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    • Baby Binta's Naming Ceremony

    • Baby Binta's Naming Ceremony

    • Celebrations

    • This photo was taken at the naming ceremony of my host sister Binta's namesake, Binta in Kombo Central, West Coast Region, The Gambia. In the photo are my host sisters, friends, myself and baby Binta. The photo was taken in July of 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hanging Out

    • Hanging Out

    • Host community friends; Clothing

    • Here is a photo of myself, hanging out at my host sister's namesake's naming ceremony, in West Coast Region, The Gambia. I attended with my three host sisters and a few friends from the village, and represented my host sister Binta as a member of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sheriffo in a Box

    • Sheriffo in a Box

    • Children; Host families

    • This is a photo of my host brother, Sheriffo, from one day in our village, West Coast Region, The Gambia. All of the kids in my compound were hanging out and taking photos. This is my favorite photo from that day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mother and Child Nutrition Training

    • Mother and Child Nutrition Training

    • Food and meals; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken by Maya, a Peace Corps health volunteer, in a rural village a two hours hike from her site in the northeast of Madagascar. These women are participating in a monthly health education session, during which they weigh their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing the Garden for Planting

    • Preparing the Garden for Planting

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture

    • At risk women in Finote Selam, Ethiopia are tilling and watering the garden in preparation for planting. They are given two years of communal training in gardening and then given their own plot to raise their own food.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tenderness from a Mentally Ill Street Girl

    • Tenderness from a Mentally Ill Street Girl

    • Health; Volunteers; host community

    • A mentally ill street person was provided treatment by the Peace Corps volunteer in Finote Selam. The community did not believe mentally ill people could be treated. The success from treating this girl led the community to treat more than 30...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Washing Dishes

    • Washing Dishes

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Children

    • Village girls learn by watching their mothers. This photo was taken in the early winter of 2011 in the North West Region of Cameroon.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Orphans Smiling

    • Orphans Smiling

    • Games; Children; Volunteers

    • This was taken in August of 2011. I visited an orphanage in Marsabit, Kenya with some volunteers from Spain. The kids were so happy to have hugs and play games and braid our hair. These are two little girls painfully braiding one woman's hair.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • In a Valley on Mt. Kenya

    • In a Valley on Mt. Kenya

    • Terrain; Volunteers

    • I climb Mt. Kenya in August of 2011 with six fellow Volunteers. The views were spectacular and we did a lot of standing around with our mouths open in awe. This is a friend, Carlyn, doing just that.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Muslim Girl

    • Young Muslim Girl

    • Traditional dress; Children

    • This little girl is one of my neighbors and she is the loudest little girl. She will see me coming from a mile away and scream my name as loud as she can before running over and chatting non-stop in the local language, Kiborana. On this day in June...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Buying Tire Shoes

    • Buying Tire Shoes

    • Markets; Volunteers; Artisans

    • This photo was taken in November of 2011 in Kenya. A fellow Volunteer is buying shoes made out of old tires from a man in the market.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Train Across Kenya

    • Train Across Kenya

    • Transportation; Volunteers

    • This photo was taken on August 6th, 2011. It was my birthday and me and a group of other Volunteers were heading from Nairobi to Mombasa on a night train. We all woke up at dawn to hang out the windows and watch the landscape roll by.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Children in a Manyatta

    • Children in a Manyatta

    • Traditional dress; Children; housing

    • Manyattas are small clusters of thatch and mud homes that are out in the desert outside Marsabit, Kenya. This photo, taken in July of 2011, shows a few children who are curious about me waiting to greet me as I walk home from school.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working during the harvest in Meri, Cameroon.

    • Working during the harvest in Meri, Cameroon.

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture; Traditional dress

    • While serving in the village, Meri, in the Extreme North Region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in Village. To pass the time while we worked, they would teach me...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Joy in Dancing!

    • Joy in Dancing!

    • Dance; Host community; Traditional dress

    • This is at the 2008 Fish Festival in Guinea. My neighbor and I had matching outfits with colors of the Guinean flag that we had made for a previous festival. We had learned West African dance in the states and also in Guinea. We danced in front...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waiting for the Footballer

    • Waiting for the Footballer

    • Traditional dress; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • I joined another Volunteer for her malaria and sports came on the border town of Ribaou. Each day as we walked to the the camp two women would sit soaking in the morning air and chatting away. She was neither wearing the green scarf nor the stern...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Strength and Joy

    • Strength and Joy

    • Dance; Host community; Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken in Koubawelkoundia, Cercle de Douentza Mali in December 2007. A few days before I left the village to do a third year in Guinea, we had a large traditional dance party to celebrate the work we had shared in. Everyone from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • New Well for a School

    • New Well for a School

    • Teachers and students; Water and sanitation

    • This photo was taken in the village of Daggo in Niger on April 27, 2009. With funding from Rotary International (blue banner), we built a well for the school, which is in the background.
    • Volunteer Photos

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