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    • Young Friend

    • Young Friend

    • Children

    • This photo was taken in 1964 in DananĂ©, Ivory Coast, where I taught English and physical education at a secondary school. The little boy, the son of the town photographer, was quite brave. Many of the other kids would run away when I approached.
    • 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
    • To The Market

    • To The Market

    • Traditional dress; Cross-cultural transition

    • A Yoruba lady on her way to market in Nigeria just after arriving for our tour in January 1964.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Village Craftmen's Pride

    • The Village Craftmen's Pride
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    • This walking suspension bridge near Macenta, Guinea, was made of rope, hand woven from local fibers. The photo dates from 1964. The villagers used the bridge, and travelers in vehicles used a ferry. In the late 1990, the RPCVs of Guinea were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Tea Seller

    • The Tea Seller

    • Traditional dress; Food and meals; children

    • Tea is as important a drink in Turkey as is coffee. When visiting with Turkish friends, they always offered tea first. Later coffee, more expensive and more time consuming to make, would be offered. I was always amazed at how this young boy could...
    • 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
    • The Photo of Household Help

    • The Photo of Household Help

    • Host families

    • The young man who assisted us at the house asked one day if we could help fund a family photo. We were a little curious, but it became clear that he wanted a formal family photo with their first child. We thought it was a good idea, and we funded...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Technology in Turkey

    • Technology in Turkey

    • Schools; Host community; Technology

    • In 2001 my husband, who was not in the Peace Corps, and I visited Turkey. Huseyin, a former student from 45 years ago, invited us to stay with him and his family in Istanbul. On our own, we visited Kirikhan, my site which is in southeastern Turkey....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching Workshop in Eluru

    • Teaching Workshop in Eluru

    • Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • Our Health Nutrition team taught at a Gram Sevika Basic Training School for young people who would become rural elementary teachers. One month we taught courses in health, nutrition, vegetable gardening, and making of a smokeless chula...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Students with Projects

    • Students with Projects

    • Teachers and students; Schools; Education

    • My teaching was a bit more interactive than the traditional Turkish teachers'. I'd ask students to act out what vocabulary they were learning. Here was a day's lesson on prepositions. Most of my orta okul (middle school) students were from villages...
    • Volunteer Photos

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