Lowlands

This young girl was fetching water from the trench in front of her yard to complete her yard chores.

By Marcelle Thomas
with photos by Arian Browne

 Maybe it’s because every time it rains the village is flooded, that it got its name.

Lowlands, found about twenty-five minutes from Georgetown on the East Coast of Demerara has a tiny but close-knit population of about 250