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    • Zebra

    • Zebra

    • Animals; Food and meals

    • This photo was taken by me at the Wildlife Offices in Pandamatenga, Botswana. The area is full of wild African game and many of the animals are killed on the road and then are butchered where the meat is auctioned off to the local villagers. This...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Churchkhela

    • Making Churchkhela

    • Cooking; Food and Meals; Host community friends

    • I took this during a visit to the village home of one of my Georgian friends. His family was making "churchkhela" - a candy made by boiling grape juice and flower and coating strings of walnuts. It's delicious and making it is always a family...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Feast

    • Easter Feast

    • Host families; Food and meals

    • I took this picture of my host family on Easter Day, 2004, in Sartichaala, Georgia. It's a tradition to have a feast in a cemetery on Easter. This was my third day in country and a wonderful introduction to Georgian customs.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Khmer Celebration!

    • Khmer Celebration!

    • Host families; Food and Meals; Celebrations

    • This is a photo of my host mother and my host grandmothers on Chinese New Year 2010. In Cambodia many families celebrate Chinese New Year by offering food up to the ancestors and burning incense. That day we prepared three separate meals; one for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saemaeul Picnic

    • Saemaeul Picnic

    • Food and meals

    • This photo was taken in Tongyeong County in the spring of 1976. Government workers were encouraged to spend a day planting rice as part of the "New Village Movement" or Saemaeul. The program was designed to boost the economic developement of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mama with Firewood

    • Mama with Firewood

    • Host community friends; Food and meals; Elders

    • This photo was taken in the area Craig Cove, on the island of Ambrym (west), in the country of Vanuatu. The old lady just came from the bush after collecting firewood and coconuts for preparing dinner. This photo symbolizes the strength and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mr. Joe

    • Mr. Joe

    • Food and meals

    • After planting rice at the annual Saemaul Volunteer Day, there was a picnic. This is a photo of Mr. Joe, my counterpart at the county health center in Tongyeong County, spring 1976. Makali was drunk out of a bowl, which when emptied was passed to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Bap Chip

    • The Bap Chip

    • Host community friends; food and meals

    • This picture was taken in Chung Mu City in July 1976. This is the "boarding house" house restaurant where the city and county workers who were living away from home came for their meals. It was run by a woman, her mother, three daughters and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wild Pig Hunt on Ambrym Island

    • Wild Pig Hunt on Ambrym Island

    • Wildlife; Food and meals

    • Although I lived on an island in the South Pacific it was a two hour walk to the ocean. was not the main staple for a man living in the bush, wild pig was. Starting at a young age, men and boys partake in the hunt for wild pig. Here are four...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bread at a Summer Camp Graduation

    • Bread at a Summer Camp Graduation

    • Camps and clubs; Food and meals

    • In the summer many young Moldovans take part in summer camps. These camp focuses range from games and summer activities to informative seminars. In the August of 2009, I worked as a team-building trainer for a group of youth from Moldova's...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Happy Easter

    • Happy Easter

    • Celebrations; Food and meals; Elders

    • A baba giving away dyed Easter eggs and kozunak, a traditional Easter sweet bread, to wish life, health, and luck.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • We Heart Beans

    • We Heart Beans

    • Elders; Food and meals; Cooking

    • Bulgarians eat a lot beans. This picture was taken in late September after the pods of the beans had dried on the stalk. Ahmed is taking the pleasure of beating all of the dried beans out of their shells and after this labor intensive work they...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baba and Blueberries

    • Baba and Blueberries

    • Elders; Food and meals; Cooking

    • During the summertime in Bulgaria people work very hard to grow and gather food in their fields and from the forest in order to can and consume throughout the winter. One such example is blueberries. Wild blueberries are abundant in the forests...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fresh Coconuts!

    • Fresh Coconuts!

    • Children; Environment; Food and meals; Agriculture

    • A child from my village would climb the coconut tree in my back yard and get coconuts - one for me and the others to sell.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peppers for Sale in Kicevo

    • Peppers for Sale in Kicevo

    • Markets; Cooking; Food and meals

    • This picture was taken at the market in Kicevo, Macedonia during ajvar season - October 2004. Most Macedonians make ajvar every fall. It is delightful walking around in any town, village, or city in late September or early October and all you...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Rice Flower

    • Making Rice Flower

    • Cooking; Food and meals; Host families

    • Everyone in our family compound takes a turn pounding rice into flour to make pastries. It's hard work, but really fun. I took this picture at my host family's courtyard area and my host mother is sitting supervising while the neighbors all come...
    • Volunteer Photos

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