The GCAT Project to sponsor Medical Clinics in Guizhou Province of China, with Amity Foundation - Gallery 12
Nanhua (Bala River) village
Nanhua (Bala River) village
GCAT Project to Support Medical Clinics in Guizhou - Photos from my visit in March 2008
GCAT (the Global Concerns Action Team) at Li Po Chun United World College in Hong Kong is sponsoring the construction of two medical clinics in Majiang County (麻江县), Guizhou Province, China in co-operation with Amity Foundation. This page is one of 36 galleries showing the area and its medical needs.
Nanhua (or Bala) is a traditional Miao village near Kaili, entered by crossing this spectacular bridge.
Nanhua has developed a small eco-tourism industry - here are the rules.
A home and a shop in the village’s central courtyard.
Nanhua homes - note the Miao women peeking around the corner.
A view from the hilltop village down to the Bala River below.
Miao women in Nanhua village.
Miao women in Nanhua village
Cultivation on the hillside.
Nanhua village.
Many of the village residents are Christian, and the village has its own church.
A sign outside the church outlining the story of the village’s Christian conversion
A close view of the Nanhua church.
Local residents of Nanhua village.
Women of Nanhua village at the totem pole.
Residents of Nanhua village at the totem pole.
Miao women of Nanhua village.
Young and old residents of Nanhua village.
Women performing a ribbon dance.
Women performing a ribbon dance.
Local residents performing a bamboo dance.
The town’s population encircle the totem pole, topped by symbolic buffalo horns.
Women of Nanhua village.
A young resident of Nanhua village.
Cultivation on the hills adjacent to Nanhua village.
Looking across the roofs of Nanhua village to the cultivated hillsides.
Another young resident of Nanhua village.
A woman carrying a heavy load of sand for building in Nanhua village.
