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    • Yamaha Motorcycle 125

    • Yamaha Motorcycle 125

    • Transportation

    • Kinshasa, Zaire/Congo at Peace Corps headquarters. We were provided with new Yamaha 125 motorcycles, as fisheries Volunteers and we did cover a large area which required a bike. Later, I broke my ankle.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yaneth Weaving

    • Yaneth Weaving

    • Host community friends; Children

    • This was taken in 2011 (post-service) while visiting the Emberá community Ella Drua in Colón, Panama. Yaneth was weaving a traditional Emberá basket while her daughter, Vianca, and my son, Adrián, played on the floor.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yazd

    • Yazd

    • Architecture

    • This is a picture of the rooftops of Yazd, where I lived, in central Iran - looking north, taken from a mosque in the Bazaar, Circa 1975.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ye Massa with Segburreh

    • Ye Massa with Segburreh

    • Host community friends

    • Taken outside my door, Ye Massa stopped to give me this wonderful smile and pose with the segburreh that she was playing as she headed past with a group of women from the local Bondo. Ye Massa and her husband Pa Sam were my friends. They lived...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yearn for Education

    • Yearn for Education

    • Art

    • I took this photo February, 2012 in Carpuela (Valle de Chota) Imbabura, Ecuador. It depicts artist Alicia Villaba's view of the yearning and longing for a better education for the young Afro-Ecuadorians in her community. This power piece is made...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yebo Gogo!

    • Yebo Gogo!

    • health; elders

    • For the past 9 months, I have been working with a group of Grannys (in South Africa they are known as Gogos) to form a health education group. Often the ones left to cook, clean, and care for young babies while their own children go to cities to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yebo Gogo

    • Yebo Gogo

    • Elders; Youth

    • I took this photo in Naas, South Africa on March 23, 2011. The woman pictured is the grandmother or Gogo in siSwati of a client that I work with. Gogos have frequently become the primary care givers in a country where many children are orphaned as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yemen 2

    • Yemen 2

    • Volunteers

    • This is a photo of the entire team of Yemen 2 that arrived in September, 1974 including all Volunteers, Peace Corps Staff and Yemeni Staff. Jack (center top) sent me the photo the other dat. It may be the only photo of our complete team. Our...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yemena Weaving

    • Yemena Weaving

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

    • June 2011- Yemena from the Cooperative Chorouk in Tounfite, Morocco weaves a traditional carpet.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yemeni Shepherd Girls

    • Yemeni Shepherd Girls

    • Traditional dress; Host community friends

    • Taken in the highlands of Yemen, somewhere between Amran and Thula, in Fall of 1977. My husband and I had arrived in Yemen about a week before and were hiking toward the highest mountain on the Arabian peninsula, and wondering how we would be...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yerba Mate, Paraguayan Style

    • Yerba Mate, Paraguayan Style

    • Food and meals; Host community; Host community friends

    • This photo taken on August 27th, 2006 shows my wife and I engaged in the classic Paraguayan ritual with our favorite progressive farmer in our site in Paraguay. Sharing the indigenous green tea, yerba mate, with a communal cup is the universal way...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yes We Can

    • Yes We Can

    • Children; Elders

    • The picture was taken by my home village, Tougouri, Burkina Faso. In the picture are my best-friend's mother (therefore MY grandmother) and my friend's son. The little boy is the smiliest and giggliest little boy ever created and his grandmother...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yes, We Have Bananas

    • Yes, We Have Bananas

    • Markets

    • This photo was taken in March 2011 at the Talumalu Market. Talumalu is a very big market and the center of things on Saturdays when everyone is doing their shopping. Mostly vegetables and produce of all kinds, but also available are Tongan...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yi Baby

    • Yi Baby

    • Children

    • Most people don't know that China is home to 55 different "minority" groups. My Peace Corps site was in Xichang, Sichuan and was home to one of the largest groups, the Yi people. The Yi people have their own language that is still very much alive...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yi Teenage Boy

    • Yi Teenage Boy

    • Youth; Traditional dress

    • I lived in an area that was the capital of the Yi nationality. Although many Yi women are seen wearing traditional dress, it is less common to see the men in traditional dress. That's part of why I was so impressed with this boy's clothing. He...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yoga

    • Yoga

    • Sports; Pre-service training (PST)

    • I took this picture in August 2010 during my pre-service training in Cambodia. This photo shows a group of my fellow Volunteers practicing yoga during some free time in one Volunteer's host family's wooden home.
    • Volunteer Photos

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