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    • An Afternoon Walk

    • An Afternoon Walk

    • Teachers and students; Terrain; Host community

    • A Peace Corps Volunteer is shown walking the streets of Barrio Pinzon with one of his students, a soldier whom he teaches in an auto construction program and in building construction classes. He is an instructor in auto construction, plumbing and...
    • Agency Photos
    • On our way to Chiteje de Garabato

    • On our way to Chiteje de Garabato

    • Terrain; Transportation

    • A group of volunteers goes to a rural community to help on several activities such as building brick stoves and water purifying systems. Photo taken in the municipality of Amealco in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. Website: http://andres.jaimes.net
    • Staff Photos
    • The long and winding road...

    • The long and winding road...

    • Rural sites; Volunteers; Terrain

    • A group of volunteers walk at noon in the middle of a semidesertic area in their way to a rural town where they would teach people how to make an environment friendly place. Photo taken in Chiteje de Garabato, a small rural community in the state...
    • Staff Photos
    • A Meeting Between Mountains

    • A Meeting Between Mountains

    • Terrain; Rural sites; Host community friends; Environment

    • On the way back from a community visit, my companion meets up with other members of the community coming back from the main pueblo. I had walked on without realizing that she had stopped and when I turned around I found the difference between the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Moment of Grace

    • A Moment of Grace

    • Environment; Terrain; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • West Coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers…10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up at 5:00am; asked...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Traveler on the Road to Haik

    • A Traveler on the Road to Haik

    • Transportation; Terrain

    • The roads leading into Haik, Ethiopia were made of dirt and rock. The rains would come and often wash them away. The winds would often blow them away. Yet the views were spectacular and the people traveling on them were charming and warm. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ara-Bel Valley

    • Ara-Bel Valley

    • Volunteers; terrain

    • This picture was taken at Ara-Bel Valley near Barskoon, Kyrgyz Republic in July 2011. The PCV, Brandon, is looking at one of the Jashyl Kul Lakes. Brandon and other PCVs were helping a local tourism organization write itineraries for hikes near...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • At the Beach

    • At the Beach

    • Children; Terrain; Environment

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • At the Edge of Tranquility

    • At the Edge of Tranquility

    • Terrain

    • This is a sunset view overlooking a small village of Cristest during the summer of 2004 as I was visiting one of my Romanian colleagues’ home in Moldova region. This scene shows a typical rural landscape found in Northeastern part of Romania. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Basotho Herd Boy

    • Basotho Herd Boy

    • Host families; Animals; Terrain

    • Abuti, a herd boy, on his donkey collecting corn feed for the cows. This 14 year old boy spends most days walking across the mountains in the Senqu river valley of Lesotho, herding my host family's cow, donkeys and sheep.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Boat Day, Bahia Negra

    • Boat Day, Bahia Negra

    • Transportation; Terrain; Rural sites

    • I took this photo on May 16th, 2008 on the Rio Paraguay in Alto Paraguay province. Boat day only happens once a week in isolated border towns where the massive Pantanal wetland meets the Chaco desert. When the boat arrives, it's the town's only...
    • Volunteer Photos

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