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    • Aegviidu Post Office

    • Aegviidu Post Office

    • Architecture

    • My first year in Peace Corps, I lived in a tiny little forest village of 1,000 square feet. It was charming, but lonely, particularly during the long, dark winter months. This was taken on one of the few days when the sun was out.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baby Weighing

    • Baby Weighing

    • Maternal and child health

    • Henou (Patrice) is a community health Volunteer. On a monthly basis, weather permitting (in other words, it wasn't raining), we would bike to the villages & farms surrounding Affem Kabye and weigh the children aged 5 and under. This is part of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baby's Bath Time

    • Baby's Bath Time

    • Water and sanitation; Maternal and child health

    • Bath time. This is how Kabye village women give their baby a bath. Lots of water and soap. The babies normally scream.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Basketball Court

    • Basketball Court

    • Host community; Sports

    • The basketball court was a central feature of Neijiang Teachers' College in 1998. Basketball was almost as popular as ping-pong. Neijiang, Sichuan, China.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Boat to Neijiang

    • Boat to Neijiang

    • Transportation

    • As a teacher trainer volunteer, I taught at a teachers' college that was in a village across the river from the city of Neijiang. Taking the boat across the river was often faster than taking the minibus.
    • 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
    • Children Standing in Front of "Case de Sante"

    • Children Standing in Front of "Case de Sante"

    • Health; Architecture; Children

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Classroom Building

    • Classroom Building

    • Schools

    • This was one of two classroom buildings that English teachers taught in at Neijiang Teachers' College, Sichuan, China. There was no air conditioning and no heat in 1998. The students below are reading the newspaper in a glass case.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Collecting Water

    • Collecting Water

    • Water and sanitation

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coming of Age Ceremony Among Kabye of Togo

    • Coming of Age Ceremony Among Kabye of Togo

    • Ceremonies; Celebrations

    • Evala is the traditional wrestling ceremony that takes place every 5 years among the Kabye of Togo. Evala is part of the male coming of age ceremony/events. The guys must catch a dog, slaughter it, prepare it and eat it. They also make hats with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Reforestation Campaign

    • Community Reforestation Campaign

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos

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