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    • View of the Lake and Farmers' Homes

    • View of the Lake and Farmers' Homes

    • Housing

    • Pig farmers lived in this brick house across from my apartment building. I heard the pigs squealing as they were killed. In the background is a modern white building in the city of Neijiang, across the river from our village near Neijiang Teachers'...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Children and Me

    • Village Children and Me

    • Children; Celebrations

    • During one of many local celebrations, I took a photo with children in my village. The celebration was near my house and these were the kids I saw regularly. The picture was taken on September 27, 2009 in Batié, Cameroon.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Women

    • Village Women

    • youth; food and meals; traditional dress

    • I took this photo in Toufestelt village near my site in Ain Leuh, Ifrane Province, Morocco during the July 4, 2011 celebration that I shared with them. I was working with a group of 12 lakeside high school students from Seatle, Wa. who were there...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Vinegarville

    • Vinegarville

    • Business development; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture

    • This is a picture of some of the 25 women who are learning to to make vinegar, wine vinegar, and herb-infused vinegar. The man in the picture is the agricultural agent who is teaching them. They come every week from all over the valley. They hope...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Visit to Voortrekker Monument

    • Visit to Voortrekker Monument

    • Statues and monuments; Medical evacuation

    • After breaking my ankle in a motorcycle accident, I was flown for surgery to South Africa. I visited the Voortrekker Monument while I was there. Pretoria, South Africa
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Visiting Students at Mbuluv

    • Visiting Students at Mbuluv

    • Work; Teachers and students

    • During the last year of my Peace Corps service I decided to visit many of my students in their villages. Except for one, we (delegation of students and I) went everywhere on foot and had a lot fun along the way too. Our visit was greatly...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Voila!

    • Voila!

    • artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); business development

    • I met Chantal in a neighboring village and due to our shared connection in the arts, I focused some of my work as a small business development PCV on promoting her and her craft. When I met her she only dyed and sold the printed batik cloth she...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volunteer and Host Family on Birthday

    • Volunteer and Host Family on Birthday

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken during my 24th birthday party my host family had for me. This was my second birthday in country. My family gave me mango ice cream for my birthday! It was delicious. From left to right: (In the back) My host father, my host...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volunteer and Host Mother

    • Volunteer and Host Mother

    • Host families

    • This is a picture of my host mother and I on a tricyle, the main mode of transportation in our barangay (village). We are on our way to a family gathering. Every Sunday Mama Len's family gets together to play cards, mahjong, eat food, and enjoy...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volunteer Work

    • Volunteer Work

    • Volunteerism; Teachers and students

    • Introducing volunteer work to my students is one of the best ways to exchange culture. My students traveled 14 hours to volunteer at two Halloween parties I hosted for my new students. It was such an awesome act of volunteerism!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volunteers on the Road

    • Volunteers on the Road

    • Food and meals

    • Two Rural Development Volunteers in Guinea (1964) are having lunch on the road. They had stopped in a village, bought something to eat, traveled a bit more, and then stopped to have lunch. They were new volunteers and appear to be somewhat amused...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waiting for the Footballer

    • Waiting for the Footballer

    • Traditional dress; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • I joined another Volunteer for her malaria and sports came on the border town of Ribaou. Each day as we walked to the the camp two women would sit soaking in the morning air and chatting away. She was neither wearing the green scarf nor the stern...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waiting for water

    • Waiting for water

    • Children; Environment; Water and sanitation

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar. It’s July 7th, 2011. It’s a Friday, around 10:30am. Not a time when there is usually a lot of people at the fountain, and yet, the dry season has started, but there should still be water. Once again,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking with my midwifery mentor

    • Walking with my midwifery mentor

    • Maternal and child health

    • Aicha Boulmahuahib was the midwife at the local hospital at Ouled Berhill, Taroudant, Morocco where I lived for 2 years. The day I met her, we automatically started developing health workshops for women in the community. Also, I assisted her on...
    • Volunteer Photos

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