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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Lily[/i] [br]Hello Friends, I am just back from another visit which was very mixed for me. My usual place was closed because of the poor tourist season and so I stayed elsewhere and was made very welcome. People are resilient - quite remarkable really. Everything is more expensive but the main concern this time (for me) was the rising price of health care - even prices in the pharmacy are beyond most people's grasp - so, even if they see a doctor, they can't afford the medicines needed to treat the problem. One little girl I know was close to fever from standing on a nail - the family couldn't afford the antibiotics or tetanus injection needed. I know it was always the way but ~I always live in hope that things will change and they are not. Education costs in private schools (which, although I hate to say it, usually provided better education) soar and transport costs are rising. Exchange rates were high for me (managing as much as 74.25 to the £) but of course the knock on effect of currency rises, poor tourist season and general poor governance is continued hardship. On a brighter note - a lot of work is going on to train primary teachers to teach the younger ones using local languages. This seems to be working and is a great initiative which, hopefully, will help children learn. I won't be going back until the end of the year but am in constant touch with the families I know. How I respect them all. Best wishes to you all here on Bantaba. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.