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A year of work in Cuba
I was lucky, and last (as it later turned out) year of the program "Children of Chernobyl" I got as a caregiver to the children's health-improving complex "Tarara", 15 km from Havana, Cuba.
I hope you will be interested, dear YaPovtsy.
The "Children of Chernobyl" was founded in 1991, and in 2011, the year of the 20th anniversary of the program, it has ceased to exist. During this time, there is improved their health and heal more than 20 thousand children. In the photo - your humble servant as Neptune naprazdnike can guess who ...
The place where the camp is located is called "Tarara". This village of a closed type (like the Soviet Barvikha, Zhukovsky, slides), which are villas (houses with areas) on which rests a local establishment. Part of the camp (4th Street) was given to the placement of Ukrainian children. In the photo - our villa. 4 rooms, kitchen, 3 shower rooms, lounge, air conditioning.
The village is about 120 hectares and is 15 kilometers from Havana on the motorway "Via Blanca" that connects Havana and Varadero. The photo - a circuit of the village with all the infrastructure.
The living conditions and the level of security shake (shocked me, anyway). But jealous of these children should not be - falling to children deserve sympathy. The most common diagnoses - alopecia (hair loss), vitiligo (lack of melanin in the skin, because of what the child looks like a Dalmatian), ichthyosis (transformation of the skin and actinic its shell), etc. There leukemia (blood cancer), etc. In the picture is more or less visible.
As I said, the level and scope of shock. From food - the best that can offer the Cubans. Especially kills that they give it, taking away from you. The average salary of the cleaners in our camp is 15 dollars a month, a lifeguard at the beach - 20. And with all the quality and size of the portions of food were excellent and huge - remained constant. Our dining room
In such circumstances, we lived next to the local children (in which there is a number of sanatorium for asthma). For them, the best gift was the leftovers from breakfast, lunch and dinner from our children. And for the sweet water or bun - "Muchissimo Gracias." With all of this - no envy, our children in the local often "rode on horseback." And literally.
Just do not forget about the "fortification" children, for which 1 per week (for teachers - when able to escape) were taken to the local market. The range strikes - half the titles you have not heard about a half - just heard. It was there that I first tried chirimoyyu, tamarinds, nispero and 20 various other fruits and vegetables. I also realized that never before eaten these mangoes, oranges, pineapples and bananas. The cost - a cheap. Translated into dollars 1 banana costs about 3 cents, 1 pineapple - about 20. In the photo - the largest market in Havana "Quatro Camino»
The staff at the camp exclusively for women, which often led to some problems (some mothers with children sit there for a year or two), and men do not. Besides me there was still a 70-year-old deputy director for education and 3 of the Director. So it had to dodge and dodge
At the end of a very short period of time, you start to look for entertainment. And the first two things, by whom I was not able to go (and do not like, actually) - a rum ...
... And cigars. Cost of which is actually debatable. Maybe experts everlasting then why when buying hand-box (25 pieces) «Cohiba Esplendidos» it costs $ 30 when you buy in the store - about 300. It can not be the same 1,000 percent excise tax. In Ukraine, the same box - about $ 2,000. For me it is a mystery ...
I apologize in advance that all the photographs I attend, but the photo report I was not going to do, and then wanted to share my impressions.
Apologies for the small digression, and, in fact, continue.
Cuba - one of the world's poorest countries. The blockade by the United States, the socialist path of development - all this has led to the fact that the standard of living there is very low. And the only way to make money - is to attract tourists. A draw has something ...
The nature there is really magnificent. And because of the lack of industry as such, it is to spoil anyone not possible. Mountain Lake in the Cueva de Los Peces.
Valle de Vinales - another pearl of Cuba.
Cueva de los Indios with an underground river. Check her out.
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And in contrast to all this beauty - wild poverty and squalor. Typical soviet block of flats, mud, lack of asphalt in some areas - and electricity. But !!!
At the same time, next to it - the beauty of Spanish colonial architecture. Buildings breathtaking. In the following pictures compare glitter and poverty of Cuba. Capitolio de la Habana.
And in contrast to all this beauty - wild poverty and squalor. Typical soviet block of flats, mud, lack of asphalt in some areas - and electricity. But !!!
At the same time, next to it - the beauty of Spanish colonial architecture. Buildings breathtaking. In the following pictures compare glitter and poverty of Cuba. Capitolio de la Habana.
... And the area near the market, where we went for groceries.
Consulate of Spain - a song in the stone, and the house-masterpiece.
... And a typical block 9 etazhka, except without the obligatory pipe near the boiler in the suburbs of Havana - ciudad Camilo Cienfuegos.
José Martí Memorial - National Hero of Cuba, the highest point in Havana ...
... And a dysfunctional area ...
The central train station in Havana ...
... Machinery and the so-called "war reserve", which in theory should be used during the war ...
And finally, just some good shots. Harbour views from the observation deck at the statue of Jesus
A small alley in La Habana Vieja
Local Chinatown (yes, yes), even there he is, and actively developing and replenishing come from China. China actively subordinates Cuba subsidies, preferential supply of food, transport, machinery, etc. It is difficult to find something new, and not the Chinese
Vigilant for bathing children. Lifeguard tower is equipped with the latest technology ...
To enforce the law - police station Centro Historico de la Habana. It is terrible to imagine what sort of prison ... It is said that the underground.
All tourist attractions - every whim. Although in some parts of Cuba, it is still the main form of transport
On the sim suffer the bow and sail to the unknown distance (ferry across the Bahia de La Habana). The end. Sorry, if something goes wrong.
