Land of Plenty

Rajshri, Reenica and Radha Mansaran

Story and photos by Keneisha Fraser

“I came to live here in 1975 when I married. The place wasn’t populated and was bushy,” said Jasoda Lall as she sat in her living room with her friend, Kaywattie Boodram.

Land of Plenty, a name not well known by most, is a quiet, sparsely populated Indian village on the Essequibo Coast situated between Three Friends and Mainstay.

In the early years, the village had just five houses, large sections of bush and a large amount of open land.