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Sadly we are on our Last day!

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This morning we have been resting and reflecting on our trip. Kathy and Trisha have been uploading pictures. It is surreal we have hundreds of pictures and they all tell a story! Kim pointed out a red headed woodpecker this morning. It raps on the widow at the literacy centre every morning. The neighbour has a banana tree next door. the neighbour across the street turned on the stereo for Jack and Trisha at 5 am this morning, and this is the day we had to sleep in.Right now Beno is cooking us a pepper pot, which is a special Guyanese dish. Lincoln and David are watching Caribbean videos and sharing musician stories and tips. Sam is resting Jack is playing blues from his iPod. WE are reading and surfing the net. we are sharing pictures and music and studying the map to see where we’ve been. Cloudland isn’t even on the map. Tonight when it cools down we will walk to the all night market.

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School Administrator and Principals discuss the need for clean drinking water

The kids are in school from 9 until 3pm in extremely hot conditions. Currently, they bring water from home for the day, but they can’t carry enough water. The spigot in the yard is not clean, so our project will provide filtration for this school and 2 others that are about 200 meters away. The team felt very good after meeting the staff and students!

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The only available drinking tap for 800 children

This is an example of the water infrastructure in the local house.

Rain water is collected in barrels and used for toilets and showers, but not for drinking. Drinking water is brought in by bottle.

A lot of houses have these types of large black containers on the roof, or up high go gravity feeds the water where it is needed.

More posts to come on the water system we are assisting with, that will be used for 3 local schools!imageimage

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