"Images by Tamara Gentuso" (by Tamara Gentuso) http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/24942 Images by Tamara Gentuso http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/34344/IMG_8849_copyPassport2x2_small.jpg Images by Tamara Gentuso | Tamara Gentuso http://www.lightstalkers.org/Tamara Gentuso Watchers at the gate to the inpatient ward of the small bush hospital found in Doropo, Cote d'Ivoire. Only those with a valid reason are allowed in the hospital during the two weeks that the volunteers from the American NGO, the Hanna Project, perform much-needed surgeries. Cases are saved up throughout the year and are told to return in February when the American doctors come to town. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024472/img_0102Web002_small.jpg' /><br />Watchers at the gate to the inpatient ward of the small bush hospital found in Doropo, Cote d'Ivoire. Only those with a valid reason are allowed in the hospital during the two weeks that the volunteers from the American NGO, the Hanna Project, perform much-needed surgeries. Cases are saved up throughout the year and are told to return in February when the American doctors come to town. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024472'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024472 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:40 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024472 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024472/img_0102Web002_small.jpg' /><br />Watchers at the gate to the inpatient ward of the small bush hospital found in Doropo, Cote d'Ivoire. Only those with a valid reason are allowed in the hospital during the two weeks that the volunteers from the American NGO, the Hanna Project, perform much-needed surgeries. Cases are saved up throughout the year and are told to return in February when the American doctors come to town. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024472'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso The guardien, the guard at the Hopital de Doropo gate, keeps peace and orderliness by allowing only those who are ill or who have a note from another medical institution into the hospital to be seen by the visiting American doctors and nurses. Availability of trained medical personnel in rural areas of the West African country of Cote d'Ivoire leave a lot to be desired. This small bush hospital is overseen by an Ivorian-trained nurse, similar to a nurse practitioner in the US. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024475/img_0138Web003_small.jpg' /><br />The guardien, the guard at the Hopital de Doropo gate, keeps peace and orderliness by allowing only those who are ill or who have a note from another medical institution into the hospital to be seen by the visiting American doctors and nurses. Availability of trained medical personnel in rural areas of the West African country of Cote d'Ivoire leave a lot to be desired. This small bush hospital is overseen by an Ivorian-trained nurse, similar to a nurse practitioner in the US. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024475'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024475 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:40 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024475 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024475/img_0138Web003_small.jpg' /><br />The guardien, the guard at the Hopital de Doropo gate, keeps peace and orderliness by allowing only those who are ill or who have a note from another medical institution into the hospital to be seen by the visiting American doctors and nurses. Availability of trained medical personnel in rural areas of the West African country of Cote d'Ivoire leave a lot to be desired. This small bush hospital is overseen by an Ivorian-trained nurse, similar to a nurse practitioner in the US. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024475'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso Women with their babies waiting outside the Maternite at the Hopital de Doropo in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, for the delivery of a family member's child. This hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024466/img_0057Web001_small.jpg' /><br />Women with their babies waiting outside the Maternite at the Hopital de Doropo in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, for the delivery of a family member's child. This hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024466'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024466 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:40 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024466 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024466/img_0057Web001_small.jpg' /><br />Women with their babies waiting outside the Maternite at the Hopital de Doropo in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, for the delivery of a family member's child. This hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024466'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso Massive mass on this young teenaged boy's left eyelid was removed by a plastic surgeon volunteering with an NGO (Hanna Project), who was providing surgery to a small bush hospital that has no surgeons, during the February 2010 trip. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. Hanna Project seeks to provide humanitarian and medical aid (help, hope and healing) to those living in hard to reach and hardly reached regions of the world. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024578/img_0175Web004_small.jpg' /><br />Massive mass on this young teenaged boy's left eyelid was removed by a plastic surgeon volunteering with an NGO (Hanna Project), who was providing surgery to a small bush hospital that has no surgeons, during the February 2010 trip. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. Hanna Project seeks to provide humanitarian and medical aid (help, hope and healing) to those living in hard to reach and hardly reached regions of the world.