The indigenous Cabécares that live in the area of Bajo Brey in Talamanca risk their lives to cross the river Telire.  They have to do so in a make-shift cable ferry (in Spanish, “andarivel”).  This can be a very dangerous way to cross with the rapids raging below and when the river gets too high during the rainy season, it becomes an impossible feat.  Help is on the way, however.  Several organizations, including my church Vida Abundante, are banning together to build a bridge across the river.  The bridge will measure 64 meters in length and be about a meter wide.  In March of this year a helicopter delivered the materials for the bridge to this remote area.  This is not the only bridge that has been brought to the area.  At the end of 2007 a bridge measuring 28 meters was installed for the communities of Guayabal and Piedra Meza, also in the Talamanca region.  The bridge in Bajo Bley will give the communities of that area the ability to communicate and interact with one another more easily. Materials used are wood and a recyclable plastic for the floor that will withstand the heavy rains without the need for maintenance.  The cables will be of steel.  The indigenous pitched in as well by clearing the area where the bridge will be constructed, which before was thick jungle.  In a related story, the AyA (Acueducto y Alcantarillados) has installed an aquaduct to bring potable water to the indigenous of Bajo Brey, Telire.