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- Stylin' in the Solomons
- Traditional dress
- This photo of me was taken at some point during my three years serving in the Solomon Islands. It is made from the teeth of dolphins, and the villagers got a kick out of this, as normally this type of adornment is worn by a woman.
- Volunteer Photos
- Swearing In Peace Corps Volunteers
- Swearing-in ceremonies
- Liberia, 1983, Community Development
- Volunteer Photos
- The First Ever Microcomputer Exposition in the Northern Caribbean
- Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
- Volunteer Clare and I worked with vendors on St. Maartins to put together an exposition of computer equipment in 1982. We had an Apple II, a Radio Shack TR3, some special purpose word processors from IBM and other equipment. The schools and...
- Volunteer Photos
- The National Sport of Anguilla, Boat Racing
- Sports
- Anguillians love their boat racing. They have developed the art of building boats that people love to sail and race. At all of the major holidays, and some they specially created for the sport, they have races. This photo is from 2000, when I was...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Officers and Staff of the Social Security Office of the Anguilla Government
- Counterparts
- This was taken in 1983, just prior to me leaving the island after my tour of service there. These are the people who created the office. I have returned numerous times to visit and work in the country, helping the SSA to setup their first computer...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Peace Corps in Chile, 1961 - 1968
- A history of the Peace Corps in Chile, prepared on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the US Peace Corps, for distribution at the reunion of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Chile, hosted by the Embassy of Chile in Washington DC...
- Historical Papers and Articles
- The Recent History of Anguilla
- Art
- There are 4 murals that depict the history of Anguilla from the time of Columbus, to the present day, circa 1981. This was painted by a local artist as a gift to the people of Anguilla, and is from a mural in the main government building.
- Volunteer Photos
- The Stoney Ground Rockies Women's Softball Team
- Sports
- A retired American judge vacationed frequently on Anguilla in the 1980's. He had been a big supporter of softball in the US and wanted to do the same on Anguilla. He organized a league of both men and women teams. The Stoney Ground Rockies were a...
- Volunteer Photos
- Tilapia nilotica
- agriculture
- Tilapia nilotica is the fish raised in the Inland Fisheries program in Sierra Leone. I took this photo while Skip DuFour, a fellow fisheries volunteer, held it for me following a pond harvest in early 1982.
- Volunteer Photos
- Traditional Sierra Leonean village
- housing
- While traveling to the southern part of Sierra Leone to experience marine fisheries harvesting, I went through the village of Sulima, pictured here. Homes and surrounding grounds were made of all natural materials and emaculately kept.
- Volunteer Photos
- Tuvaluan Boy Catching the Land Crabs Outside Our Home
- Children; Fishing; Wildlife; Animals
- About 4pm nearly everday young Tuvaluan children would go out and try to catch land crabs for their families consumption. They were so quick and skillful at the task and now and again would let me have a hand at it, but seldom did I ever catch...
- Volunteer Photos
- Vicki Visitng with a New Mom
- Host families; Children
- Volunteer Vicki visiting with Lasaini, her Tuvaluan sister and new baby Viki. Baby Viki was named after her Auntie Vicki.
- Volunteer Photos
- Visiting Samoa
- Host families
- Deputy Director and RPCV Carrie Hessler-Radelet, her father and her host family during her family's visit from Michigan (Western Samoa, 1983)
- Volunteer Photos
- Volunteer with Elephant Bones
- Animals
- I found these elephant bones, apparently left by poachers as there were no tusks, in the game parks of N'Dele, in the northern part of the Central African Republic. This photo was taken by my fellow Volunteer and friend, Karen, in 1984.
- Volunteer Photos
- Volunteers in Tuvalu
- Traditional dress
- Volunteers Donna and Dan wearing fous as they leave the island of Nukulaelae after completing their training. October 1982
- Volunteer Photos
- Waiting Outside the Government Building
- Training; Host community friends
- Sina, Dan, Faiva, Donna, Vave and Olepa waiting outside the government building as Dan & Donna headed out to assignment after training in Nukulaelae, Tuvalu. October 1982
- Volunteer Photos
- Walking with Children
- Children; Terrain
- While walking with a fellow Volunteer on the island of Bohol in the central Philippines in 1980, these children wanted to join us on our walk.
- Volunteer Photos
- Water Supply
- Water and sanitation; Site development
- Running pipe, Aruliho, Solomon Islands, 1982. The women of the village were the movers and shakers and they were the driving force to get this water supply installed so they would not have to carry water up a very steep clay hill side.
- Volunteer Photos