The photo essay that I chose was one that I found from TIME magazine. The essay is about a village that is currently fighting a parasite called the guinea worm. The disease is spread through contaminated water, so the people are working to find ways to still have water and not get infected. I think that it's very sad that this debilitating disease is affecting this village because it is affecting not only the people's health but also the village's economy. Because the people are not able to walk, they cannot fish, farm, etc. I think the photo essay did a good job of portraying what the people go through in dealing with this disease. I had never heard of this disease before. Did you know anything about this disease? Do you think that the efforts being made by these people are enough to completely get rid of the disease? Click either the picture or the word link to get to the essay.
3 comments:
this is a great photo essay. it was extremely informative. i had no idea about this disease. i am so thankful for the doctors, technology, and clean water we have here. i feel bad for the people because they have to suffer and cannot work because of this disease.
This is really sad and I had never heard of this disease. After looking at the photos I could never imagine actually having something like this. I guess we don't really know how lucky we all are.
The photo essay tells a sad story. However, I do agree with Anna, it is informative. I didn't know a disease such as that existed. The disease almost remains me of the cholera outbreak we had to read coming into Clemson.
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