| Pillars of Hope | |
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| Location | |
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| Information | |
| Established | 2004 [1] |
| Founder | Narvin Lichfield [2] |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20050426221407/http://www.pillarsofhope.com/ |
Pillars of Hope (called Pilares de Esperanza in some advertisements) is a specialty boarding school in Costa Rica, located on the former site of the Academy at Dundee Ranch that was shut down by the Costa Rican government in 2003. [3] [4]
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