Last Weekend the GVI Quepos staff came together for a three-day staff retreat in Uvita. First, we worked through definitions that we use every day such as social change, community development, volunteerism and participation. Then, we presented our own visions for the program, worked through empathy maps for each of the groups we work closely with, made a plan for where we want the program to go in the future, played around with potential schedule ideas, and wrote short, intermediate and long term objectives.

Overall, we became closer as a team and were able to see a unified vision for where we want to go and how we will get there. I look forward to the changes and new phase of our program as we move forward.