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I hope you will be interested, dear YaPovtsy.
The "Children of Chernobyl" was founded in 1991, and in 2011, the year of the 20th anniversary of the program, it has ceased to exist. During this time, there is improved their health and heal more than 20 thousand children. In the photo - your humble servant as Neptune naprazdnike can guess who ...
The place where the camp is located is called "Tarara". This village of a closed type (like the Soviet Barvikha, Zhukovsky, slides), which are villas (houses with areas) on which rests a local establishment. Part of the camp (4th Street) was given to the placement of Ukrainian children. In the photo - our villa. 4 rooms, kitchen, 3 shower rooms, lounge, air conditioning.
The village is about 120 hectares and is 15 kilometers from Havana on the motorway "Via Blanca" that connects Havana and Varadero. The photo - a circuit of the village with all the infrastructure.
The living conditions and the level of security shake (shocked me, anyway). But jealous of these children should not be - falling to children deserve sympathy. The most common diagnoses - alopecia (hair loss), vitiligo (lack of melanin in the skin, because of what the child looks like a Dalmatian), ichthyosis (transformation of the skin and actinic its shell), etc. There leukemia (blood cancer), etc. In the picture is more or less visible.
As I said, the level and scope of shock. From food - the best that can offer the Cubans. Especially kills that they give it, taking away from you. The average salary of the cleaners in our camp is 15 dollars a month, a lifeguard at the beach - 20. And with all the quality and size of the portions of food were excellent and huge - remained constant. Our dining room
In such circumstances, we lived next to the local children (in which there is a number of sanatorium for asthma). For them, the best gift was the leftovers from breakfast, lunch and dinner from our children. And for the sweet water or bun - "Muchissimo Gracias." With all of this - no envy, our children in the local often "rode on horseback." And literally.
Just do not forget about the "fortification" children, for which 1 per week (for teachers - when able to escape) were taken to the local market. The range strikes - half the titles you have not heard about a half - just heard. It was there that I first tried chirimoyyu, tamarinds, nispero and 20 various other fruits and vegetables. I also realized that never before eaten these mangoes, oranges, pineapples and bananas. The cost - a cheap. Translated into dollars 1 banana costs about 3 cents, 1 pineapple - about 20. In the photo - the largest market in Havana "Quatro Camino»
The staff at the camp exclusively for women, which often led to some problems (some mothers with children sit there for a year or two), and men do not. Besides me there was still a 70-year-old deputy director for education and 3 of the Director. So it had to dodge and dodge
At the end of a very short period of time, you start to look for entertainment. And the first two things, by whom I was not able to go (and do not like, actually) - a rum ...
... And cigars. Cost of which is actually debatable. Maybe experts everlasting then why when buying hand-box (25 pieces) «Cohiba Esplendidos» it costs $ 30 when you buy in the store - about 300. It can not be the same 1,000 percent excise tax. In Ukraine, the same box - about $ 2,000. For me it is a mystery ...
I apologize in advance that all the photographs I attend, but the photo report I was not going to do, and then wanted to share my impressions.
Apologies for the small digression, and, in fact, continue.
Cuba - one of the world's poorest countries. The blockade by the United States, the socialist path of development - all this has led to the fact that the standard of living there is very low. And the only way to make money - is to attract tourists. A draw has something ...
The nature there is really magnificent. And because of the lack of industry as such, it is to spoil anyone not possible. Mountain Lake in the Cueva de Los Peces.
Valle de Vinales - another pearl of Cuba.
Cueva de los Indios with an underground river. Check her out.
Posted in [mergetime] 1325276950 [/ mergetime]
And in contrast to all this beauty - wild poverty and squalor. Typical soviet block of flats, mud, lack of asphalt in some areas - and electricity. But !!!
At the same time, next to it - the beauty of Spanish colonial architecture. Buildings breathtaking. In the following pictures compare glitter and poverty of Cuba. Capitolio de la Habana.
And in contrast to all this beauty - wild poverty and squalor. Typical soviet block of flats, mud, lack of asphalt in some areas - and electricity. But !!!
At the same time, next to it - the beauty of Spanish colonial architecture. Buildings breathtaking. In the following pictures compare glitter and poverty of Cuba. Capitolio de la Habana.
... And the area near the market, where we went for groceries.
Consulate of Spain - a song in the stone, and the house-masterpiece.
... And a typical block 9 etazhka, except without the obligatory pipe near the boiler in the suburbs of Havana - ciudad Camilo Cienfuegos.
José Martí Memorial - National Hero of Cuba, the highest point in Havana ...
... And a dysfunctional area ...
The central train station in Havana ...
... Machinery and the so-called "war reserve", which in theory should be used during the war ...
And finally, just some good shots. Harbour views from the observation deck at the statue of Jesus
A small alley in La Habana Vieja
Local Chinatown (yes, yes), even there he is, and actively developing and replenishing come from China. China actively subordinates Cuba subsidies, preferential supply of food, transport, machinery, etc. It is difficult to find something new, and not the Chinese
Vigilant for bathing children. Lifeguard tower is equipped with the latest technology ...
To enforce the law - police station Centro Historico de la Habana. It is terrible to imagine what sort of prison ... It is said that the underground.
All tourist attractions - every whim. Although in some parts of Cuba, it is still the main form of transport
On the sim suffer the bow and sail to the unknown distance (ferry across the Bahia de La Habana). The end. Sorry, if something goes wrong.
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