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024578'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024578 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:32 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024578 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024578/img_0175Web004_small.jpg' /><br />Massive mass on this young teenaged boy's left eyelid was removed by a plastic surgeon volunteering with an NGO (Hanna Project), who was providing surgery to a small bush hospital that has no surgeons, during the February 2010 trip. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. Hanna Project seeks to provide humanitarian and medical aid (help, hope and healing) to those living in hard to reach and hardly reached regions of the world.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024578'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso Crippled since birth, this Ivorian man is incredibly excited as today he will receive a cart with which he can move about much more effectively, much more easily. The cart was provided by an organization called PET--personal energy transportation--and will give him mobility he has never had. This work was done in conjunction with the Hopital de Doropo, a small bush hospital in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024581/img_0199Web002_small.jpg' /><br />Crippled since birth, this Ivorian man is incredibly excited as today he will receive a cart with which he can move about much more effectively, much more easily. The cart was provided by an organization called PET--personal energy transportation--and will give him mobility he has never had. This work was done in conjunction with the Hopital de Doropo, a small bush hospital in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024581'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024581 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:32 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024581 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024581/img_0199Web002_small.jpg' /><br />Crippled since birth, this Ivorian man is incredibly excited as today he will receive a cart with which he can move about much more effectively, much more easily. The cart was provided by an organization called PET--personal energy transportation--and will give him mobility he has never had. This work was done in conjunction with the Hopital de Doropo, a small bush hospital in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024581'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso On his brand new PET cart (assembled by volunteers with the Hanna Project, an NGO that specialized in bringing help, hope and healing to those who live in hard to reach places and those who are hard to reach), this Ivorian gentleman begins to turn the handles and then doesn't stop as he races across the hospital compound. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024584/img_0206Web005_small.jpg' /><br />On his brand new PET cart (assembled by volunteers with the Hanna Project, an NGO that specialized in bringing help, hope and healing to those who live in hard to reach places and those who are hard to reach), this Ivorian gentleman begins to turn the handles and then doesn't stop as he races across the hospital compound. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024584'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024584 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:32 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024584 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024584/img_0206Web005_small.jpg' /><br />On his brand new PET cart (assembled by volunteers with the Hanna Project, an NGO that specialized in bringing help, hope and healing to those who live in hard to reach places and those who are hard to reach), this Ivorian gentleman begins to turn the handles and then doesn't stop as he races across the hospital compound. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024584'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso A newborn baby is cuddled by one of the volunteers nurses who is working for a two week period in a small bush hospital in the northeastern corner of (rebel-occupied) Cote d'Ivoire. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024587/img_0343Web003_small.jpg' /><br />A newborn baby is cuddled by one of the volunteers nurses who is working for a two week period in a small bush hospital in the northeastern corner of (rebel-occupied) Cote d'Ivoire.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024587'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024587 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:32 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024587 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024587/img_0343Web003_small.jpg' /><br />A newborn baby is cuddled by one of the volunteers nurses who is working for a two week period in a small bush hospital in the northeastern corner of (rebel-occupied) Cote d'Ivoire.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024587'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso Waiting is just a part of life in this rural part of West Africa. Family members sit outside the hospital room of an elderly woman who had surgery on her foot after almost losing part of it from a bicycle wreck. She had been perched up on the seat as her son pedaled the bike headed to this very hospital when her foot got stuck in the spokes. Upon arrival, doctors performed surgery inserting a metal rod in order to save the toe. She eventually recovered fully, as feisty and full of spunk as before the surgery! This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied territory of northeastern Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024590/img_0399Web006_small.jpg' /><br />Waiting is just a part of life in this rural part of West Africa. Family members sit outside the hospital room of an elderly woman who had surgery on her foot after almost losing part of it from a bicycle wreck. She had been perched up on the seat as her son pedaled the bike headed to this very hospital when her foot got stuck in the spokes. Upon arrival, doctors performed surgery inserting a metal rod in order to save the toe. She eventually recovered fully, as