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    • Manuela Condori shearing her sheep

    • Manuela Condori shearing her sheep

    • animals; host community friends

    • The Aymara of the Bolivian Altiplano are often considered to be dour and unsmiling. Nothing further from the truth, as can be seen by Dona Manuela ready to have a try at shearing one of her sheep with hand shears. Instructing people in the local...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Plowing

    • Plowing

    • Animals; Transportation

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in June 2010. I am helping plow the field for our Farmer's Field School. The man pushing the plow is Sai'du Haruna and the girl is his daughter Aisha Sai'du. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tuareg Camel Riders

    • Tuareg Camel Riders

    • Celebrations; Animals

    • The Tuareg camel riders completed the 1967 Independence Day Parade in Niger. The Tuareg are the desert people of Northern Niger. The camels are sensitive to humidity and are limited to desert conditions. This is about 15.3 degrees latitude, the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Charles and His Ride

    • Charles and His Ride

    • Children; Animals; Transportation

    • This 1986 photo shows my young neighbor Charles, stopping by my house on his way to "somewhere." Charles was one of the boys who built a weight room behind my old house. where he and his buddies now pump iron on their way to bulk and glory.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cattle Plowing

    • Cattle Plowing

    • host community friends; agriculture; animals

    • This is a photo of one of the farmers my husband worked with plowing his field with his cattle. One of the ways my husband, Terry, helped the farmers was to educate them on using more than one fertilizer on their land. Punjab, India. Fall 1966
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Guinean Agricultural Students

    • Guinean Agricultural Students

    • Teachers and students; Animals

    • The students are standing in front of their recently completed construction of a chicken barn. The barn is built of local materials, primarily split bamboo and palm tree leaves for roofing.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Peace Corps' role in food production

    • The Peace Corps' role in food production

    • Agriculture; Volunteer recruitment

    • Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities in the fields of agriculture, animal husbandry, horticulture, and forestry. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.
    • Brochures
    • Terry and our Home

    • Terry and our Home

    • volunteers; animals

    • This is a photo of Terry, my husband, outside our home in Nilokheri, Haryana, India. He is holding our dog, Ginger. Ginger was given to us by the Butalia family. They said we needed a dog to alert us to any snakes nearby. Winter 1967
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Herding Sheep

    • Herding Sheep

    • Animals

    • A volunteer helps an Afghan shepherd drive his sheep along a road in the Hindu Kush. The volunteer focuses on livestock management in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. July 1971.
    • Agency Photos
    • Proper Care of Cows and Calves

    • Proper Care of Cows and Calves

    • Animals

    • These two Peace Corps Volunteers are working at Comilla, East Pakistan. One Volunteer has set up a model dairy and is working to increase milk production. Here he talks with Pakistanis about the proper care of their cow and calf. The other...
    • Agency Photos
    • Oxen

    • Oxen

    • Animals; Agriculture

    • Yoke of oxen draw plow in ancient way through plow metal-tipped, from Kabul near USAID Headquarters.
    • Agency Photos
    • Beekeeping Advisor

    • Beekeeping Advisor

    • Animals; Community development

    • A Volunteer, working as an advisor to the national beekeeping program, examines hives at the Maidon Valley bee station with some Afghanistan beekeepers. October 1968.
    • Agency Photos

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