The GCAT Project to sponsor Medical Clinics in Guizhou Province of China, with Amity Foundation - Gallery 14
Gonghe village
Gonghe village
GCAT Project to Support Medical Clinics in Guizhou - Photos from my visit in November 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.
Typical scene in Gonghe village.
The main (and only) street in Gonghe.
This building housed the old medical clinic.
This was the door to the old medical clinic.
A local peasant arrives for the opening ceremony for the new clinic.
The official party for the opening of the new medical clinic in Gonghe village.
Taking a look at the plaque acknowledging that the clinic was sponsored by LPCUWC.
The plaque on Gonghe clinic acknowledging LPCUWC’s sponsorship of the building.
A village spokesman addresses the crowds at the opening ceremony.
The official party at the opening og the clinic in Gonghe.
The medical supplies (valued at 10,000 yuan) donated by GCAT from LPCUWC..
I speak at the opening of the medical clinic in Gonghe village.
I present the LPCUWC brass plaque to the Gonghe doctor.
The doctors from the two GCAT-sponsored clinics display their LPCUWC brass plaques..
Presenting the medical supplies to Gonghe and Gaijiang medical clinics.
The local residents watch the opening ceremony.
Our students perform a folk song to the local residents to mark the opening of the clinic.
Our students then perform a Latin American dance - note the sound system (right).
The local residents watch and enjoy the student performances.
The village doctors present each student with a hand woven strap to say ‘thanks’..
A patient receives an intravenous drip on one of three GCAT-donated beds.
This sign acknowledges that the bed was donated by Li Po Chun UWC.
The village doctor looks from the clinic to the street.
The wooden stethoscope that has now been replaced by a modern one donated by GCAT.
Our students join the doctor in the dispensary of the new clinic.
The Director of the Majiang Health Bureau chats with the doctors.
Our students set off to accompany one of the doctors on her house calls.
Medical care at its most basic - the Gonghe doctor checks a baby on a house call.
The front door to the house where the baby lives with its parents and grandparents.
Typical village scene in Gonghe.
Another house call - the doctor checks the blood pressure of a retired railway worker.
Sitting with the retired railway worker and his grandson.
The butcher shop in Gonghe village.