feisty and full of spunk as before the surgery! This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied territory of northeastern Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024590'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024590 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:32 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024590 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024590/img_0399Web006_small.jpg' /><br />Waiting is just a part of life in this rural part of West Africa. Family members sit outside the hospital room of an elderly woman who had surgery on her foot after almost losing part of it from a bicycle wreck. She had been perched up on the seat as her son pedaled the bike headed to this very hospital when her foot got stuck in the spokes. Upon arrival, doctors performed surgery inserting a metal rod in order to save the toe. She eventually recovered fully, as feisty and full of spunk as before the surgery! This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied territory of northeastern Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024590'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso This elderly Lobi woman had surgery on her foot after almost losing part of it in a bicycle wreck. She had been perched up on the seat as her son pedaled the bike headed to this very hospital when her foot got stuck in the spokes. Upon arrival, doctors performed surgery inserting a metal rod in order to save the toe. She eventually recovered fully, as feisty and full of spunk as before the surgery! In this photo, she sits eagerly listening as the translator shares what the surgeon has just said about the progress of the wound. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied territory of northeastern Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024593/img_0473Web004_small.jpg' /><br />This elderly Lobi woman had surgery on her foot after almost losing part of it in a bicycle wreck. She had been perched up on the seat as her son pedaled the bike headed to this very hospital when her foot got stuck in the spokes. Upon arrival, doctors performed surgery inserting a metal rod in order to save the toe. She eventually recovered fully, as feisty and full of spunk as before the surgery! In this photo, she sits eagerly listening as the translator shares what the surgeon has just said about the progress of the wound. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied territory of northeastern Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024593'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024593 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:32 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024593 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024593/img_0473Web004_small.jpg' /><br />This elderly Lobi woman had surgery on her foot after almost losing part of it in a bicycle wreck. She had been perched up on the seat as her son pedaled the bike headed to this very hospital when her foot got stuck in the spokes. Upon arrival, doctors performed surgery inserting a metal rod in order to save the toe. She eventually recovered fully, as feisty and full of spunk as before the surgery! In this photo, she sits eagerly listening as the translator shares what the surgeon has just said about the progress of the wound. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied territory of northeastern Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024593'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso A school-aged child quietly awaits his turn to have surgery for his cleft lip at the Hopital de Doropo in Cote d'Ivoire. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024469/img_0100Web001_small.jpg' /><br />A school-aged child quietly awaits his turn to have surgery for his cleft lip at the Hopital de Doropo in Cote d'Ivoire. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024469'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024469 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:32 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024469 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024469/img_0100Web001_small.jpg' /><br />A school-aged child quietly awaits his turn to have surgery for his cleft lip at the Hopital de Doropo in Cote d'Ivoire. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024469'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso Five children in line for cleft lip repair, outside the operating suite of the small bush hospital, Hopital de Doropo, in the Ivorian village of Doropo. All five surgeries went well with the children returning home with their families the day after surgery. Surgery was performed by a team of volunteer medical personnel with the humanitarian aid organization, The Hanna Project. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024596/img_0423Web007_small.jpg' /><br />Five children in line for cleft lip repair, outside the operating suite of the small bush hospital, Hopital de Doropo, in the Ivorian village of Doropo. All five surgeries went well with the children returning home with their families the day after surgery. Surgery was performed by a team of volunteer medical personnel with the humanitarian aid organization, The Hanna Project. