SITTING on an area of about 60 areas, the Bethany Medical Missionary College is a regional evangelical school unknown to many.The school was established in 2015 and it teaches ways on how to use natural medicine and therapy to heal ailments, be it stroke, diabetes, hypertension or heart diseases.
According to the school’s principal, Calvin Bollers, the institution founded less than two years ago, provides healing through the use of natural medicine while propagating the gospel.
Since the college began operations, it has opened its doors to students throughout Guyana, the Caribbean and South America, and according to Bollers, in the near future it will be seeking out students from the U.S., Europe, Asia and Africa.

The campus, located in a hilly garden setting has dormitories for male and female students, living quarters for visitors and tutors, a home for the principal, a cafeteria, a machine shop and a wellness centre.
The wellness centre is not yet open, but is expected to be operational before year-end, Bollers told the Guyana Chronicle.
The school is part of the Guyana Adventists Missionary and Services, Guyana Chapter, which is under the supervision of the Gospel Ministries International, Tennessee, USA.
Currently, it has seven students, five of whom are from Guyana with the other two being from Trinidad and Tobago and St Vincent and the Grenadines.
The students are instructed in a six-month programme which includes Bible studies and Bible doctrines; and First Aid, hydro-therapy, basic nursing, anatomy and physiology.
Tuition at the college is provided free of cost, but students are required to fund their boarding and lodging.The Guyana Chronicle attempted to speak with students on the remote campus, but was unable to do so as they were in the classroom,in the middle of a lesson.
Bollers said infrastructural work on the college is almost complete and it will be moving to become more self-sufficient in the coming years.
The campus is using water harnessed from the springs in the creek, and has to use a pump to get water into the dormitories and other buildings.
The principal is looking to build a well and windmill to adequately serve the water and electricity needs of the campus and would be extending the auditorium of the instructional centre to cater for large functions.

This aside, it will also be paying keener attention to agricultural expansion to better serve the needs of residents on campus.
The school, according to Bollers, is supported by the community and through gifts and donations from generous individuals and organisations.
Just behind the campus is a small airstrip.