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    • Sa'adiya Writing

    • Sa'adiya Writing

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    • This is a picture of a young woman named Sa'adiya. It was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. Sa'adiya is 14 years old in this picture. She was too old to go to the children's school (which only opened the year...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reese and Boris

    • Reese and Boris

    • Host community friends

    • Strolling around on a Sunday afternoon after working in the training garden with my home-stay brother called Boris. Taken in the village of Mbo near Baffoussam, Western Province, Cameroon on December 13, 2005.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Friend and Tutor

    • Friend and Tutor

    • host community friends

    • This photo was taken in my friend Subaiya's garden. She did not have a camera and wanted to have us in a photo together. She tutored me in Hindi for the first year I lived in Jabalpur. She was a teacher at one of the local schools.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • At home with Captain Butalia

    • At home with Captain Butalia

    • host community friends

    • This is my husband Terry, also a PCV, and Captain Butalia. We are visiting in their home in India. The Butalias welcomed us into their home like we were family. We learn much of their culture and they were so curious about America and President...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Alejandro and Porfirio with Radishes

    • Alejandro and Porfirio with Radishes

    • Host community friends

    • Bolivia, fall (our spring), 1968. Alejandro (l) and Porfirio (r) checking out some radishes from a little demonstration garden plot. The altitude, cold and dryness of the Altiplano are not conducive to many food crops. However, some cold-climate...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cattle Plowing

    • Cattle Plowing

    • host community friends; agriculture; animals

    • This is a photo of one of the farmers my husband worked with plowing his field with his cattle. One of the ways my husband, Terry, helped the farmers was to educate them on using more than one fertilizer on their land. Punjab, India. Fall 1966
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    • Carlita Hunts for Easter Eggs

    • Carlita Hunts for Easter Eggs

    • host community friends; celebrations; children

    • During Holy Week I did a culture exchange with my women's group in Pino Dulce, Guatemala. We dyed Easter eggs and hid them for the kids to find while I explained to them the history of this tradition in America. This photo shows kids searching...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Celebration of Life

    • A Celebration of Life

    • host community friends; celebrations; children; Religion

    • For the Muslims in my town in Cameroon, a week after a baby is born they have a naming ceremony. In March, 2011, the eighth child of my village chief's first wife was born. I went to their home to celebrate the naming. I had the opportunity to hold...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Little Husband

    • My Little Husband

    • Host community friends; Children

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. In this picture is Maimena Hassan and her son Abass, wearing my sunglasses. My husband's local name was Abass. In the Hausa culture a woman does not...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yaneth Weaving

    • Yaneth Weaving

    • Host community friends; Children

    • This was taken in 2011 (post-service) while visiting the Emberá community Ella Drua in Colón, Panama. Yaneth was weaving a traditional Emberá basket while her daughter, Vianca, and my son, Adrián, played on the floor.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Cute Little Neighbor

    • My Cute Little Neighbor

    • Host community friends; Children; Traditional dress

    • This is a photo of my 3-year old neighbor who is a cousin of my host siblings. She is wearing the traditional woven clothing typical of rural Mayan communities in Guatemala.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Alphonse and his Family

    • Alphonse and his Family

    • Host community friends; Counterparts

    • This is a photo of myself and some of my favorite people in Cameroon! This picture was taken in 2010 at my friend/coworker, Alphonse’s house. He was the most honest, kind and hard working person I was honored to meet. In the picture are his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Scarecrow Made of Banana Leaves

    • Scarecrow Made of Banana Leaves

    • Host community friends; Environment; Wildlife

    • I knew when I arrive in the morning that something was up. The fish farmers were very excited and they said that there was something that they wanted to show me. In Gahombo they had a lot of problems with Hammerkops (birds) stealling the fish. I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Three Musketeers ZairianStyle

    • Three Musketeers ZairianStyle

    • Host community friends; Fishing

    • Taken in 1988 as we waited on the pond bank for the first harvest of fish for this group of farmers. They showed me how to make hats out of big forest leaves for protection from the hot equatorial sun.
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