our ecosystem, while obtaining many benefits from hive-derived products.

Pedro has been making Barro Negro (black clay) pottery for all his life. He learned the skills from his grandfather and father, but you will also see unique designs that only he crafts.

Motivated by her love of the Mayan culture in her town of Chetumal and of chocolate, Mary started a business to give jobs to the community and wonderful cacao and chocolate items to the world.

Their company means life in the Tolteca language. This inter-generational business specializes in using local wool and colored dyes from cacao and other plants to handmake unique blankets, rugs, handbags, and much more. The bag designs have been time-tested to ensure it will be your most durable purchase.

They initially came to Cozumel to grow specialty fresh herbs and vegetables for the community, but found that without sufficient bees, the crops were poor. They started a few hives and found that they loved the beekeeping better than farming. They sell 100% pure honey and honey products. You will notice the difference.

It takes 7 years before a new vanilla plant to produce top grade beans, and the plants require year-around attention. As a result, vanilla is the second most expensive spice behind saffron. As you might expect, nearly 90 percent of the vanilla sold in the US is not true vanilla, but was made from other plants.
 Gabriel is from a family that has a small vanilla farm outside of Chetumal, Mexico. His father felt that the commercial vanilla farms overstress the land and have compromised the vanilla quality. Consequently, he decided not to grow their vanilla in green houses or in formal rows, but in a natural forest setting where is naturally protected from pests and is exposed to natural fertilizer. The vanilla plants mostly grow wherever they want, and Gabriel’s family nurtures and then harvests them as they can.
Gabriel applied to a Phd program in ecological sciend in the national university to prove this theory. He plans on measuring growth and yields of their plants and compare them to production from commercial farms. However, he must make many other measurements (humidity, temperature, etc.) to ensure that other factors are not confounding the results. Gabriel is the first in his family to attend a university and so he is excited to use this opportunity to enhance vanilla quality in Mexico. SoulGives will help by buying instrumentation for him and sell their vanilla so that they can continue to develop their unique farming methods.We know that once you taste true vanilla, you will want more.

Ancestral.cr has been a venture that was born as a hobby 10 years ago living in northern Costa Rica. She had grown up in the forest and so nature had a calling to her. Then the pandemic hit and stopped her successful printing business.

Elizabeth is a talented jewelry designer who moved from New York City to Tamarindo, Costa Rica, 15 years ago to start a new life with her child. She opened a small shop and quickly became known as The Jewelry Lady, where she made stunning jewelry with local materials and upcycled jewelry.