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    • Fans at the Africa Cup Finals

    • Fans at the Africa Cup Finals

    • Celebrations; Sports

    • In 2007, the Uganda Cranes soccer team made it to the Africa Cup Finals. This match is against Niger, in the Nelson Mandela Stadium, outside Kampala. The stadium was packed with fans, who decorated themselves with body paint, pins, ribbons & hats...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sipi Falls in the Morning Mist

    • Sipi Falls in the Morning Mist

    • Celebrations

    • Sipi Falls is considered the most beautiful of the many waterfalls in Uganda. I took the photo early in the morning in October 2007. Peace Corps Uganda has a special tradition called Goatstock, where all of the volunteers gather at a national park...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Matooke & Bananas

    • Matooke & Bananas

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • Matooke, green plantains steamed in banana leaves, is a staple food in Uganda. After steaming, the matooke is pressed & eaten with grilled or stewed meat, or vegetables. A smaller type of banana, about the length of a finger, is eaten ripe. These...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • School Girls in Bugiri District, Uganda

    • School Girls in Bugiri District, Uganda

    • Host Community Friends; Education; Schools

    • In Uganda, all schoolchildren wear uniforms. The color & pattern of the uniform identifies the school. Both girls' & boys' heads are shaved, usually until they have completed school. Half of Uganda's population in under the age of 15 & despite the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Children at Busiro Landing

    • Children at Busiro Landing

    • Children; HIV/AIDS; Host community friends

    • Situated in the African Rift Valley, Uganda is home to the source of the Nile River in Lake Victoria. The Lake provides the main source of protein for the tribes that live in the southeastern district. The children have just off-boarded a ferry...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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
    • Visiting Tuareg Camp after a Rain in Niger

    • Visiting Tuareg Camp after a Rain in Niger

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress; Children

    • While backpacking around the village of Illela, where I lived, I met a Tuareg extended family living in the wadi. We became good friends, and I frequently spent my Sunday's with them, playing with the children, telling stories, and drinking camel's...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Tuareg Hairstyle

    • A Tuareg Hairstyle

    • Host community friends

    • In 1976, on my weekend visits with Tuareg friends in the wadi outside of Illela, Niger, I would frequently sit while my friends braided my hair.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Horsing Around in Hats

    • Horsing Around in Hats

    • Host community friends; Children

    • Children from the neighborhood came to visit on a regular basis. We played games, worked on art projects, gardened, listened to music, or just played around. Here two boys wear big hats for fun. Taken in Illela, Niger, 1976.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hausa Woman and Child

    • Hausa Woman and Child

    • Children; Maternal and child health; Traditional dress; Work

    • Taken at the dispensary in Illela, Niger, 1976. I worked with the midwife at the health center to teach pregnant women how to care for themselves, and worked with those who had just given birth, like this young Hausa woman. We taught health...
    • 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

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