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    • Walk in the Bush

    • Walk in the Bush

    • Gardens; Host families; Children

    • My small brother and I going on a short walk through the bush to pick some mangoes for a snack. In Vanuatu, individual family gardens are the primary source of food for each families.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking in the Corn

    • Walking in the Corn

    • Host community friends; Host families

    • Taken in October 2010 in Chivarreto, Totonicapan, Guatemala. My in-laws and brother in-law came to visit our village and see what life for the majority is like here in Guatemala. Our neighbor kids were so welcoming and loved spending time with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking To The Drums

    • Walking To The Drums

    • Dance

    • A group of Nyau dancers of the Chewa tribe walk towards the drum circle in Zambia. During the hosting of my first site visit, I booked the local dancers for the entertainment of the new intake. Although, I really enjoyed the show as well. August...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking to the Rice Field

    • Walking to the Rice Field

    • Agriculture; Host families

    • I took this photo shortly after arriving at my site in Fiadanana, Madagascar in May of 2008. This picture shows three of my neighbors (Andrea, her mother Helen and her sister in law Elva) crossing a river to get to their rice field. This day was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking to the Wat

    • Walking to the Wat

    • Celebrations

    • Shown here is the entire village in Bankonglom, Wieng Haeng, bringing donations to the temple at the end of the road. The students from the Bankonglom School are in the pink shirts closest to the camera with a teacher in a blue shirt. The temple...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wash Day

    • Wash Day

    • Life skills

    • The Photo was taken at a Food and Medical Distribution Site in Jawand, Afghanistan (1972). Villagers maintained their daily chores during the food distributions.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Watching on

    • Watching on

    • Host community; Education

    • A bunch of kids from school were watching the Moroccan men (all volunteers) work on the elementary's school's new bathroom (June 2011) in Elkassaba El Khir, Tata, Morocco.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Watching the Games

    • Watching the Games

    • schools; children

    • This photo was taken in July, 2011 during an school track and field competition at the primary teachers college where I serve as an education volunteer. Despite my lack of technical knowledge on track and field events, I helped run practices...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding Bliss

    • Wedding Bliss

    • Weddings; Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • The midwife at a local clinic celebrates on her wedding day in Burkina Faso. The bride is dancing with friends during a Muslim wedding celebration where friends stick money on her while singing and dancing. People all around are using technology...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding Convoy

    • Wedding Convoy

    • Weddings

    • A traditional Macedonian wedding takes place in several different places, so its necessary to have transportation between the locations. Often times, the leading car which usually holds the wedding party, will fly the national flag out the window....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Welcome to the Banana Republic!

    • Welcome to the Banana Republic!

    • Markets; Agriculture

    • Early morning, the owner of this truck (along with 7 others lined up) sells his plantains in the market place of . The amount of platanos produced and the overloaded trucks are quite a site!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What it Means

    • What it Means

    • HIV/AIDS

    • A student at a school in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Eastern Caribbean) writes out the definition of HIV/AIDS at an educational seminar in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention facilitated by Volunteers Katie and Sheena.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What Stigma in the Community Looks Like

    • What Stigma in the Community Looks Like

    • HIV/AIDS

    • A male caregiver and youth leader demonstrate what 'stigma in the community' looks like in a role play that was part of a two day Stigma Symposium held in South Africa in November, 2011. Here the older man helps his young friend while community...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What the Tourists Didn't See

    • What the Tourists Didn't See

    • Business development

    • That’s Dirck Kuzatjike in the gray jacket. He stands in front of the white board he has borrowed from my office in order to host a meeting on the street corner. All the people gathered around him are members of his organization, the Young...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • When the Battle Begins

    • When the Battle Begins

    • Environment; Children; Terrain

    • 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
    • When the Cows Come Home

    • When the Cows Come Home

    • animals; host community friends

    • This is my favorite part of the day in Moldova: when the cows come home. It always happens right around sunset when the cows start walking up the hill and you hear mooooooooooooooooo! for about 30 minutes. They all know where their respective homes...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Where in the world is Cambodia?

    • Where in the world is Cambodia?

    • World Map Project

    • \During the Grade 12 semester exams, there are no classes for the underclassmen. I took this break as an opportunity to do the Peace Corps World Map Project. About 50 students, from grades 10 and 11, worked together to draw and paint the map on the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Where in the World?

    • Where in the World?

    • Animals; Terrain

    • When I saw this view I thought of France and Camille Corot's landscape paintings of France. But no, this scene was real in Thailand. I had just moved to my permanent site in March and took this picture April 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos

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