The agriculture minister was very delighted to see the results of the expertise that Peace Corps Volunteer Bill brought to Yo Creek, OW District, Belize. I took this photo on an educational tour of the potato farm for the locals. The minister is...
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...
This photo was taken in Agadez, Niger, in the Sahara desert, in February 1990. Some fellow Volunteers and I were sitting in the back of a pick-up truck on our way to start our one-week trek through the Sahara desert at the end of our Peace Corps...
Taken in 1990. I worked as a nurse on the island of Antigua, West Indies. I handwashed my white uniforms by first soaking them in soapy bleach water in a 5-gallon bucket overnight before scrubbing them by hand, then placing them in another...
Taken in 1990. Here I am planting a garden in my backyard with a village girl, Lois (who is a grown woman now). With the dry desert climate of the island of Antigua, West Indies, this turned out to be a challenging project and ultimately did not...
This photo was taken in 1990. Sitting at my dining table, I wrote in my journal daily during my Peace Corps service in Antigua, West Indies. On the wall above me is a map of the Eastern Caribbean where I called home at this time in my life. On...
May 1989. Crabb Hill Village, Antigua, West Indies (Eastern Caribbean)
My husband took this photo. All of the children came out to see the new Volunteers who just moved into the village. They were very excited, and we were happy for the warm...