Earthquake in Alajuela, Costa RicaApparently the tragedy is still not over in Costa Rica: yesterday a new tectonic failure appeared triggered by the terrible earthquake Costa Rica had just 6 days ago and new tremors have been felt since yesterday.

 

People are terribly scared and more and more areas are being evacuated due to the damage and danger. Costa Rica has many volcanoes and due to this it is common that a small tremor occurs from time to time, yet the issues the big earthquake is bringing not only to the Alajuela and Poas areas but to the people in general. In Guanacaste, the earthquake was not such a big deal and tourism and business go on as usual.

 

If you are interested in helping, there are several ways to assist:

 

The CNE (National Emergency Commission) of Costa Rica has come up with a list of important items necessary for the refugees:

 

1. Camping tents for 4-6 occupants

2. Sleeping bags and blankets

3. Food for 3-4 days. Including: Pasta, coffee, milk (not powder milk since it is harder to prepare with racionate water), water (preferably 5 gallon bottles), canned goods, batteries, matches, candles, emergency lights.

4. Capes for the rain

5. Personal higiene products such as maxi pads, toilet paper, diapers, etc.

 

All of these items can be delivered to any Red Cross Costa Rica station, Mega Super or given the Costa Rica Boy Scouts all over the country. Also if you want to volunteer to go help you can subscribe at the Red Cross stations as well.

 

For more information on how to help Costa Rica refugees after the earthquake, please call: 2210 – 2723 / 2210 – 2725 / 2210 – 2763 / 2210 – 2764.