Dr Barry......
Next week is the townsite's night-of-nights. It's the Lihir International Primary School ball (LIPS- pretty funny acronym for a school). A Beauty and the Geek theme. Anyway I got roped into helping with one of the fundraisers. Painting up a canvas with the year 2/3 class to raise money for 'Dr Barry', a local living legend who works as an obstetrician in Milne Bay (one of the provinces of PNG). Dr Barry is an absolute champion. Read this link for some more information
Basically he was a carpenter who was doing aid work in PNG and decided at the age of 52 to go to university for the first time, become a doctor, and devote his days to setting up obstetric clinics across the country due to the pitiful child-maternal mortality rate that exists here. All with his own money and funds he manages to raise when he isn't working.
Barry used to work at the Lihir haus sik (hospital)in his earlier days of practising, saving up his earnings to put towards his later humanitarian work. The people who remember him can't speak highly enough of him. They try and keep the funds coming, and this canvas painting is the latest caper to try and contribute to Dr Barry's amazing work.
Here's the photos of class 2/3's finished product. To be silent auctioned next week. Try not to go too crazy with your bids, blog readers.
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