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    • Rua Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    • Rua Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    • Housing

    • Typical housing for volunteers- brightly painted row house at Rua Belo Horizonte #54, in Jequie, Bahia, Brasil. House had electricity, water storage tank, bottled gas stove for cooking, 2 small bedrooms and a banana tree growing in the backyard. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Primary School Students

    • Primary School Students

    • Women in Peace Corps; Children; Education; Schools

    • This is a farewell photo presented at the end of myservice (September,1975) and signed by the director of the school expressing appreciation for contributions to the students and community. The school was organized by a local association to provide...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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
    • School of Journalism Instructors

    • School of Journalism Instructors

    • Host community friends; Women in Peace Corps

    • Local newspaper offered a journalism course during the evening that I attended as a student. I received a certificate of completion at a graduation ceremony in 1974. This program provided me an opportunity to improve my Portuguese language skills...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Return Visit Seventeen Years Later

    • Return Visit Seventeen Years Later

    • Host families; Women in Peace Corps;

    • After 17 years I returned to visit my host family in Jequie. My host father Esmeraldo dos Santos loved to hunt and we visited many rural farms together. My host mother Maria had 13 children and invited me for Sunday dinner every week. My big...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Club de Muchachas

    • Club de Muchachas

    • Girls' education; Health; Education

    • This is my girl's club, Club de Muchachas, in El Limon, Nicaragua, in Nueva Segovia close to the Honduran border. This area later became known as "Contra country" after the revolution. These girls took up leadership roles in their community, and...
    • 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
    • Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

    • Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

    • Celebrations; Libraries; Education

    • Although the official dedication of the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library and Media Center did not begin until 10:00 a.m., the children lined up at 8:00 in the blazing sun. I wondered how to keep them entertained for two hours and then it hit...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reconnecting with Peace Corps in Ethiopia

    • Reconnecting with Peace Corps in Ethiopia

    • Libraries

    • I enlisted the support of current volunteers (2009) in Mekelle, Ethiopia to help set up a library project in memory of a colleague. The current volunteers were extremely helpful in setting up the library and are a continued source of support for...
    • 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
    • Loret Miller Ruppe in Mauritania

    • Loret Miller Ruppe in Mauritania

    • Peace Corps Directors

    • This photo was taken circa 1980, when Peace Corps Director Loret Miller Ruppe came to visit in Mauritania. Pictured in the photo are Loret, David Scotton, Dick Wall and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hotel Haik in Downtown Haik City

    • Hotel Haik in Downtown Haik City

    • Host community; Food and meals

    • Hotel Haik was the town center, as it provided a locale for news, entertainment and gatherings. Ethiopians love to spend their free time with friends and family, drinking coffee and Hotel Haik provided that venue. Lights were out, as the town had...
    • Volunteer Photos

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