This man is unconscious. He was having a skin graft done on his leg and had been pumped full of Ketamine. I felt a little odd taking his photo since he had nothing to say about the matter, but he looked so peaceful. I sure hope he was having a good dream because what was […]
Nalerigu Slave Defence Wall
Dr. Hewitt took us just out of town to see Nalerigu’s only historical monument – the Slave Defence Wall. It is said to have been built in the 16th century to protect the town from the slave raiders that would kidnap innocent villagers and transport them south for sale to the Europeans. The was a […]
Photo of the Day
One day at Koko Duu, the nutrition rehab center, I took some photos of the kids and then showed the mothers the images on my camera’s LCD. They erupted in laughter and all started grabbing their kids wanting me to snap them as well. This mother was quite happy to have her kid photographed (as […]
Nido
When we arrived in our house, the kitchen was stocked with the basics – sugar, coffee (a must have!), jam, eggs, spices, oil, margarine, and powdered milk. Yup, that’s right – Nido – Nestle’s good ‘ole powdered milk. I grew up on powdered milk at boarding school in the Ivory Coast. I hated the stuff. […]
The Escarpment at Nakpanduri
Heidi took a well-deserved break one afternoon this week and we drove north-east with Elizabeth Faile to visit the escarpment near Nakpanduri. The escarpment is a long ridge that stretches west to east and on into Togo. Dr. Faile used to hike and camp here when he was a kid growing up in Nalerigu. Back […]
Photo of the Day
This kid was a student at the school run by Sankor Baptist Church in Wineba, Ghana. I took several shots of kids at the school with the chalk board as back drops. Some of the chalk boards had some great stuff written on them. One had an explanation of why germs were bad. Another had […]
Photo of the Day + Bonus Art/Math Lesson
In this image, Dr. Faile is checking out a little girl he is about to operate on. She had a large growth on the back of her head and he was figuring out how he was going to go about removing it. I really like the composition of this image because it (loosely) uses the […]
Professor William
This week a took a break from photography and computer repair to be an elementary school teacher. For a couple days I taught US Geography to the missionary kids that are home schooled here at the hospital. With a little help from Google Earth and my collections of photos and videos from our 2004 trip […]
Skin Grafting (with slideshow)
This Thursday afternoon, I helped Dr. Faile with 2 skin grafts. Skin grafts are used to cover wounds or burns that have a large surface area. The graft is usually made from the patient’s own healthy skin, but sometimes synthetic or cadaveric skin is used. The skin graft provides a framework for the healing process, […]