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.

Cricket Stadium

Farmer's Market outside of Georgetown

Students at Hope Orphanage in Class

They are beautiful children. The boy on the right has the same birthday is me. The sang their Guyanese Birthday song for us to hear.

New Amsterdam School of Nursing

Currently have 3 programs with 126 students. Their programs are Nurses Aid, Nurses, and Midwifery

Students playing in their school yard.

Make way for the cows. On our way to New Amsterdam

Amy, a child of the Hope Orphanage who suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome

Above ground graves are used because we are below sea level