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    • Fans at the Africa Cup Finals

    • 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
    • Sipi Falls in the Morning Mist

    • 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
    • Matooke & Bananas

    • 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
    • School Girls in Bugiri District, Uganda

    • 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
    • Children at Busiro Landing

    • 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
    • Lemonade at the Titanic Club

    • 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
    • Visiting Tuareg Camp after a Rain in Niger

    • 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
    • Horsing Around in Hats

    • 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
    • Hausa Woman and Child

    • 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
    • Grandmothers

    • 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
    • Saemaeul Picnic

    • Saemaeul Picnic
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    • This photo was taken in Tongyeong County in the spring of 1976. Government workers were encouraged to spend a day planting rice as part of the "New Village Movement" or Saemaeul. The program was designed to boost the economic developement of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mr. Joe

    • Mr. Joe
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    • After planting rice at the annual Saemaul Volunteer Day, there was a picnic. This is a photo of Mr. Joe, my counterpart at the county health center in Tongyeong County, spring 1976. Makali was drunk out of a bowl, which when emptied was passed to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Bap Chip

    • The Bap Chip
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    • This picture was taken in Chung Mu City in July 1976. This is the "boarding house" house restaurant where the city and county workers who were living away from home came for their meals. It was run by a woman, her mother, three daughters and...
    • Volunteer Photos

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