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    • Swearing In with Loret Miller Ruppe

    • Swearing In with Loret Miller Ruppe

    • Swearing-in ceremonies; Volunteers

    • This photo was taken during the swearing-in ceremony of the third and largest group of Volunteers to begin service in Haiti in 1984. Loret Miller Ruppe, the then-Director of the Peace Corps, came to Haiti to officiate. This photo shows eight of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching Nutrition in the Village

    • Teaching Nutrition in the Village

    • Teachers and students; Maternal and child health

    • I am teaching nutrition - breastfeeding and weaning - to women and children in Bossangoa, Central African Rep., 1981, speaking in the Gbeya language. These lessons were done twice weekly.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving in Hinche: Cleaning Rice

    • Thanksgiving in Hinche: Cleaning Rice

    • Food and meals; Cooking; Celebrations

    • For our first Thanksgiving in Haiti, all of the Volunteers traveled to Hinche to celebrate with the three forestry and fishery volunteers and their neighbors. We roasted a turkey and served it along with some Haitian favorites like rice with pigeon...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving in Hinche: Rice and Pigeon Peas

    • Thanksgiving in Hinche: Rice and Pigeon Peas

    • Celebrations; Food and meals; Cooking

    • For our first Thanksgiving in Haiti, all of the Volunteers traveled to Hinche to celebrate with the three forestry and fishery Volunteers and their neighbors. We roasted a turkey and served it along with some Haitian favorites like rice with pigeon...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving in Hinche: Tending to the Turkey

    • Thanksgiving in Hinche: Tending to the Turkey

    • Cooking; Food and meals; Celebrations

    • For our first Thanksgiving in Haiti in 1984, all of the volunteers traveled to Hinche to celebrate with the three forestry and fishery volunteers and their neighbors. We roasted a turkey and served it along with some Haitian favorites like rice...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volunteer with Elephant Bones

    • 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
    • Water Delivery

    • Water Delivery

    • Children; water and sanitation; Transportation

    • Water came from shallow wells in the creekbed. My neighbors delivered two jugs a week - about 10 gallons. This is my weekly delivery of water.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Where the Senorita Comes From

    • Where the Senorita Comes From

    • World map project; Youth; Education

    • The children spent a lot of time in my house, so I kept crayons and paper around. When they asked me about where I came from, I told them I had lived near Mount St. Helens, which had erupted a few years earlier. This is one of my neighbors and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • With My Family in Croix des Bouquets

    • With My Family in Croix des Bouquets

    • Host families

    • This picture was taken with my host family shortly before training ended in September of 1984. They took such good care of me. At first they attempted to serve me meals that they thought were Americanized. When they realized how much I liked...
    • Volunteer Photos

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