Lancaster

Rohan Sookdeo and his assistant in the medical laboratory

By David Pappanah

 

Like most other villages on the Corentyne, Lancaster is peaceful and quiet.  The lifestyle of the people is pretty simple, according to its residents.  Flanked by Whim on the west and Liverpool on the east, the village is about 40 minutes drive from New Amsterdam, and is located at the centre of Region Six. Lancaster is multi-ethnic in character and is home to over 300 families. It is the community from which Moses Nagamootoo and Mahendra Veeren Nagamootoo originally came.

Most people earn their living in agriculture, such as large-scale rice farming,