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    • Celebration of the Ligo and Jani Day Festival

    • Celebration of the Ligo and Jani Day Festival

    • Youth; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken during my training summer 2000 in Valmiera, Latvia. This photo shows the Latvian tradition of jumping over a fire for good luck throughout the next year on the shortest night of the year. Latvia celebrates the Summer Solstice...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Going on the Seaplane

    • Going on the Seaplane

    • Host community friends

    • Whenever anyone left the island, either by seaplane or boat, they were richly decorated with many flower garlands. Sometimes we were so heavily decorated it was hard to move from the weight and the strong fragrance. Truly an honor to be loved so...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Skinny Volunteer!

    • The Skinny Volunteer!

    • Volunteers; Nutrition

    • The male volunteers in Guinea I all seemed to loose weight. But all said and done, what does one do with photos of skinny volunteers? Here, a photo is used to identify the booklet on his overseas experiences.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Crossover Training in the Field

    • Crossover Training in the Field

    • Host community friends; Children; Games

    • Natase and Shania are my friends, my distraction, my adopted daughters, my salvation. Jump ropes sent from friends back home are used as a cultural exchange. I teach them the cross-over technique and they fill me in on neighborhood gossip. Photo...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • School

    • School

    • Schools

    • This was my classroom / shop where I taught welding to village kids. At the time the idea was to teach nomadic village kids and young adults how to weld so they could apply for work at the Russian steelmill near Isfahan. The Shah was trying to keep...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • At the Fatelle

    • At the Fatelle

    • Host families; Swearing-in ceremonies

    • Dan & Donna sitting with the host family mother and father (Sina & Faiva) at the party the night we were sworn in as Peace Corps Volunteers for Tuvalu. The white around the necks is baby powder; it is a custom in Tuvalu to show appreciation during...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Trabant

    • The Trabant

    • Transportation

    • Let me start by saying we were NOT allowed to drive as volunteers. I'm sitting in a parked Trabant (car produced in former East Germany) in front of my building in Bekescsaba, Hungary in June 1993. Most Hungarians used bicycles or public...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ms. Louisa and the Outlaws

    • Ms. Louisa and the Outlaws

    • Youth; Dance; Traditional dress

    • Peace Corps Volunteers came together to start an annual Children's English Language Drama Festival in Hungary. This is a photo of my 8th grade students at the finals in Hajdunanas for the inaugural year - 1992. I found the play in a textbook in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kurdish Wedding

    • Kurdish Wedding

    • Weddings; Music; Dance

    • Taken in October 1969 in Kangavar, Iran, this picture was taken at the wedding of my housekeeper's 17 year old son. Prior to the wedding, the bridegroom, family and friends dance through the alleys to music by a reed horn player and drummer.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Bekescsaba Knights Softball Team

    • The Bekescsaba Knights Softball Team

    • Sports; Youth development

    • Peace Corps volunteers decided to start a softball league where classes of students could play against each other. This photo is of my 8th grade students at a tournament in Szarvas, Hungary. Our softball equipment was collected by people from my ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving in Hinche: Tending to the Turkey

    • Thanksgiving in Hinche: Tending to the Turkey

    • Cooking; Food and meals; Celebrations

    • For our first Thanksgiving in Haiti in 1984, all of the volunteers traveled to Hinche to celebrate with the three forestry and fishery volunteers and their neighbors. We roasted a turkey and served it along with some Haitian favorites like rice...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Wedding Tradition on the Steppe

    • A Wedding Tradition on the Steppe

    • Celebrations; Ceremonies; Weddings; Host community friends

    • Between my friend Lyuba's wedding ceremony and the wedding reception we drove a few miles out into the steppe surrounding the city of Karaganda and tied a red ribbon to a pole. The red ribbon symbolizes anger and unpleasantness, which the newlyweds...
    • Volunteer Photos

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