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...
Njoro is about 120 miles NE of Nairobi Kenya at an altitude of 7200 feet. Njoro School had about 500 o' and a' level students. I taught physics and math to some very bright students, who worked very hard and did very well on their exams. Over the...
A Volunteer with former student, Bamba. School gardens/poultry raising program.
Former student returning to get information on poultry raising so he could do it in his primary school. Daloa, Ivory Coast, 1975.
Taken in 1973 in Kouve Togo at the work site for the Primary School Self-Help Project. Peace Corps Togo Volunteer Bert Grimm and the Capenters. This photo was printed using a small hole in the photographer's roof as the light source.
These three women were taking a break from their wool and pottery stands in a market outside of Marrakesh. They had traditional Berber tattoos and silver jewelry, and were curious about the one Moroccan tatoo I had on my hand.
Ibrahim was a resident at the Orphanage for Boys Handicapped with Polio located adjacent to the Koutubia Mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco. I worked at the orphanage and facilitated the adoption of a puppy to help enhance the quality of life for the...
Si Said was a leather artisan with a business in the Marrakesh Souq and worked at the orphanage for boys handicapped with polio. He taught the boys how to make leather shoes and other leather projects and was committed to helping them find jobs so...
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)
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...
At Anoamaa JH School in W. Samoa (1973) I tried to bring our studies on the systems of the body to life with the dissection of a pig. Before I could finish, the class ran off with all the "parts" I had laid out on banana leaves.
This photo was taken in our house in Ziahtown, Zwedru County, Liberia in 1976. These are neighbor children who enjoyed hanging out in our house in the afternoon. They are enjoying the list drops of an afternoon snack.
These are two neighbor boys in Ziahtown (Zwedru County, Liberia) with a tow money bus that they made themselves from bamboo. The windshield was made from the plastic wrap from tee shirts my parents had sent to me. The photo was taken in 1976.
Bill Wresch, K24, reads a Korean middle school student's TB test results.This was part of our practicum field trip during K24 (TB Control) training. Winter of 1972. P
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.
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...