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    • Mambajao Agro Fair

    • Mambajao Agro Fair

    • Education; Host community

    • This is me and two of my site mates hosting a booth for our town's annual Agro-Fair. We had just gotten there and were trying to explain our servicesto the citizens of Camiguin.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fancy Lunch

    • Fancy Lunch

    • Cooking; Food and meals

    • My site mate, Nick, hiked 2 hours up to my mountain abode for lunch on a rare sunny day. I show this photo to my students to illustrate the kitchens and the life style of many Filipinos. Note the coconut oil can wood stove and obligatory thermos so...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dauda

    • Dauda

    • Host community friends

    • This is me and my friend, Dauda, during my training in Guinea-Bissau (June-September 1995). Dauda sold used clothes in the market in Gabu and taught me the importance of drinking tea and sitting in Fula culture. Dauda was patient with my language...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Picnic at Sri Nagar

    • Picnic at Sri Nagar

    • Animals; Food and meals;Training of trainers

    • This photo was taken by a fellow volunteer at the picnic which usually punctuated our Teacher Trainings. It was very common to walk a goat to the picnic, and then cook and eat the goat as part of the meal. The teachers offered me the honor of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Our First Dance

    • Our First Dance

    • Weddings

    • This is a picture of my future husband and I dancing in his village in Benin during the Christmas celebration. It was local tradition to place money on the foreheads of the dancers to show appreciation. Tom is placing money on my forehead, this is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Moroccan Wedding

    • My Moroccan Wedding

    • Weddings; Traditional dress

    • This is a photo of my wedding ceremony in Morocco in 1996 during my second year of service. I married my Arabic tutor. The photo shows the completed henna design and a traditional Moroccan wedding dress. The wedding took place at my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fulani Young Women Holding Their Twin Dolls

    • Fulani Young Women Holding Their Twin Dolls

    • Maternal and child health

    • The Fulani, or Peuhl, live in villlages and farms of northern and Central Togo. These young women are sedentary, have huts, grow crops, and could potentially attend school whereas other Fulani are completely nomadic. They are holding twin dolls....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tiny Market of Beignets and Tchouk Beer

    • Tiny Market of Beignets and Tchouk Beer

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • This is a tiny market on Wednesday afternoon in Affem Kabye. The women make beignets and beer to sell to the men after they come home from the fields. Women also drink the locally brewed millet beer. This market is so small that women do not even...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I Want Silky Hair Like Naka, our Volunteer

    • I Want Silky Hair Like Naka, our Volunteer

    • Children

    • These children had never seen a white person until I arrived. They were always touching the hair on my head and arms. They liked the silkiness of my hair. Margueritte wanted hair like Naka's, so she put corn silk on her head so her hair would be...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Charring the Pig

    • Charring the Pig

    • Food and meals; Cooking

    • Affem Kabye, Tchamba prefecture, Central region, Togo Henou (Patrice) and his wife Joselyn Pig slaughter. After slaughtering the pig with a knife, Henou charred the pig on a fire to burn the hair and skin, and then his wife Joselyn prepares it....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pig Slaughter

    • Pig Slaughter

    • Animals; Host community friends

    • Affem Kabye, Tchamba prefecture, Central region, Togo 1995-8 Pictured are Henou (Patrice) and his wife Joselyn.
    • Volunteer Photos

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