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    • 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
    • Aregua 2 Training Class, Paraguay

    • Aregua 2 Training Class, Paraguay

    • Pre-service Training (PST)

    • Our training group had just arrived in country in June, 1989, and our first stop was Ykua Sati, a retreat center just outside of Asuncion, where we spent a few nights for orientation, language testing and lots of shots by the Peace Corps Medical...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Despedida at Site

    • Despedida at Site

    • Celebrations; Food and meals

    • In December, 1991 as I was finishing up my time with Peace Corps my friends in my community (San Miguel, Pastoreo) did a really nice farewell. After feasting on pollo asado, sopa paraguaya, and Coke mixed with beer (yum), there was music and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Mom, My Moto, and Me

    • Host Mom, My Moto, and Me

    • Transportation; Host families

    • I remember the excitement when I learned that I was going to get a motorcycle to help me do my extension work. Peace Corps provided us with one week of training with a US certified motorcycle instructor, and a shiny red Suzuki 100 dirt bike. Here...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Pellets for the Slingshot

    • Making Pellets for the Slingshot

    • Games; Children; Host families

    • It always amazed me how good the kids were at entertaining themselves with what seemed like nothing, for hours on end. In this photo from 1991, my host brother Victor is making clay pellets with his cousin. They would scoop up clay soil,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • APCD Antonio Dacak Playing Guitar

    • APCD Antonio Dacak Playing Guitar

    • Music

    • In 1990 we had a combined Agriculture and Beekeeping In-service Training. After spending hours and hours learning about green manure and water filtration ditches, all in Spanish, highly technical and delivered by the Dean of the Agricultural...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Curious Children

    • Curious Children

    • Children

    • I was invited to listen to a group of tribal drummers in a small village. The children were more interested in looking at me than listening to the drums. This candid shot was take while I was listening to the drums. Bafang, Cameroon.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Funeral Celebrations in Cameroon

    • Funeral Celebrations in Cameroon

    • Celebrations; Ceremonies; Dance; Funerals

    • One of the very colorful and lively funeral celebrations common in Cameroon. Participants dance to lively drums celebrating the life of a tribal chief, rather than mouring his death. Bafang, Cameroon.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional Housing in Cameroon

    • Traditional Housing in Cameroon

    • Housing

    • Northern Cameroon. Example of traditional housing in the north of Cameroon where villages are nested together with a barrier surrounding the simple huts to keep the animals from entering their compounds. Casimir is sitting on top of a small...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roadside Market

    • Roadside Market
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    • Bafang, Cameroon. The equivalent of McDonalds in Africa. This is a roadside market where all kinds of barbecue meat, fish and vegetables could be purchased. Hundreds of drivers who pass this site daily stop to eat lunch or have a snack on route...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Santa Claus Finally Came to the Philippines

    • Santa Claus Finally Came to the Philippines

    • Celebrations; Children; Host community

    • Kids were always saying, "Santa never comes to the Philippines!" Kim and I needed to remedy the situation so we bought toothbrushes, sound makers, etc. for 100 kids. I used the cotton from the first aid kit to make a beard, Kim sewed a hat, and I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kaukaban

    • Kaukaban
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    • 1991: Yahya Frederickson and the village of Kaukaban This photo was taken during a day trip taken during our Volunteer training.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Burundi Volunteers with Dr. Jane Goodall

    • Burundi Volunteers with Dr. Jane Goodall

    • Animals; Environment; Volunteers

    • Burundi wildlife conservation volunteers with Dr. Jane Goodall at the start of a chimpanzee conservation and rescue project. Left to right: Kevin M. Doyle, Don Gay, Jane Goodall, Matt Criblez, Anne Bartlett, Leif Davenport, and Charlotte Uhlenbroek...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Translator's Children

    • Translator's Children

    • Children

    • These are the children of the Kirundi Translator, Emmanuel. Although we learned French, out in the countryside they spoke mostly Kirundi. I learned some Kirundi but not enough to be able to speak technically. Emmanuel was very poor and I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Basket Seller

    • Basket Seller

    • Markets; Crafts

    • This was taken at the Kayanza Market in Burundi. Almost every weekend I would walk from my house to the market which was on a hillside. I used to purchase baskets from the women who sold in the market. They got to know me very well and it was a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Scarecrow Made of Banana Leaves

    • Scarecrow Made of Banana Leaves

    • Host community friends; Environment; Wildlife

    • I knew when I arrive in the morning that something was up. The fish farmers were very excited and they said that there was something that they wanted to show me. In Gahombo they had a lot of problems with Hammerkops (birds) stealling the fish. I...
    • Volunteer Photos

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