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    • Yi Teenage Boy

    • Yi Teenage Boy

    • Youth; Traditional dress

    • I lived in an area that was the capital of the Yi nationality. Although many Yi women are seen wearing traditional dress, it is less common to see the men in traditional dress. That's part of why I was so impressed with this boy's clothing. He...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yi Baby

    • Yi Baby

    • Children

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water Supply

    • Water Supply

    • Water and sanitation; Site development

    • Running pipe, Aruliho, Solomon Islands, 1982. The women of the village were the movers and shakers and they were the driving force to get this water supply installed so they would not have to carry water up a very steep clay hill side.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volcan de Izalco

    • Volcan de Izalco

    • Ecotourism

    • For two years I lived in the most beautiful town in the world. Sure, it didn't have running water, the roads weren't paved, and there were occasional scorpions and tarantulas in my house, but it was beautiful. In one direction I could see the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Vartan

    • Vartan

    • Host community friends; site

    • Vartan pauses during his description of a protest he coordinated. Vartan has always been an advocate for Armenia's environment, so when he heard plans of a new water diversion system, Vartan organized a protest of nearly 1,000 people. They blocked...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ukraine Train Station - Arrival at Site

    • Ukraine Train Station - Arrival at Site

    • Architecture; transportation

    • The picture is of my Ukrainian Coordinator, Natalya Musulya, picking me up at the L'viv, Ukraine, train station. I had just completed my three months of language training in Fastiv, as part of Ukraine-Group 28 I was posted to serve at the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Times, They Are a-Changing

    • Times, They Are a-Changing

    • Technology; Host families

    • When I arrived in Cuisnahuat in 2003 few people knew what the internet was. When I left in 2005 most had never used a computer, much less been online. Nothing could have come a a bigger shock than the fact that when I came back in 2010 I was able...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Coronation Feast of King George Tupou V

    • The Coronation Feast of King George Tupou V

    • Ceremonies; Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken August 1, 2008 on the grounds of the Tongan Royal Palace in Nuku'Alofa at the Coronation feast. The photo is of Princess Pilolevu's daughter (little girl) about to enter the feast tent to perform the ta'olunga for her uncle,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Caucasus

    • The Caucasus

    • Animals; Culture shock and adaptation; Site orientation; Volunteers

    • View of the foothills of the eastern portion of the greater Caucasus, in the town of Lagodekhi, Georgia, approximately 5 kilometers from the Azerbaijani border. A typical cow herder leading the cows home at the end of the day (most cows know how to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Telephone

    • Telephone

    • Traditional dress; site; education

    • I took this photo in Pomabamba, Ancash on April 1st, 2011 during a PEPFAR training workshop for Peace Corps Volunteers and their community counterparts. The photo shows two women playing the game "telephone," in which a complicated phrase is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stomp Out Malaria - Mosquito Netting Project Crew

    • Stomp Out Malaria - Mosquito Netting Project Crew

    • Malaria; Schools; Youth; Site development

    • The photo was taken at the completion of the mosquito netting project in Mozambique. The goal of the project was to prevent malaria by putting up new mosquito netting in all windows and plant lemon grass outside of the classrooms to deter...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Skip and Yi Grandma

    • Skip and Yi Grandma

    • Children; Elders

    • This photo was taken in August of 2010 during one of my return visits to my host community. I served just outside the town of Xichang, in Sichuan province, and the area has a sizeable population of Yi people (it's the capital of the Yi Liangshan...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Site Office in Limatambo, Peru

    • Site Office in Limatambo, Peru

    • Site

    • This photo was taken in 1969 in front of the Ministry of Agriculture sector office in Limatambo, Peru, where Volunteer Jim Hencin was assigned to work with a Peruvian counterpart. The photo is of Jim Hencin.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Science at the Shopping Center

    • Science at the Shopping Center

    • Volunteers; site; Education

    • Confused onlookers wonder just what the strange American is doing. What they don't know yet is that this flame is too cool to burn the money. As part of South Africa's National Science Week, a group of Volunteers traveled around performing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roadless Site

    • Roadless Site

    • Transportation

    • This pictures was taken around mid-2006, outside of my site (Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar). My site was mainly a "hike site", meaning that the best way to get in, or out, was a 10 k hike over a mountain. In this picture you will see that we are...
    • Volunteer Photos

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