for the Education of Women and Children organized a day-long institute where one hundred children ages 3 to 14 and 35 adults participated in a village. In 1985 fifty-eight people from six of the seven provinces attended a Baháʼí Women's Conference which was planned to help strengthen contact between Baháʼí women of various groups in Costa Rica and to clarify the role of women in the religion. Presentations were made on the lives of May Maxwell and Martha Root and mentioned local Baháʼí women who pioneered to Costa Rica when the religion was first being established in Costa Rica. Demographics By 1975 there were thirty-eight assemblies in Guanacaste and a total of 50 across Costa Rica. The national community is made includes both citizens of the , Guanacaste, Puntarenas and Limón provinces, and indigenous peoples Bribri, Cabecar and Guaymí. The Baháʼís estimate the membership in Costa Rica at 4,000 members and has organized communities in over 30 locations throughout the country. The Association of Religion Data Archives (relying on World Christian Encyclopedia) estimated some 13402 Baháʼís. See also Religion in Costa Rica History of Costa Rica Baháʼí Faith and Native Americans References External links Official Website of the Baháʼís of Costa Rica Religion in Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica