Dennis McAdams (kneeling), a business advisor attached to the Agricultural and Industrial Loans Board with the Loans Board Staff. Honiara, Solomon Islands. 1975
This photo was taken in 1979 along a newly planted ridge north of the school house in Aldea La Hacienda. I had planted several hundred pine trees with the school children and their teacher. The teacher made it clear to the children that they...
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...
Peace Corps Country Director for Kenya, Steve and his wife Barbara, hosted a party for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCV) living in Kenya on February 26, 2011. There were about 100 RPCVs in attendance.
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...
I spent 3 hours negotiating to buy that basket that is in my arms in 1975. I went to Yemen that year as Associate PC Director. It was a great experience. After we finally made a deal, and a great friendship, the shopkeeper and some other...
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.
Illela, a rural town about five hundred miles northwest of Niamey, sits at the mouth of the Sahara Desert in the Republic of Niger. The desert moves inexorably forward, swallowing bit by bit farmers’ fields north of town.
While living there as a...