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    • Welcoming Comida

    • Welcoming Comida

    • Food and meals

    • This photo was taken in the municipality of Perote, state of Veracruz, Mexico, in early 2008. I was serving as a business advisor to twenty different businesses that formed a "Cadena Productiva", or production chain, that brought forest products to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peaches Drying in the Sun

    • Peaches Drying in the Sun

    • Food and meals

    • I served as a small business development Volunteer in a rural village in Morocco. I worked with the local carpet weaving association and because all of the weavers were agrarian farmers, I spent a lot of time with the women in the fields. Every...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kanoom Jeen

    • Kanoom Jeen

    • Food and meals

    • "Kanoom Jeen" is a type of noodle made from fermented rice. It's made each morning to be eaten fresh, usually for breakfast or lunch, and served with a variety of curries and vegetables. This photo was taken in June, 2011, at the home of a friend...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pounding

    • Pounding

    • Food and meals

    • I'm pounding vegetables in the courtyard of my host family's home. My boyfriend snapped this picture during his visit to Guinea.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What's cookin?

    • What's cookin?

    • food and meals

    • Improved cook stoves that is! When I first arrived in my village of Adeta, Togo I tackled some projects that many of us learn in our first months of training. It was an easy way to engage with members of my community in some basic grassroots...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Comida Tipica

    • Comida Tipica

    • Food and meals

    • In the Dominican Republic, the lunch time standard is rice and beans, possibly some meat. Tostones are fried plantains (shown on the back of the plate).
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Zahra Baking Bread

    • Zahra Baking Bread

    • Food and meals; Cooking

    • As a small business development Volunteer, I helped develop the local weaving association. Zahra was one of my host sisters and one of the most dedicated weavers. I spent a lot of time with her in her house as she baked bread every morning before...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hai la masa!

    • Hai la masa!

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • This is a photo of the lunch my host mother prepared for me in Moldova. I was the only one eating. Moldovans love to share food and homemade wine and they expect you to eat EVERYTHING. The food is delicious and my waistline is expanding. Many great...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fish-Fry at the Outdoor Market

    • Fish-Fry at the Outdoor Market

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • Daily life during my Peace Corps service included shopping at the weekly outdoor market. I came to know many of the vendors, and often had lunch at the fish-fry tent. When it got busy at the tent, I would help the vendor's sons fry the fish! This...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Zahra, Mouhou, and Terra

    • Zahra, Mouhou, and Terra

    • Traditional dress; Food and meals; Counterparts

    • As a small business development Volunteer, I worked with carpet weavers in developing their organization. I also worked with cave dwelling nomads that lived in the hills surrounding the village. This is Zahra, one of the nomads who is a weaver,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Road Snacks

    • Road Snacks

    • transportation; food and meals

    • I love traveling in Togo. You never need to remove yourself from the tight and cozy position you are in because there is always a moment when the bus will stop and you will be presented with a myriad of options for road snacks. From hard boiled...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Women

    • Village Women

    • youth; food and meals; traditional dress

    • I took this photo in Toufestelt village near my site in Ain Leuh, Ifrane Province, Morocco during the July 4, 2011 celebration that I shared with them. I was working with a group of 12 lakeside high school students from Seatle, Wa. who were there...
    • Volunteer Photos

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