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024596'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024596 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024596 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024596/img_0423Web007_small.jpg' /><br />Five children in line for cleft lip repair, outside the operating suite of the small bush hospital, Hopital de Doropo, in the Ivorian village of Doropo. All five surgeries went well with the children returning home with their families the day after surgery. Surgery was performed by a team of volunteer medical personnel with the humanitarian aid organization, The Hanna Project. This small bush hospital is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024596'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso Just minutes after being carried out of the operating room, this little girl is snuggled by her mother, and will not remember a thing as she is still very groggy from the anesthesia. She has had a successful cleft lip repair, and was able to return home the next day. The little bush hospital where the surgery took place is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024599/img_0486Web005_small.jpg' /><br />Just minutes after being carried out of the operating room, this little girl is snuggled by her mother, and will not remember a thing as she is still very groggy from the anesthesia. She has had a successful cleft lip repair, and was able to return home the next day. The little bush hospital where the surgery took place is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024599'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024599 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024599 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024599/img_0486Web005_small.jpg' /><br />Just minutes after being carried out of the operating room, this little girl is snuggled by her mother, and will not remember a thing as she is still very groggy from the anesthesia. She has had a successful cleft lip repair, and was able to return home the next day. The little bush hospital where the surgery took place is in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024599'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso Ready to go home, this sweet, friendly little girl had her cleft lip repaired the day before this photo was taken by volunteer medical personnel with the Hanna Project NGO. The surgery was performed at the small bush hospital in the village of Doropo which is located in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024605/img_0549Web009_small.jpg' /><br />Ready to go home, this sweet, friendly little girl had her cleft lip repaired the day before this photo was taken by volunteer medical personnel with the Hanna Project NGO. The surgery was performed at the small bush hospital in the village of Doropo which is located in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024605'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024605 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024605 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024605/img_0549Web009_small.jpg' /><br />Ready to go home, this sweet, friendly little girl had her cleft lip repaired the day before this photo was taken by volunteer medical personnel with the Hanna Project NGO. The surgery was performed at the small bush hospital in the village of Doropo which is located in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024605'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso L'Hopital de Doropo (the Doropo Hospital) is the only hospital for a four hour drive in this rural, rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. It is in the Bouna souprefecture and does not currently fully function as there is no physician; patients are triaged and treated by an African nurse who functions much like the nurse practitioners do in the US. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024602/img_0524Web008_small.jpg' /><br />L'Hopital de Doropo (the Doropo Hospital) is the only hospital for a four hour drive in this rural, rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. It is in the Bouna souprefecture and does not currently fully function as there is no physician; patients are triaged and treated by an African nurse who functions much like the nurse practitioners do in the US. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024602'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024602 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:38:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024602 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024602/img_0524Web008_small.jpg' /><br />L'Hopital de Doropo (the Doropo Hospital) is the only hospital for a four hour drive in this rural, rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. It is in the Bouna souprefecture and does not currently fully function as there is no physician; patients are triaged and treated by an African nurse who functions much like the nurse practitioners do in the US. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024602'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso Wonderfully relaxed, stretched out in the safety of mom's lap, this baby quietly regards the photographer. Her mother has just had a successful surgery to remove two supernumerary breasts which had become a mobility issue during the latter part of her momma's pregnancy. Safe and sound in a post-operative hospital room in the bush hospital of Doropo, in the rebel-controlled northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024608/img_0622Web006_small.jpg' /><br />Wonderfully relaxed, stretched out in the safety of mom's lap, this baby quietly regards the photographer. Her mother has just had a successful surgery to remove two supernumerary breasts which had become a mobility issue during the latter part of her momma's pregnancy. Safe and sound in a post-operative hospital room in the bush hospital of Doropo, in the rebel-controlled northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024608'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024608 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:54:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024608 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024608/img_0622Web006_small.jpg' /><br />Wonderfully relaxed, stretched out in the safety of mom's lap, this baby quietly regards the photographer. Her mother has just had a successful surgery to remove two supernumerary breasts which had become a mobility issue during the latter part of her momma's pregnancy. Safe and sound in a post-operative hospital room in the bush hospital of Doropo, in the rebel-controlled northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024608'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso This young mother came to see the American doctors who were visiting at the Doropo Hospital in order to see if they could remove the masses that had grown during the last part of her pregnancy. The masses turned out to be supernumerary