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    • Conrado and Mahogany

    • Conrado and Mahogany
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    • Farmer Conrado planted a border row of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) along the edge of his field. The tree is two years old in the photo. Isabela province, the Philippines, 1988
    • Volunteer Photos
    • San Roman Pageant

    • San Roman Pageant

    • Sports; Dignitaries

    • We held a fundraiser in the village to raise money for the completion of the community center. Events included sport competitions: soccer, basketball, bike races, swimming races, dance, chicken barbacue and a dance "Jump Up." The photo shows a San...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Friends

    • Village Friends

    • Children

    • I was visiting with the police adminstrator in the village on the front step of his residence. The village youth gathered around me and we were dissussing the day's school activities. The children were a very happy bunch and were quick to share a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Klay Chief and Wife

    • Klay Chief and Wife

    • Elders

    • This photo was taken when we arrived in Klay, Liberia for our in-country training in January 1987. We were welcomed by a small crowd from the village with drumming, dancing, and even a devil on stilts. The chief of the village and his wife...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Form E Girls

    • Form E Girls

    • Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in November of 1989 at the farewell celebration for our Form C and Form E students.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bushmen Couple At Work

    • Bushmen Couple At Work

    • Artisans; Community development; Housing

    • 1985 Village of Shakawe, Botswana, Africa. These people are called Bushmen or Hottentots. The man is crafting poison tipped arrows. The women is boring holes in ostrich egg fragments to use as beads. This is a very remote village best known for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Proud Student

    • Proud Student

    • Education; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • 1987 Shoshong Secondary School, Botswana, Africa. Woodworking student admiring his project before turning it in.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ecological Field Study

    • Ecological Field Study

    • environment; teachers and students

    • My Form C Science class in 1989. We went to the top of Thaba Tsoeu on a Saturday morning with our homemade one meter square and placed it in random locations. We then counted all the flora and fauna in that area. It was really great of those...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Herd Boys on top of Thaba Mokhele

    • Herd Boys on top of Thaba Mokhele

    • children

    • These two boys accompanied about one dozen hikers representing six different countries to the top of Thaba Mokhele in Mohale's Hoek District in Lesotho. They led us through fairly easy passages all the way to the summit, all the while herding...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lithoko (Praise Poems)

    • Lithoko (Praise Poems)

    • folklore

    • This photo is of Selbourne Ntepe, a Form E student at Bonhomme High School in November 1989. He is delivering 'lithoko', or praise poems. These poems honored the memory of the elders, and were delivered in a very spirited and fast talking manner.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Surrealistic Juxtaposition

    • Surrealistic Juxtaposition

    • signs

    • The title phrase was coined by my good friend, Anne Button. She used it as a reference to two things, that when juxtaposed, evoke the surreal. Case in point is this photo, taken along Main Road south in Lesotho, about 15 miles north of Mohale's...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Motsoto and Mabusetsa

    • Motsoto and Mabusetsa

    • youth; HIV/AIDS

    • Of all the photos of my students, I think I love this one best. These two boys were the best of friends; they did everything together. I think this photo captures that. They were among the brightest in the class of 1991, and very eager to learn...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Science Fair Project

    • Science Fair Project

    • schools; education

    • We always encouraged our pupils to enter a project in the District Science Fair. Tumisang entered every year. His love for science was unmatched in our school and he represented us well in the Science Fair. He is currently a civil engineer and...
    • Volunteer Photos

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