The recent floods in the Caribbean zones of Costa Rica and Panama are still affecting scores of thousands of people and many communities are still cut off and suffering. Help is needed. If you would like to help with the relief effort you can donate to the Costa Rican Red Cross. If you live in the South Caribbean of Costa Rica or will visit soon, a local relief effort is being coordinated by ATEC with a list of needed needed items and local collection points. Also, Puerto Viejo based PuertoViejoSattalite.com will process your credit card donations and is generously covering the cost of processing fees so that 100% of your donation will go to the relief effort. Any help will be greatly appreciated by flood victims.