mammary glands, and were successfully removed by a volunteer medical team with the Hanna Project NGO. This small bush hospital is located in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024611/IMG_9705_Webcopy_small.jpg' /><br />This young mother came to see the American doctors who were visiting at the Doropo Hospital in order to see if they could remove the masses that had grown during the last part of her pregnancy. The masses turned out to be supernumerary mammary glands, and were successfully removed by a volunteer medical team with the Hanna Project NGO. This small bush hospital is located in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024611'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024611 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:04:02 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024611 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024611/IMG_9705_Webcopy_small.jpg' /><br />This young mother came to see the American doctors who were visiting at the Doropo Hospital in order to see if they could remove the masses that had grown during the last part of her pregnancy. The masses turned out to be supernumerary mammary glands, and were successfully removed by a volunteer medical team with the Hanna Project NGO. This small bush hospital is located in the rebel-occupied northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024611'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso "Bon-bon" is the constant refrain from this trio--often joined by others who have escaped chores and mom's watchful eye in order to hang out at the back door of l'hopital de Doropo. A sense of humor, too, as they began naming the many American volunteers who were rushing to and fro past their vantage point: Madame Bon Bon (the volunteer pharmacist who always had pockets filled with candy); Madame Vit-vit (coordinator of the volunteer medical personnel on the Hanna Project team, know for her graceful scurrying from one problem to the next); and Madame Photo (moi, obviously! The only nurse/translator with two cameras on at all times). This small bush hospital is located in the rebel-controlled northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. The medical volunteers were with an American NGO (non-governmental organization), the Hanna Project, that specializes in humanitarian and medical aid in hard to reach and hardly reached places around the globe. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024845/img_0638Web010_small.jpg' /><br />"Bon-bon" is the constant refrain from this trio--often joined by others who have escaped chores and mom's watchful eye in order to hang out at the back door of l'hopital de Doropo. A sense of humor, too, as they began naming the many American volunteers who were rushing to and fro past their vantage point: Madame Bon Bon (the volunteer pharmacist who always had pockets filled with candy); Madame Vit-vit (coordinator of the volunteer medical personnel on the Hanna Project team, know for her graceful scurrying from one problem to the next); and Madame Photo (moi, obviously! The only nurse/translator with two cameras on at all times). This small bush hospital is located in the rebel-controlled northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. The medical volunteers were with an American NGO (non-governmental organization), the Hanna Project, that specializes in humanitarian and medical aid in hard to reach and hardly reached places around the globe.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024845'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024845 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:10:28 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024845 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024845/img_0638Web010_small.jpg' /><br />"Bon-bon" is the constant refrain from this trio--often joined by others who have escaped chores and mom's watchful eye in order to hang out at the back door of l'hopital de Doropo. A sense of humor, too, as they began naming the many American volunteers who were rushing to and fro past their vantage point: Madame Bon Bon (the volunteer pharmacist who always had pockets filled with candy); Madame Vit-vit (coordinator of the volunteer medical personnel on the Hanna Project team, know for her graceful scurrying from one problem to the next); and Madame Photo (moi, obviously! The only nurse/translator with two cameras on at all times). This small bush hospital is located in the rebel-controlled northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire. The medical volunteers were with an American NGO (non-governmental organization), the Hanna Project, that specializes in humanitarian and medical aid in hard to reach and hardly reached places around the globe.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024845'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso Grade school students listen attentively as the visitors to their village--volunteers from the Hanna Project NGO--present their teacher with school supplies and multivitamins for all of the children. The volunteers were with an American NGO (non-governmental organization), the Hanna Project, that specializes in humanitarian and medical aid in hard to reach and hardly reached places around the globe. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024848/img_0794Web013_small.jpg' /><br />Grade school students listen attentively as the visitors to their village--volunteers from the Hanna Project NGO--present their teacher with school supplies and multivitamins for all of the children. The volunteers were with an American NGO (non-governmental organization), the Hanna Project, that specializes in humanitarian and medical aid in hard to reach and hardly reached places around the globe.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024848'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024848 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:15:22 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024848 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024848/img_0794Web013_small.jpg' /><br />Grade school students listen attentively as the visitors to their village--volunteers from the Hanna Project NGO--present their teacher with school supplies and multivitamins for all of the children. The volunteers were with an American NGO (non-governmental organization), the Hanna Project, that specializes in humanitarian and medical aid in hard to reach and hardly reached places around the globe.