The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute started a sea cucumber ranching program in partnership with Masinloc's Coastal Resources Office, where I worked, and the fisherfolk from one of our two islands. For two years, we routinely...
This was taken on Panglit Island, one of two islands included in Masinloc, Zambales, the town where I lived. Panglit is very small with no electricity and only a couple hundred inhabitants, most of whom depend on fishing for both a source of income...
Masinloc, Zambales, Philippines - After a morning of information gathering with the fisher families in charge of protecting one of Masinloc's marine protected areas, it was time to prepare for lunch. We had the obligatory rice, recently caught...
This is a photo taken on my porch in Concepcion del Sur in the department of Santa Barbara, Honduras. After two weeks of cold, rainy, weather in January 2010, the sun finally came out. While sitting outside, enjoying the end of the rainy season,...
This picture was taken of me with some local kids in Santa Barbara, Honduras in January of 2010. It was the first sunny day after weeks of rain. Some the kids wove flowers into my hair as we enjoyed the sunshine on my porch.
Children; Teachers and students; Water and sanitation; Health
I took this photo during a Hygiene Education Seminar I was conducting in my site of Concepcion del Sur, Santa Barbara, Honduras in 2009. I invented a game to drive home the importance of hand washing, where one student started as a "germ" on one...
Kreshenye, a Russian Orthodox holiday, is celebrated on the 19th of January in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan by dipping three times in the frozen river Ishim, which is blessed for the occasion. Young and old take part every year, despite the...
On his birthday, the President of Bolivia Evo Morales visited my site of 1600 people in San Antonio de Lomerio. He flew in by helicopter and had lunch with a lot of the townspeople. It was a very joyous occasion.
This photo was taken on October 12, 1970, my first day in my region as a Philippine Group 38 Volunteer. The office was located in Lagazpi City, Albay, Philippines. Beneath the sign is Mr. Fran Sharpe, our regional representative, and on the left...