UNITY Backdam Village, East Coast Demerara is located just over one mile in from the main public road.

It is a little community and everything is accessed from other villages and also KK Gas Station is just at the rear of the community, on the main public road.

Unity Backdam is a farming village, and the residents depend on it heavily as their only source of income and there are a few persons, who work outside the village.

It is a quiet, breezy place which is set way down the backlands and it is surrounded by a lot of trees and greenery; as such, it is birding paradise and a place where other animals dwell.

Aback of the village is a rice field and savannah area and all the lands there are privately-owned and it is a very safe place to live and earn since crime is practically unheard of.

The villagers are hospitable and very welcoming and they are down-to-earth good people, who are very hardworking and they plant a variety of cash crops including, seasonings such as celery, married man pork, fine thyme, eshallot and peppers.

There are about 40 houses with just about 200 people residing at Unity Backdam Village including, many children.

There is no public transportation system in that community; as such, the locals, who do not have vehicles have to travel via taxis which is $400 per person one-way.

The agriculturally-based village produces a lot of food; some is sold to wholesale buyers while some is taken to the markets.

Unity Backdam has electricity, potable water supply, landline phones, internet and good cellular phone reception.

The mud dam, which was the access road, was upgraded about 15 years ago to an all-weather one-vehicle road. It significantly improved the lives of the residents since they faced many hardships getting their produce out of the village during rainy season.

The village has both modern houses, as well as colonial-styled wooden houses which have withstood the test of time and seasons and are still well preserved in good condition.

Unity Backdam is an eerily quiet place with little to no noise and the people live in unity and tranquillity and enjoy the calmness of the environment which is often punctuated by the chirping of birds and the buzzing of bush bees.

Unity Backdam is located between Beehive and Mahaica and is set deep down in the backlands area, ideal for a quiet farming lifestyle.

The people’s way of life is very simple and they are everyday working folk, who work the land they reside on to earn as farmers.

The lands are fertile in Unity Backdam Village and it is the ideal place to grow crops and at the rear of that village there is a large coconut estate with some of the biggest coconuts and a greenhouse with crops.

The villagers rear their own chickens, goats, sheep, ducks and they have pets like dogs, cats, macaws and parrots.

Delano Williams photos saved in a folder in Graphics as Unity Village in April 11, 2023.