Monday, June 29, 2009

Helping the Wounaan

The rain and wind storm that blew through yesterday created problems for many of the local tribes. We headed out this morning to help clean up debris for a tribe called the Wounaan. I have this feeling that "lost in translation" will become a common theme (quickly)! We have Spanish translators and through them the village people asked up to help move a rock that was blocking their water supply and it was nearby. Well, "nearby" took about an hour of hiking through the jungle and the "rock" was more of a boulder. We moved it enough to take some of the pressure off of the pipe to allow water to flow again. I am SO tired, but it was wonderful to be able to help them out in such a practical way.

The picture below shows one of the boats that we used to travel in. This is the view from the village, looking towards the 5-star resort across the water. Two entirely different worlds, separated by only a few miles of water.


Picture thanks to Joanna (our group photographer for the day)!

2 comments:

  1. Beautiful shot with such a depth of perspective behind it. You're doing it--- using photography to capture the beauty of a world that needs to address injustices....

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  2. that was from Marilyn, by the way. : )

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