This photo shows the Borana people of Sheik (just outside of Isiolo, Kenya). They are celebrating the fact that they have just laid over a mile of pipe to carry clean water to their settlement.
This photo shows Borana women of Sheik (just outside of Isiolo, Kenya) dancing as part of their celebration after laying pipe for a clean water project for their settlement.
This photo shows the Borana people of Sheik (just outside of Isiolo, Kenya). They have just laid over a mile of pipe to carry clean water to their settlement.
Pre-service Training (PST); Environment; Water and Sanitation
This is a photo of a field base training that I set up in my village Koporo-pen. We were doing a top well repair and another Volunteer and I took that opportunity to train Peace Corps trainees as well as our own village masons. We brought some...
I took this photo in September 2009 of the well next to St. John's Cathedral in Comrat, the capital of Moldova's semi-autonomous region of Gagauzia. Many parts of Moldova continue to use wells as their main source of water.
Water and sanitation; Teachers and students; Children; Youth; Schools
This photo was taken during a handwashing lesson that was given during National Handwashing Day in Morocco. This photo shows me helping a student wash his hands while the other students watched a movie in their local language on the importance of...
Water catchment and storage was a big part of what we did to make a real difference in the life of a Tuvaluan. As Peace Corps Volunteers we had a wonderful collaboration with Save the Children Foundation to build 1,000 gallon water tanks in the...
The photo was taken in my village of pibidunugama-Sri Lanka while I was washing my clothes. The person in the photo is Peace Corps Volunteer Michael Alston.
Pablo, an Argentinian biologist, took this photo of me as we were wading across La Laguna de Pozuelos in northern Jujuy in 1993. We were on a flamingo collecting trip to study the diets of three different species of flamingos.
Training sites; Training; Volunteers; Water and sanitation
Volunteers complete the first demonstration ferrocement water tank during training held in the capital of Funafuti, May 1980. This project, which was conducted in collaboration with local development coordinators trained by Save the Children...
This photo shows a local man from the town of Fier, demonstrating how a common outdoor faucet was turned into a tourist piece by building a model mosque around it. (Albania is one of the few countries to have a near balance between religions,...