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    • Making Fufu (Ghana)

    • Making Fufu (Ghana)

    • Cooking; Education; Food and meals

    • This picture was taken in 1994 in Ghana and shows the traditional method of making fufu. This version of fufu is made by boiling starchy foods (cassava and yam) and then pounding them into a glutinous mass. The pounding needs to have a steady...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Master Builders of Toy Trucks

    • Master Builders of Toy Trucks

    • Children

    • This photo shows two boys in Ghana, showing off the new toy truck that they built from cans and other found items. The wheels are made from spent flip-flops and the axels are made from pens. The photo was taken by a Peace Corps Volunteer that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Senegal Goodbye Party

    • Senegal Goodbye Party

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

    • This photo was taken in September 1992 in Popenguine, Senegal. The party was hosted by the Popenguine Women's Group. The photo is taken in the open air environmental education center that was funded by the SPA grant that I applied for during my...
    • 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
    • Recess

    • Recess

    • Children; Schools; Teachers and students

    • In Nacaome Honduras 1994 teaching games to the kids so they could play with each other at recess.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volunteer with Village Children, Ataa, Malaita

    • Volunteer with Village Children, Ataa, Malaita

    • children; host community friends; schools

    • This picture is of me and village children (mostly primary school students) in Ataa, Malaita, in the Solomon Islands. Ataa is in north / east Malaita and is accessible only by canoe. I took this picture during a holiday during a Nov 1993 visit ...
    • 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

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