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024848'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso Happy and healthy, this baby was not at all afraid of the very pale visiting strangers in her village as they treated the sick and injured in an outdoor clinic--she smiled and cooed and allowed the visitors to hold her. Note the necklace of cowrie shells--it is a talisman prepared by the local fetisher usually for health or safety of the wearer. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024851/img_0848Web008_small.jpg' /><br />Happy and healthy, this baby was not at all afraid of the very pale visiting strangers in her village as they treated the sick and injured in an outdoor clinic--she smiled and cooed and allowed the visitors to hold her. Note the necklace of cowrie shells--it is a talisman prepared by the local fetisher usually for health or safety of the wearer. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024851'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024851 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:20:22 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024851 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024851/img_0848Web008_small.jpg' /><br />Happy and healthy, this baby was not at all afraid of the very pale visiting strangers in her village as they treated the sick and injured in an outdoor clinic--she smiled and cooed and allowed the visitors to hold her. Note the necklace of cowrie shells--it is a talisman prepared by the local fetisher usually for health or safety of the wearer. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024851'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso Ancient and feisty--the two that come to mind when thinking about this elderly Lobi woman who was treated by medical personnel with the Hanna Project at the Doropo Hospital in Cote d'Ivoire, February 2010. She'd had surgery on her foot after almost losing part of it in a bicycle wreck. Perched up on the bicycle seat as her adult son pedaled the bike, her foot got stuck in the spokes. Upon arrival, doctors performed surgery inserting a metal rod in order to save the toe. She eventually recovered fully, as feisty and full of spunk as before the surgery. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024854/img_7660-2Web010_small.jpg' /><br />Ancient and feisty--the two that come to mind when thinking about this elderly Lobi woman who was treated by medical personnel with the Hanna Project at the Doropo Hospital in Cote d'Ivoire, February 2010. She'd had surgery on her foot after almost losing part of it in a bicycle wreck. Perched up on the bicycle seat as her adult son pedaled the bike, her foot got stuck in the spokes. Upon arrival, doctors performed surgery inserting a metal rod in order to save the toe. She eventually recovered fully, as feisty and full of spunk as before the surgery. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024854'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024854 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:25:44 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024854 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024854/img_7660-2Web010_small.jpg' /><br />Ancient and feisty--the two that come to mind when thinking about this elderly Lobi woman who was treated by medical personnel with the Hanna Project at the Doropo Hospital in Cote d'Ivoire, February 2010. She'd had surgery on her foot after almost losing part of it in a bicycle wreck. Perched up on the bicycle seat as her adult son pedaled the bike, her foot got stuck in the spokes. Upon arrival, doctors performed surgery inserting a metal rod in order to save the toe. She eventually recovered fully, as feisty and full of spunk as before the surgery. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024854'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso Fed-Ex has competition in the rural parts of West Africa! On roads that are little more than mud paths, travel in the northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire is difficult for most vehicles. Ingenuity and need come together and are seen in the many ways the local people devise for transporting goods. This northeaster part of Cote d'Ivoire is in the rebel controlled territory, and no work has been done on the infrastructure since the coup in 2002. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024857/img_0871Web014_small.jpg' /><br />Fed-Ex has competition in the rural parts of West Africa! On roads that are little more than mud paths, travel in the northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire is difficult for most vehicles. Ingenuity and need come together and are seen in the many ways the local people devise for transporting goods. This northeaster part of Cote d'Ivoire is in the rebel controlled territory, and no work has been done on the infrastructure since the coup in 2002.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024857'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024857 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:32:58 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024857 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1024857/img_0871Web014_small.jpg' /><br />Fed-Ex has competition in the rural parts of West Africa! On roads that are little more than mud paths, travel in the northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire is difficult for most vehicles. Ingenuity and need come together and are seen in the many ways the local people devise for transporting goods. This northeaster part of Cote d'Ivoire is in the rebel controlled territory, and no work has been done on the infrastructure since the coup in 2002.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1024857'>view full-size image</a> Tamara Gentuso