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    • Bangladesh Landscape

    • Bangladesh Landscape

    • Water and sanitation

    • This picture was taken right in front of my training institute in Savar, just outside of Dhaka. It is a typical view of the Bangladeshi landscape.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cultural Exchange in Lesotho

    • Cultural Exchange in Lesotho

    • Children; Host community friends

    • A Peace Corps Volunteer and a herd boy enjoy time together at Semonkong Falls in Lesotho. Children in Lesotho are usually curious about white skin and this boy really wanted to check out the Volunteer’s hand. This duo was with a group of children...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Christmas

    • Christmas

    • Celebrations

    • This was the best that I could do as far as decorating for Christmas in 1972. It wasn't like there was a department store nearby or anything.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Winter of 1971

    • Winter of 1971

    • Weather; Environment

    • This picture was taken of my town, Shar- e -kurd in the winter of 1971. You never went ourtside alone in the winter. Wild dogs and wolves would come down from the mountains and look for food. Shar-e-kurd had a reputation of being one of the coldest...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Muddy Shoes

    • Muddy Shoes

    • Volunteers

    • Photo of Peace Corps Volunteer stepping in mud while walking in the village of Galewela, Sri Lanka on a hot and humid day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Soccer Stars

    • Soccer Stars

    • Children; Sports; Youth development

    • I took this photo during my first few days at site when I discovered a soccer field and played with a bunch of kids. This is a photo of some the kids after the game that were following me after the game and asking me questions.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Meat Market

    • Meat Market

    • Children; Markets; Celebrations

    • This is a photo I took before Eid-il-Fitur, a national holiday in which men travel to an open field to buy cows to slaughter for the celebration. Taken in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh in January 2006.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Last Supper

    • The Last Supper

    • Host families; Celebrations; Food and meals

    • This was the last dinner I had with my host family before I left training. This is in the city of Chernigov--my host mother is the blond woman at the far left. The person sitting next to me is another Peace Corps Volunteer with her host mother. I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Shkodra Owl

    • The Shkodra Owl

    • Signs; Art

    • This drawing was submitted to the Peace Corps Albania newsletter, Hajde! Hajde! in 2008. It depicts a Volunteer rendition of one of the local animals, a one-eyed owl kept safely dog chained at a popular crossroads coffee bar. The owl came to be an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Mosque Faucet

    • A Mosque Faucet

    • Water and sanitation

    • This photo shows a local man from the town of Fier, demonstrating how a common outdoor faucet was turned into a tourist piece by building a model mosque around it. (Albania is one of the few countries to have a near balance between religions,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volunteer Birthday Party

    • Volunteer Birthday Party

    • Celebrations; Volunteers; Architecture

    • Several Albanian Volunteers sitting on the remains of a Roman colosseum in Apollonia. They came from all over the country to celebrate another PCV's birthday.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kids at Play

    • Kids at Play

    • Children

    • Estimates range between 76,000 to nearly 1 million concrete bunkers that were built by the overly zealous Albanian dictators during their communist rule. Here is pictured one of the many uses Albanians have found for the garish structures today: a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The 2009 Korca Beer Fest

    • The 2009 Korca Beer Fest

    • Celebrations; Volunteers; Food and meals

    • Pictured are Volunteers from Group 11 serving Albania from 2008 through 2010. One of the Community and Organizational Development Volunteers worked closely with Birra Korca to demonstrate marketing and branding strategies to university students....
    • Volunteer Photos

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