Baracoa Hospital
We made a visit to the Director of Baracoa Hospital to deliver a donation of scrubs collected from medical staff at Flagler Hospital and from nurses in Jacksonville, which the Director referred to as "pijamas"!
One of Nana's donated scrubs
These two women are part of the mosquito control brigade. They check homes in neighborhoods for places with stagnant water where mosquitoes might breed.
Visiting the home of a local retiree who is growing an urban garden, encouraging his neighbors to do likewise
Here is his garden
21 days from sowing the lettuce seeds to ready to eat!
Growing worms to help enrich the soil
We could find it all in his back yard!
Meeting with local officials to discuss need for water filters in rural areas--can we help them?
Elexis (above, middle) uses one and finds it tastes better than boiled water
Typical street scene, with Hotel Castillo (ours) in background
A steep climb brought us to the Archeological Museum, one of the Friendship Association's first projects in Baracoa.
In the cave is a representation of the great Taino chief Guamá
According to the label, this is one of the best replicas of the tobacco idol from the Taino culture found in a Baracoan cave in the last century.
Music from "Guantanamera" by Joseíto Fernandez