Friday, March 12, 2010

Mahaika, a township that has a leper colony.

Mr. Fullerton, a kind man with leprosy. He sang to us "oh danny boy". Mr. Fullerton is blind and has lost all of his digits and some of his toes. He still has use of his legs. With his permission to video his song, he asked me to put on his sun glasses before taking his picture. He was quite happy to have his picture taken and had many other pictures posted in his room with previous visitors.

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  1. Kate,

    I'm so jealous!!! I wanted to go but couldn't. I think it's really awesome what you're doing and awesome that you made a blog about it- I feel like I'm going on the trip vicariously through you. <3

    I love that this guy wanted his sunglasses on for the photo :)

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  2. I've had the pleasue of meeting Mr. Fullerton on on one of my trips to Guyana. One of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard.
    Erik

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