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    • Youth at Dance Performance

    • Youth at Dance Performance
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    • Niueans love their fiafias (parties, celebrations.) The kids from my village, Avatele, are dressed here for their dance performance for a village celebration. I think this particular one was celebrating the accomplishments of 2 Avatele villagers-...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Zambian Boy

    • Young Zambian Boy
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    • This photo was taken in September 2010 during our celebration of induction into Peace Corps Zambia. I was trying to take photos of the dancers behind this boy, but the constant gazing of his eyes drew my lens to focus on him. My favorite part of...
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    • Young Muslim Girl

    • Young Muslim Girl
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    • This little girl is one of my neighbors and she is the loudest little girl. She will see me coming from a mile away and scream my name as loud as she can before running over and chatting non-stop in the local language, Kiborana. On this day in June...
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    • Young Love

    • Young Love
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    • This photo was taken in May 2008 at School #3662 in Isla Tobati, Paraguay. This is a traditional dance that the students were doing for a Mother's Day celebration. The photo shows a girl and boy in costume during the performance. They are both six...
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    • Young Kichwa Dancer

    • Young Kichwa Dancer
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    • This photo was taken on May 23, 2009 at a dance competition in Ecuador. Traditional Kichwa dances are performed at every public event in the Napo province and troupes are composed children of all ages. The dance steps describe traditional...
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    • Young girl

    • Young girl
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    • This is a photo of a young girl posing for the camera. The photo was taken (using color accent) at a friend's house in Juan O'Leary, Alto Parana on December 25, 2010.
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    • Young Friends

    • Young Friends
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    • I was greeted by these two beautiful little girls during the dedication of the Thomas Hooyman Library in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia on August 29, 2009. It was a return visit to Ethiopia, where I had served in the 1970s.
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    • Young Friend

    • Young Friend
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    • This photo was taken in 1964 in DananĂ©, Ivory Coast, where I taught English and physical education at a secondary school. The little boy, the son of the town photographer, was quite brave. Many of the other kids would run away when I approached.
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    • Yoga in Pilatovets

    • Yoga in Pilatovets
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    • On August 18th, 2011, the second day of a summer camp in Bulgaria, I led a yoga class. The picture shows me, second from the left, and a group of girls, ages 8-12, in the Warrior I pose. Women and girls were very interested in fitness. As an after...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yi Baby

    • Yi Baby
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    • Most people don't know that China is home to 55 different "minority" groups. My Peace Corps site was in Xichang, Sichuan and was home to one of the largest groups, the Yi people. The Yi people have their own language that is still very much alive...
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    • Yes We Can

    • Yes We Can
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    • The picture was taken by my home village, Tougouri, Burkina Faso. In the picture are my best-friend's mother (therefore MY grandmother) and my friend's son. The little boy is the smiliest and giggliest little boy ever created and his grandmother...
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