🌿 Non-profit foundation · Florida, USA

Give your gear a second life. Give a child a chance.

SaMi collects, sorts, and delivers used clothing and sports gear, to vulnerable communities in Costa Rica. Every donated item changes a story.

Make a donation How it works
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Items delivered
+1000
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Communities reached
4
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Children benefited (ages 1–17)
+300

📍 Communities: Trapiche · Brasilito · San José de Pinilla · Huacas

Our Foundation

Our Mission and Vision

🎯 Mission

To collect, sort, clean, and distribute used clothing and sports items to children ages 1 to 17 in vulnerable communities in Costa Rica, ensuring dignity, transparency, and traceability in every donation.

🌎 Vision

To become the most trusted bridge between those who have and those who need, expanding our geographic and age reach, so that every child can play with dignity.

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Transparency

Every donation is tracked and receipted.

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Dignity

Clean, sorted clothing in good condition.

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Sustainability

Circular economy in service of community.

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Family

Born from a family, for all families.

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Local impact

We connect with community leaders.

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Joy

Sport as a tool for social change.

The Process

How does a donation work?

From the moment you decide to donate until the item reaches a child's hands — everything is recorded and you can check it at any time.

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Step 1

You register

Fill out the online form with item type and quantity.

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Step 2

We contact you

We coordinate the most convenient pickup or drop-off.

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Step 3

We sort and clean

We verify condition, wash, and organize the items.

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Step 4

We ship to Costa Rica

Items are shipped to the selected destination community.

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Step 5

You receive your receipt

Delivery confirmation + official receipt + community photo.

SaMi

Meet Santi and Miranda

SA·MI

Where does the name come from?

SaMi comes from combining the first two letters of SAnti and the first two of MIranda. They are our children, our inspiration, and the most authentic ambassadors of this foundation. We want them to grow up understanding that privilege carries responsibility — and that play is every child's right.

Santi

Santi

Chief Inspiration Officer · SA

The "SA" in SaMi. Soccer goalkeeper and golf enthusiast — if there's a sport, Santi plays it. As a keeper he knows firsthand what it costs to gear up: gloves, goalkeeper pants, jerseys… a position where kit barely lasts a season. That experience drives every donation.

Miranda

Miranda

Chief Joy Officer · MI

The "MI" in SaMi. Volleyball, flag football and basketball player, with years of competitive gymnastics — every sport brings her joy, especially team ones. Her parents have always made sure she had the clothes and gear she needed, and that has taught her how much that gesture means. Miranda dreams of a world where no child misses out on sport for lack of kit.

💡 This project is also Santi and Miranda's first lesson in philanthropy. They actively participate in item selection and learn from an early age that sharing is a fundamental value.
📝 Journal

Stories from every delivery

Here we share, delivery by delivery, the real journey of every donation — with photos, dates, and the communities that receive them.

📅 July 23, 2026 📍 Huacas, Guanacaste 🤝 CEPIA Association

Our first delivery: CEPIA Association, Huacas

On July 23, 2026 we made our very first official delivery. We traveled to Huacas, in Santa Cruz de Guanacaste, to bring 50 sports items —clothing, footwear, balls and rackets— to the CEPIA Association, a Costa Rican organization that since 2005 has supported more than 850 children and families across 29 communities in the region.

Santi and Miranda handed over every bag in person. They saw how the CEPIA team received, checked and sorted the gear that other kids no longer used, ready to get back on the field in the hands of whoever needs it. It was also their first lesson in philanthropy away from home.

Thanks to this delivery, the gear will benefit around 40 children across three Guanacaste communities. This is only the beginning: every item we receive and deliver brings us closer to the goal that no child stops playing for lack of equipment.

Centro comunitario de CEPIA en Huacas, Guanacaste Santi y Miranda con el equipo de CEPIA Santi entregando equipación deportiva Santi y Miranda frente al mural de CEPIA Bolsas con la equipación donada
🌎 Learn about the CEPIA Association
Impact

Our goals for the first year

500+

Items collected and delivered

5

Communities in Costa Rica

200+

Children benefited

100%

Donation traceability

Thank you 💛

Our donors

People and organizations who make every delivery possible. Thank you for believing in SaMi and for giving sports gear a second life.

💬 What our donors say
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«We had sports gear stored away, unused. Knowing a child in Costa Rica now enjoys it is priceless. The whole process was transparent and personal.»
— Anonymous donor
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«I donated the cleats and goalkeeper jersey my son had outgrown. I got the receipt and even a photo of the delivery. I'd donate again without hesitation.»
— Anonymous donor
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«A simple and honest way to help. I love that Santi and Miranda are involved; you can tell it's a family project.»
— Anonymous donor
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