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    • PC Tuvalu Training

    • PC Tuvalu Training

    • Training sites; Training; Volunteers; Water and sanitation

    • Volunteers complete the first demonstration ferrocement water tank during training held in the capital of Funafuti, May 1980. This project, which was conducted in collaboration with local development coordinators trained by Save the Children...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Tuvalu Volunteer Home

    • PC Tuvalu Volunteer Home

    • Housing; Volunteers

    • Volunteers Lee and Vicky Dilley in front of their home on Vaitupu atoll, April 1981. The home is constructed in the local style with thatched room and open walls and is typical of homes provided to civil servants working on the outer islands.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Tuvalu Solar Dryer Project

    • PC Tuvalu Solar Dryer Project

    • Business development; Income generation; Training; Food and meals

    • Construction of a demonstration solar copra dryer, Nukulaelae atoll, January 1982. The solar dryer was constructed by a group of local workers trained by the Volunteer and utilized mainly local materials including chain sawn coconut timber. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Tuvalu National Development Plan

    • PC Tuvalu National Development Plan

    • Education; Life skills; Site development; Training

    • National Development Plan training workshop coordinated by Save the Children Federation (SCF) in collaboration with Volunteers, Nukulaelae atoll, March 1982. SCF and PC were directly involved in the preparation of Tuvalu's 1982 National...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Tuvalu Departure

    • PC Tuvalu Departure

    • Volunteers; Close of Service (COS); Ceremonies

    • Scott and Myra Erickson preparing to depart Tuvalu following the completion of two and a half years of service on Nukulaelae atoll, November 1982. Our departure followed the first visit of her majesty Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip to Tuvalu.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Coronation Feast of King George Tupou V

    • The Coronation Feast of King George Tupou V

    • Ceremonies; Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken August 1, 2008 on the grounds of the Tongan Royal Palace in Nuku'Alofa at the Coronation feast. The photo is of Princess Pilolevu's daughter (little girl) about to enter the feast tent to perform the ta'olunga for her uncle,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • During The Coronation of George Tupou V

    • During The Coronation of George Tupou V

    • Ceremonies; Celebrations; Teachers and students

    • The Photo was taken August 1, 2008 during the coronation of George Tupou V as King of Tonga, looking from Centennial church (where the coronation was held) towards the Royal Palace. The road is lined with Tapa cloth and girls from Queen Salote...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Former Students Thirty Years Later

    • Former Students Thirty Years Later

    • Teachers and students

    • This photo is of former students of mine from Tupou High School in Nuku'Alofa, Tonga. I taught Chemistry and General Science there during the 1979 to 1981 school years. The photo was taken August 12, 2008. From L -R, Lotukalafi Finau Palaki who...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 'Osamu's 'Api

    • 'Osamu's 'Api

    • Housing

    • This photo shows 'Osamu's 'Api where I lived my first year-photo taken August 11, 2008 or so. Looks much the same as it did when I lived there. The house on the left was my house.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peace Corps Volunteers in Jamaica

    • Peace Corps Volunteers in Jamaica

    • Housing; Transportation

    • This photo shows fellow Volunteer Donna and myself in front of a little apartment in Kingston, Jamaica. Machetes were a common landscaping tool and very cheap. Notice the bike, which was the common way we got around in the city. We were just...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The First World Map Project Map in the Peace Corps

    • The First World Map Project Map in the Peace Corps

    • Children; Education; Work; Schools; Teachers and students;

    • This is the first World Map Project Map in what was to become a standard Peace Corps activity worldwide. It is in the school in Hondo Valle, Dominican Republic. Volunteer Barbara Jo White is working with two high school students on the map. It was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Zaire Fisheries

    • Zaire Fisheries

    • Work; Agriculture; Fishing

    • Inspecting a pond with other aquaculture (fisheries) volunteers. We grew Tilapia. This was part of our orientation to farming in Zaire, prior to language training at Bukavu, Lake Kivu. 1980
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fishing

    • Fishing

    • Fishing; Children

    • This is one of the families I worked with in the aldea of Atulapa, Esquipulas, Guatemala. Happy children each with a fish! The picture was taken c. 1987.
    • Volunteer Photos

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