Village Life

When not building a toilet we had some time to hang out with the village locals.  The village is called Pum Thumay and is home to 710 people (130 families). The toilet we helped with is the first one in the entire village!!

This little boy did not like wearing clothes so we nicknamed him 'loin cloth'

This man is head of the village:

The following group of people stared at us the whole time we were having our lunch.  When we asked why we were told  they have never seen foreigners eat before!

On another occasion where we were being stared at, it turned out they just couldn't understand why Fiz is so much darker than I am!  When i explained that we are from different parts of India, we got a huge 'ah riiight' sigh of understanding.

Whilst at the village, Village Head asked us to examine a couple of the locals, including a lady with a large fibroid and a man who had given himself a huge cataract with a swinging branch, he had also incidentally developed severe muscle wasting in his hand and arm following a poisonous fish bite.

During the consultation with the fibroid lady, Fiz got acquainted with another local:

Below are some pictures of the village, including another remote clinic:

Another clinic:

The lead doctor: