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    • Liberia XIII Kpelle In-Country Training Program

    • Liberia XIII Kpelle In-Country Training Program

    • In-country training; Children

    • Liberia XIII was the first in-country training program in Liberia. After a two week staging process in Philadelphia our group flew directly to Liberia. We were all educators. Our training consisted of teaching at a vacation school conducted at...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gbarnga Meat Shop

    • Gbarnga Meat Shop

    • Food and meals

    • Every Saturday morning a local farmer would kill one of his cattle and sell the meat at the local market. This was the only fresh meat that was sold in town. Unfortunately, the meat was tougher than shoe leather. My diet was rice mixed with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Money Bus

    • The Money Bus

    • Transportation

    • All travel in upcountry Liberia was by taxi or “money bus”. There was no schedule. When a taxi driver got a full complement of at least 6 passengers he would leave. The Peugeot station wagon was the car of choice. The “money bus”...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • St. Martin’s Catholic Mission

    • St. Martin’s Catholic Mission

    • Schools

    • One of two school buildings that housed grades 1-7. The school eventually went to ninth grade. I taught a class of 55 students in grades 5 and 6. The school year was from March to the first of December. Gbarnga, Liberia, 1968.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • An Honor

    • An Honor

    • Teachers and students

    • Receiving a hand-made country cloth outfit from student John in May, 1969, at Matilda Newport Junior High School in Monrovia, Liberia. He is first giving me the hat.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Outfit Complete

    • Outfit Complete

    • Teachers and students; Traditional dress

    • Volunteer Tom Vinson in the complete country cloth chief's outfit, a gift from students at Matilda Newport Junior High School, Monrovia in May, 1969. Pictured from left are Bea, John, Valerie, and Tom Vinson. The robe was a great honor to receive.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Music

    • Making Music

    • Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • This photo shows the celebration of a new tribal paramount chief in Gbarnga, Liberia in December 1969. Note the ceremonial tusk horn.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saint Martin Saints

    • Saint Martin Saints

    • Teachers and students; Sports

    • Joe Jauregui pictured with the St. Martin basketball team. Basketball was introduced by Peace Corps Volunteers in upcountry Liberia prior to my arrival. It had been popular in the capital city of Monrovia for many years. Tubman Methodist Mission...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Site Office in Limatambo, Peru

    • Site Office in Limatambo, Peru

    • Site

    • This photo was taken in 1969 in front of the Ministry of Agriculture sector office in Limatambo, Peru, where Volunteer Jim Hencin was assigned to work with a Peruvian counterpart. The photo is of Jim Hencin.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Typical Transportation in Peru

    • Typical Transportation in Peru

    • Transportation

    • This photo, taken in 1969, shows men who were traveling from Limatambo, Peru, to an agricultural demonstration farm. The truck, typical of ones that transported both people and goods, had a flat tire, which was being fixed.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • With Host Family in Peru

    • With Host Family in Peru

    • Host families

    • This photo, taken in 1969, is of Volunteer Jim Hencin along with the host family in whose house he lived in Limatambo, Peru. The family owned a restaurant/pension that served many travelers who stopped on their way to and from Cuzco, the regional...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Communal Plowing with Foot Plows

    • Communal Plowing with Foot Plows

    • Agriculture

    • This photo shows men preparing a field for planting potatos using foot plows. This was in 1969 in the Community of Pampaconga, Peru, where I provided assistance with a Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture counterpart.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gbomuko Village

    • Gbomuko Village

    • Agriculture; Environment

    • Photo was taken by T. L. Green. I worked with him and his wife, Sally, both botanists, on the ecology of a tropical plant in Sierra Leone. The village chief of Gbomuko Village SL and retired chiefdom clerk welcomed us to the area as we searched...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Shower Time

    • Shower Time

    • Water and sanitation

    • Sierra Leone, the villagers built this for me. A bucket of tepid water, cup and bar of soap were all needed...
    • Volunteer Photos

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