OK, I guess many Guyanese have clean drinking water, and it's no longer an interest to them.

a picture tells a thousand words!!

and those pics says a lot!!

unfortunately not much has changed in Gy, because over 36 years ago....i used be in the very same situation with regards to drinking water

that's a good workout that's why Guyanese people so strong.

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Originally posted by chameli:

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Originally posted by Villagebelle:
a picture tells a thousand words!!

and those pics says a lot!!

unfortunately not much has changed in Gy, because over 36 years ago....i used be in the very same situation with regards to drinking water

Deed, you would be shocked when you go back to see how untrue those words are...much much ahs changed in GY...
and like any country (rich and poor) there are still areas of underdevelopment etc...
(this is not to say that I am supporting the PPP, it is the fact as seen by my visits over the last 5 yrs)

Cham...I will take your word with regards to the many changes (hopefully good ones) since my last visit was in 2002!!

but speaking strictly about drinking water....the few family i have left there quite often still have to fetch/haul water!!

This is not about politics or the PPP. It's about the basics necessity of life of every man, woman and child in Guyana. The water struggle is a today's story where many poor children are still not accessible to clean drinking water. I hope the next elected government can make this dream come true for all of Guyana's children. It's been a long and tiresome struggle for the disenfranchised.

I agree with Chami on this. Not to say that there aren't areas which are still going through what is in the pictures above but Guyana has changed a lot since I left and people are living fairly decent.

Unfortunately the crime is something that hasn't changed much and seem to be escalating now especially since election is coming close.

Apart from clean dinking water, Guyana needs better drainage and proper sanitation. Guyana is under sea level, and we've witnessed what flood can do to our society as seen in the picture. When raw sewage gets into the water along with dead animals and birds, it can breed mosquitos and flies that will eventually be of severe health risk to humans.

The hospitals need to be better equipped and professionally staffed to attend to such urgent needs, should it ever come to that. It's the basic necessity of life.

The government boasts of drilling new wells, this is a good thing. Unfortunately, getting water from the wells is a constant struggle for most Guyanese.
In most Berbice villages, water is only available for an hour in the morning and afternoon. When many people are running pumps to fill overhead tanks, the pressure is reduced drastically. For people with no pumps/tanks, they still have to sink a bucket in the muddy drain to fill water-drums on the ground, with water running at very low pressure.

The Guyana Fire Department is recommending a new set of pipes be installed around GT to access sea water for fires. It will only be a matter of time before individuals tap into it illegally for person use, eg, washing driveways, etc, thus destroying the infrastructure.

Pride with responsibility is severely missing in Guyana.

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Originally posted by Cobra:

Apart from clean dinking water, Guyana needs better drainage and proper sanitation. Guyana is under sea level, and we've witnessed what flood can do to our society as seen in the picture. When raw sewage gets into the water along with dead animals and birds, it can breed mosquitos and flies that will eventually be of severe health risk to humans.

The hospitals need to be better equipped and professionally staffed to attend to such urgent needs, should it ever come to that. It's the basic necessity of life.

We accompanied some friends to the Port Mourant eye clinic for a test.[It took four days to see the doctor] The procedure is placing their eyes on a plastic 'cup', which blows air to open the eyelids for the pressure test.
When we asked about sanitanizing the eye cup before use, we were told its not necessary, even though other patients have infected eyes.

In another test, blood was on the plastic glove of the technician from the previous patient. When we asked that the glove be changed the tech cleaned it with a tissue instead, until we insisted that the glove be changed before the blood is drawn.

It is now understood the phrase in Guyana, ' you dont go to the public hospital to get well, but to die.'

Ennybaddy rekkanize Bird and SupaMike in enny a dem pickchas??

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Originally posted by Sweet Fig!:
Ennybaddy rekkanize Bird and SupaMike in enny a dem pickchas??

Bird and Supamike hanging out dese dayz?