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    • Young Students

    • Young Students

    • Children; Education; Schools; Women in Peace Corps

    • Students attending school every morning or afternoon. School sponsored by local Association to Aid Youth of Jequie.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Friends

    • Young Friends

    • Children

    • I was greeted by these two beautiful little girls during the dedication of the Thomas Hooyman Library in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia on August 29, 2009. It was a return visit to Ethiopia, where I had served in the 1970s.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yemen 2

    • Yemen 2

    • Volunteers

    • This is a photo of the entire team of Yemen 2 that arrived in September, 1974 including all Volunteers, Peace Corps Staff and Yemeni Staff. Jack (center top) sent me the photo the other dat. It may be the only photo of our complete team. Our...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yazd

    • Yazd

    • Architecture

    • This is a picture of the rooftops of Yazd, where I lived, in central Iran - looking north, taken from a mosque in the Bazaar, Circa 1975.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • White Sunday in Western Samoa

    • White Sunday in Western Samoa

    • Children; Religion; Celebrations

    • This photograph was taken on the island of Manono in Western Samoa in 1975, during my time as a Peace Corps Volunteer (1974-1977) in that country. My host family lived on Manono and I would try to visit them whenever I was able to get away, and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • TB Vaccination Korea 1973

    • TB Vaccination Korea 1973

    • Health; Medicine

    • Ralph Echols, K24, gives a TB vaccination to a middle school studentat a Seul middle school, winter of 1972. This was part of our training practicum. Photo by Richard Trinrud.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • TB Control at a Middle School, Seoul, Korea

    • TB Control at a Middle School, Seoul, Korea

    • Health; Medicine

    • Richard Trinrud examines results of TB test for a Korean middle school student. This was a field trip practicum during our (K24) training. After the vaccinations and tests were done, the school principal treated the half dozen volunteers to a lunch...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Taruyea and Her Daughter, Fatima

    • Taruyea and Her Daughter, Fatima

    • Host community friends

    • Assigned to each Peace Corps Volunteer, by the school principal, was a cook and housekeeper. This woman and her child were also my companions and became my family after our time together. Dedicated work, wonderful food and always a good...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Taking Flight

    • Taking Flight

    • Transportation; Environment

    • This photo was taken in the town of Teppi, in Ilubabor Province of Ethiopia in 1974. At my school there had been a big grassy knoll that separated the football field from the local airstrip. During an intensive clean up day at the school we...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Swearing In Ceremony

    • Swearing In Ceremony

    • Swearing-in ceremonies

    • This photo was taken in Accra Ghana August 1976. After weeks of language, and cultural training we were ready to be sworn in by Howard Stevenson(Peace Corp) and Shirley Temple Black (Ambasador)
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Summer Days

    • Summer Days

    • Youth; Health

    • Partnering with a school in Agadir, located on the ocean, the boys were able to spend a month during the summer on the beach. Being in the ocean gave them a freedom of movement they had not experienced since contracting polio.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Steve and Carol Cook

    • Steve and Carol Cook

    • Volunteers

    • We lived on an estate in a converted carriage house. I had this orange VW which I rebuilt up in the hills all by myself. Our cat in the picture is named Teef because he always was teefing tings. I was a p.e. teacher and Carol was a 4H officer. ...
    • Volunteer Photos

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