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- Peace Corps Annual Operations Report, Fiscal Year 1973
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Budget; Congress -
Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1973. - Congressional and Legislative Materials
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- ACTION Fiscal Year 1976 Budget and Transition Estimate: International Programs (Peace Corps)
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Budget; Congress -
Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1976. - Congressional and Legislative Materials
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- Fans at the Africa Cup Finals
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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
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- Sipi Falls in the Morning Mist
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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
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- Matooke & Bananas
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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
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- School Girls in Bugiri District, Uganda
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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
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- Children at Busiro Landing
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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
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- Minstrels Announce Arrival of the Sultan in Niger
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Each year to celebrate Ramadan, there was a parade and camel races in honor of the Sultan of Illela. These men are the minstrels riding ahead of the Sultan, announcing his arrival. Illela was renown for its horses. Following the camel race... - Volunteer Photos
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- Lemonade at the Titanic Club
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Taking a break on a hot day in Rokupr, Sierra Leone, 1977. I had made my rounds to local farmers and stopped to pick up my mail and visit a friend over lemonade at the Titanic club. How hot was it? No thermometers, we didn't want to know! - Volunteer Photos
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- Visiting Tuareg Camp after a Rain in Niger
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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
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- A Tuareg Hairstyle
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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
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- Horsing Around in Hats
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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
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- Hausa Woman and Child
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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
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- Young Friends
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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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- Connecting with current volunteers in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia
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This photo shows a computer being set up in the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library at Fre Siwot Elementary School in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. I enlisted the support of current volunteers in setting up the library, which opened in August... - Volunteer Photos
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- Ribbon Cutting Event at Fre Siwot Elementary School
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Ato Yohannes Gebregeorgis and I cut the ribbon to officially open the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library in Mekelle, Ethiopia, August 2009. - Volunteer Photos
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- Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
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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
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- Reconnecting with Peace Corps in Ethiopia
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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
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- Drying Seawead
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This photograph was taken on Hansan Island, Tongyeoung County, Korea, in the Spring of 1976. - Volunteer Photos
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- Grandmothers
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The lady on the left was the owner of the house where I lived in Chung Mu City, now Tongyeong City. The other ladies were regulars for card playing and long naps on the porch. This photo was taken in the winter of 1976. - Volunteer Photos
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