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    • Back to Peace Corps Site After 10 Years

    • Back to Peace Corps Site After 10 Years

    • Children; Elders

    • This was taken in August 2010 on a visit back to my host community -- 10 years later. I was a Volunteer in Xichang in Sichuan province. I was walking by and this woman was very interested in my son -- it was typically the first time for many of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cuisnahuat's Senior Citizen Group

    • Cuisnahuat's Senior Citizen Group

    • Elders; Celebrations

    • During my service I helped the local clinic form a group for senior citizens. We met monthly to discuss health issues. Since many of these seniors walked for miles through the mountains to get to the meetings we always had something to eat and a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Don Rodolfo and David

    • Don Rodolfo and David

    • Elders; Children; Host community

    • This picture was taken in the weeks leading up to my COS conference. The gentleman pictured is Don Rodolfo, who was my landlord for the beginning of my service. His daughter Betty was a close friend of mine and the bay he is holding is her son,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Old One

    • Old One

    • Elders

    • This is the cleaning lady at the school where my host mother taught. It was taken in September 2004 in Urgench, Khorzem Region, Uzbekistan. I loved her face. The people of Uzbekistan were poor but they had so much pride and were so friendly.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Family Lineage from Head to Toe

    • Family Lineage from Head to Toe

    • Elders; Host community friends; Youth

    • During my two years in San Bartolome, I received K'iche classes, the native language in the pueblo in order to be able to communicate with the native people better. This photo was taken at the house of my k'iche teacher, whose family was always...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baby and Nana

    • Baby and Nana

    • Elders; Children

    • An average hot August night in Azerbaijan, this is my neighbor and her new grandchild. I think she was always confused about my presence there. Having experienced the Soviet Union, Grandma was reluctant to trust foreigners, even young people like...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Active Audience

    • Active Audience

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations; Elders

    • This photo was taken at a Festival of Russian Culture in Vilkova, southern Ukraine in 2009. Many choruses participated, as well as an appreciative audience member! (Note the stance of one of the organizers in the background. She did not seem to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gotchoo and the Snuff Bottle

    • Gotchoo and the Snuff Bottle

    • Elders; Traditional dress; Artisans; Crafts

    • This man is a woodcarver and his name is Gotchoo. The little carved snuff bottle in his hand is one of the most beautifully carved objects I have ever seen-entirely covered with intricate and symbolic carvings. It is used in a little greeting...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Computer Guru

    • The Computer Guru

    • Elders

    • This is the first time my Mama Gazda used a computer. She is talking to her granddaughter in Moscow via the internet in Moldova. She is 82 years old and such a wonderful person.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Living in the Hills

    • Living in the Hills

    • Elders

    • This elderly brother and sister lived alone, miles away from a village or city in the foothills of the Baba Mountain range near Bitola, Macedonia. They had so little for themselves, and yet when I was hiking through with a Macedonian friend in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kpendua's Regent

    • Kpendua's Regent

    • Elders; Funerals

    • Near the completion of my service, I was lucky to attend the funeral of the chief of Kpendua, the village in which I served in the Northern Region of Ghana. It took 5 years for the village to raise enough money to properly commemorate his death,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Damba at the Damba

    • Damba at the Damba

    • Elders; Celebrations;

    • This is Damba sounding the talking drums during the Damba Festival (for which he was named) in the northern region of Ghana. The men sitting behind are elders and opinion leaders who have joined outside the chief's palace. (February 2010)
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Say "Jibna" (Cheese)!

    • Say "Jibna" (Cheese)!

    • Animals; Elders; Host community friends

    • This photo was taken in March of 2011 in a rural village in Morocco. In the photo are two fellow Volunteers who had come to visit my site for my birthday. As we were walking around my village, the Sheikh (center) invited us all in for tea, as he...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Profile of María

    • Profile of María

    • Elders

    • This photograph was shot in Honduras during a nutrition and healthy cooking class for mothers in June of 2011. María is a Lenca women, one of the indigenous populations of Honduras famous for their brightly colored pañuelos (head scarves)....
    • Volunteer Photos

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