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    • Neighbor Girl as an Adorable Little "Mushroom"

    • Neighbor Girl as an Adorable Little "Mushroom"

    • Children; Host community friends

    • Taken approximately April, 1964, the photo shows the little 2 or 3 year old neighbor girl on the porch of her "nipa hut"---the house she lived in with her parents and brother. I don't remember her name but her father was an aide to Gregorio Dedal,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roger and Richard and Playground Workers

    • Roger and Richard and Playground Workers

    • Secondary projects

    • In Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, Philipines, Volunteers Richard and Roger worked with the city to plan and build a public playground for the children of this rural area. The photo shows us measuring out the site of the seesaws. Taken...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Indian Woman in San Martin de Porres, barriada

    • Indian Woman in San Martin de Porres, barriada

    • host community friends

    • It was common practice for people to put a blanket on their back and go through garbage/litter for anything useable. The dress is typical of a Quechua woman recently arriving in the barriada outside Lima from high in the Andes. Photo taken in 1963...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Children on Trumble's rooftop

    • Children on Trumble's rooftop

    • host community friends; children

    • The only ventilation in the home was through an open hole in the roof, covered by an iron grate. The neighborhood children loved to climb up the one story to the roof and see what the Trumbles were doing in their home in Barriada San Martin de...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador (No. 1)

    • Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador (No. 1)

    • Construction

    • Inauguration Day, August 15, 1965 of the Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador. The 407- ft pedestrian suspension bridge over the Zamora River in the Amazonian rain forest was completed in 11 months with local volunteer labor, steel cable funded by the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador (No. 2)

    • Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador (No. 2)

    • Construction

    • PCVs Walter (volunteer stationed at Zumbi), Jim (Civil Engineer & bridge designer), and Dick (Mechanical Engineer) with some of the local people, who built the Alliance Bridge, on Inauguration Day, August 15, 1965. The 407-ft pedestrian suspension...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador (No. 3)

    • Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador (No. 3)

    • Construction

    • PCVs Dick (Mechanical Engineer), Jim (Civil Engineer & bridge designer), and Walter (volunteer stationed at Zumbi & project organizer) at the inauguration of the Alliance Bridge on August 15, 1965. The 407-ft suspension bridge over the Zamora River...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador (No. 4)

    • Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador (No. 4)

    • construction

    • Photo taken on August 15, 1965 of the commemorative marble plaque mounted on the north tower of the Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador and engraved with the words: Alliance for Progress Bridge, built by the inhabitants of Upper Nanguipa, Lower...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador (No. 5)

    • Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador (No. 5)

    • Construction

    • Photo taken on August 15, 1965 right before the inauguration of the Alliance Bridge at Zumbi, Ecuador and showing PCVs Dick and Walter (sitting on platform) installing sign on south tower which says: ALLIANCE BRIDGE - CROSS WITH CARE - MAXIMUM...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Constructing Basketball Court

    • Constructing Basketball Court

    • sports

    • Susy-s Sports Club constructing basketball court in the plaza of Quesada.The girls played weekly in town and sometimes visited other towns that had Peace Corps Volunteer initiated sports clubs during 1963-1965.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Borkeza School Kitchen Construction

    • Borkeza School Kitchen Construction

    • children; construction

    • The Borkeza Public School was located just outside the village and many of the students returned to village kitchen for lunch. Most of the time, the village kitchen served as a shade area for resting cows and goats. With material left over from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Borkeza School Kitchen Construction

    • Borkeza School Kitchen Construction

    • children; construction

    • The Borkeza Public School was located just outside the village and many of the students returned to village kitchen for lunch. Most of the time, the village kitchen served as a shade area for resting cows and goats. With material left over from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Borkeza School Kitchen Construction

    • Borkeza School Kitchen Construction

    • children; construction

    • The Borkeza Public School was located just outside the village and many of the students returned to village kitchen for lunch. Most of the time, the village kitchen served as a shade area for resting cows and goats. With material left over from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Borkeza School Kitchen Construction

    • Borkeza School Kitchen Construction

    • children; construction

    • The Borkeza Public School was located just outside the village and many of the students returned to village kitchen for lunch. Most of the time, the village kitchen served as a shade area for resting cows and goats. With material left over from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Borkeza School Kitchen Construction

    • Borkeza School Kitchen Construction

    • children; construction

    • The Borkeza Public School was located just outside the village and many of the students returned to village kitchen for lunch. Most of the time, the village kitchen served as a shade area for resting cows and goats. With material left over from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sabde Society

    • Sabde Society

    • celebrations

    • I believe that this picture was taken while visiting Valeria Starkey and Pat Kirk in Voinjama, Lofa County. On this day young girls were being inducted into the Sande Society. The picture depicts their parade thru town.
    • Volunteer Photos

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