For those of you still shopping around for holiday presents in Costa Rica, consider the following: You can pay a visit to a local Banco Lafise branch and spend no more than 10,000 colones (about $20) on a pretty cool stuffed toy and attractive Christmas cards lovingly designed by children. What is more important, however, is that these gifts are helping narrow the digital divide in Costa Rica.

According to a press release by Viviana Trigueros published in online news daily Periodico Pura Vida, 14 branches of Banco Lafise in Costa Rica are helping the Quiros Tanzi foundation by carrying El Browser, a soft and very huggable plush toy that is a peculiar looking creature with multiple eyes and very large ears ideal for Internet browsing. El Browser is the mascot of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative in Costa Rica. The delightful Christmas cards were designed by children who in the past received an OLPC XO device from Quiros Tanzi.

El Browser was designed by Lina Rodriguez, who is better know for her No Me Llamo (I Have No Name) line of interesting-looking plush toys. In 2011, the Costa Rica Star recommended the No Me Llamos as holiday gifts, but this time around one of the creatures has become charitable. Each purchase of El Browser and the nice Christmas cards goes into a special fund to help close down the digital divide, which currently affects 3,000 children living in remote communities in Costa Rica.

The OLPC XO portable computers are rugged, energy-efficient devices specially designed for developing nations. In Uruguay, they have transformed the country by significantly increasing the literacy rate in that South American nation in just a few years. Costa Rica used to enjoy one of the highest functional literacy rates in Latin America, but the country has been losing ground in that regard, and Uruguay is closing in towards the top spot. Education advocates in Costa Rica believe that closing the digital divide could help Costa Rica achieve higher literacy levels.

El Browser costs $20 and each Christmas card costs $2. You can find where the Banco Lafise branches are located here. For Guanacaste residents, there is one in Liberia at the Santa Rosa shopping center and one at the Daniel Oduber International Airport.