Environment; Forestry; Work; Host community friends
I had this photo taken of me and my friend, Jonnys, during a community reforestation campaign in Macuelizo, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua in August, 1997. We are shown planting a Mexican cedar tree. I had established a tree nursery and organized a...
I took this photograph of my school in 2000 after I returned to Cameroon to continue to assist the students. G.S.S. Tatum, now Government High School, is located in Bui Division in the Northwest region of Cameroon.
During the last year of my Peace Corps service I decided to visit many of my students in their villages. Except for one, we (delegation of students and I) went everywhere on foot and had a lot fun along the way too. Our visit was greatly...
The traditional rulers from Tatum/Nkum area appreciated greatly my efforts during my Peace Corps service and in 1999 gave a traditional title Ngwang with a beautiful dress, a cap, a handmade necklace and a country bag. To them I was a peacemaker...
Work; Schools; Teachers and students; Celebrations
In 2001 I returned to Cameroon with 17 boxes of various donations for the students and the school. This photograph was taken during the reception of the donations at G.S.S. Tatum.
Each year since my Peace Corps service we assist through Educare-Africa many students with basic school supplies which we give to the best three in every class in 2-3 schools. This photograph was taken in 2008 during the prize giving ceremony at...
I was sitting on the inside "veranda" of a hut in Guinea in 1996. I was visiting the family of one of my English students. It was a very hot and sunny day in late January. We all gathered inside the mud and straw hut to avoid the heat. The children...
My neighbor's children caring for each other while their mother worked in the market. This little girl carried her baby sister on her back all day long.
This is a picture of the village Iman (center), my fellow Volunteer, Allyson (left) and myself (right) in front of the health post we were building in rural Guinea. The Imam was my partner in the project and became a very close friend despite our...
My Associate Peace Corps Director (APCD) suggested me to do this project with my students. It was a huge success and the students and faculty loved the project.
I used to pass children all the time on my way to work. This young boy always impressed me with his imagination and inventive mind. Kids don't have a lot of toys in rural Guinea, so they make them!
Affem Kabye's village health volunteer and my counterpart Adjoua is making pate in her foyer ameliore. Pate is the staple in the Central Region of Togo. Pate is made by boiling water, adding corn flour and stirring it vigorously; it turns into a...
Amavi is collecting water for her family for drinking, cooking, cleaning and bathing. At the time the only place to find water near her house was to dig a hole and hope for the best. Unfortunately some cattle found her family's water hole but she...
These children are standing in front of Affem Kabye's "case de sante" (health hut). As you can see from the photo, the fence that is supposed to keep sheep and goats from entering the health hut is falling down, which means the village's volunteer...
These nomadic Fulani/Peuhl women have come to Tchamba's weekly Sunday market. They are dressed in their best with beautifully embroidered colorful clothes, brightly colored scarves, multicolored beaded jewelry, beadwork on their head and tatoos....
This is a photo of the village's health committee standing in front of Affem Kabye's "case de sante" (health hut). Each "quartier" in the village is represented by one female and one male health committee member. As you can see from the photo, the...