This photo from August 24th, 2007 was taken in my site of Ruta'i, Torin, Caaguazu in Paraguay. It is of a boy loading an oxcart with sugarcane that will be used to feed other animals.
I took this photo on May 16th, 2008 in Alto Paraguay. The Rio Paraguay is an active lifeline for the people of the region, but it was a picture of serenity at this moment.
I took this photo on May 16th, 2008 on the Rio Paraguay in Alto Paraguay province. Boat day only happens once a week in isolated border towns where the massive Pantanal wetland meets the Chaco desert. When the boat arrives, it's the town's only...
On a long walk to the waterfall we found a very charming house, which we all remember many years later. No latrine or trees for shade. Rural Hinche Haiti.
This Volunteer works in Rural Community development and health education in Ony Babre, Ivory Coast. Here, the Volunteer explains to some of the villagers of Ony Babre how to take the medicine she has gotten for them.
This Volunteer is a teacher trainer in the Dominican Republic. Her job takes her to a number of rural schools where she works with teachers helping them expand and upgrade existing methods of teaching in a country where 80 percent of the rural...
Date of photo: 8-10-10; This photo was taken during site visit in China. It was the first time I would see my new town. The weather was a miserable 106 degrees and I was feeling frustrated because I hadn't yet mastered the language, however, when I...
Education; Health; Rural Sites; Community development; Children
This Volunteer works in a rural community development and health education in Ony Babre, Ivory Coast. Here the Volunteer and her co-worker help weigh in an Ivorian child at the health classes the Peace Corps has established in Ony Babre. In Africa,...
Education; Rural sites; Community development; Literacy
This Volunteer works in a rural community development and health education in Ony Babre, Ivory Coast. Here the Volunteer teaches a literacy class. She is trying to teach the women to count enough French so that they can deal in the Gagnoa market...
This photo was taken around December 27, 2010 in the Philippines. During the holiday break, I convinced some of my friends to take me the lighthouse, which is supposed to be a main tourist attraction at my site. People were thirsty after hiking...