Isolated on the Coast

Triumphant at sea, the Bajo are still backward in many respects. Education and health problems often beset them.

October 27, 2010

RAMADAN, 3, looks pale. With his dark skin becoming bluish and eyes yellowed, there is no smile on his face. Unlike his peers who gaily play on the white beach by the coast of Saponda Laut Island. This child, the son of Aco and Tina, has been suffering from constipation for the past three weeks. “He’s always complaining of pain. Even when he is able to relieve himself, his stool is stained with blood,” said Tina, his mother.

Their limited

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