View of countryside close to village.
Local school close to village.
Our first view of the village Nainarkovil 2 1/2 hours south of Madurai. about 500 people and typical of villages away from the city.
Old school room where eye camp was set up. Nurses set up the eye camp in 110-degree F heat. No fans for hours. Took a long time to get electricity to building with the help of village men.
Every village has a lake and a temple. Lakes have been dry for over 5 years. A disaster! This is the local lake.
Road to school and eye camp.
The schoolyard. This used to be a beautiful school. Nothing is functional now. Only one room used. Very sad to see the loss of this school to the village. No water or services to the school.
Local boys in Nainarkovil
Doctors table with Frank and others near
A couple of men who came for eye check ups
Stations being set up at eye camp
Nurses getting the eye camp setup
Villagers assembling for eye checkups. A normal eye camp will have 300 people show up. This was the first eye camp at this village, so we only had 150. As Aravind comes back, more will come
Beautiful little girl with mother
A time for fun and community while waiting for eye checkups
Lining up to check in at eye camp
Station two and three at eye camp
Looking across dry lake at temple and main village
Aravind van and bus for patients going to hospital for sight restoring surgeries.
Ladies in line for check-in at eye camp
Lady from the village at check in desk checking in patients for eye checkups
Doctors examining patients at eye camp
Station two checking for eye infections and eye pressure
Frank and I walked the village after a while visiting with the people and children of the village. We met these children early on our walk.
Children during our walk. The girls were very shy. The boys more forward. They all warmed up soon. So sweet! I loved the kids.
