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    • Back to Peace Corps Site After 10 Years

    • Back to Peace Corps Site After 10 Years

    • Children; Elders

    • This was taken in August 2010 on a visit back to my host community -- 10 years later. I was a Volunteer in Xichang in Sichuan province. I was walking by and this woman was very interested in my son -- it was typically the first time for many of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yi Baby

    • Yi Baby

    • Children

    • Most people don't know that China is home to 55 different "minority" groups. My Peace Corps site was in Xichang, Sichuan and was home to one of the largest groups, the Yi people. The Yi people have their own language that is still very much alive...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yi Teenage Boy

    • Yi Teenage Boy

    • Youth; Traditional dress

    • I lived in an area that was the capital of the Yi nationality. Although many Yi women are seen wearing traditional dress, it is less common to see the men in traditional dress. That's part of why I was so impressed with this boy's clothing. He...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Husband and Wife

    • Husband and Wife

    • Weddings

    • I met my wife while buying vegetables from her in the market of Ipala, Chiquimula, Guatemala, and we were married about three years later. This photo is of my wife on our wedding day, and her various relatives who came to help with the cooking for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My 44th Birthday

    • My 44th Birthday

    • Celebrations

    • Celebrating at the banks of the Darkhan, Mongolia with my counterpart site director and fellow Volunteer Nathan. I was just given the hat to wear.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bolivia's Well

    • Bolivia's Well
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    • Volunteer Anna worked with the rural communities in the region of La Paz, Bolivia. This photo epitomizes Anna's notoriously positive spirit and the joyous demeanor she held with the host community. The building of a community well was just one of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • First Indigenous Women's Ascent Volcano Cotopaxi, Ecuador

    • First Indigenous Women's Ascent Volcano Cotopaxi, Ecuador

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Women's movement

    • EMPOWERMENT, LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH THE ANDEAN WOMEN’S MOUNTAINEERING MOVEMENT In our “progressive” modern world, women continue to be discouraged from pursuing many of their hopes and dreams, especially in the developing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing Donated School Supplies

    • Sharing Donated School Supplies

    • Teachers and students; Schools

    • This photo was taken of me while distributing supplies that were donated by an elementary school in the U.S. to a rural Mayan school in Guatemala. As an agricultural extentionist from '99 - '01, I often worked in schools such as this one, helping...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing My Experience

    • Sharing My Experience

    • Anniversaries

    • Each year during the Peace Corps Anniversary Week, I bring in artifacts, share pictures, and tell stories about my Peace Corps service in Morocco as a Parks, Wildlife, and Environmental Education Volunteer with my students. Since my return to the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Return To Taza, Morocco

    • Return To Taza, Morocco

    • Host families

    • I returned to my Eaux et Foret counterpart's (Aziz Rhamouni) home to visit him and his wonderful family in 2006. The last time I saw them was before I left Morocco in April of 2000. From right to left is...Aziz, myself, his wife Fatima, his mother...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Return To Taza, Morocco

    • Return To Taza, Morocco

    • Counterparts

    • This was taken at the end of my service as a Parks, Wildlife, and Environmental Educator in the Spring of 2000. In this photo I am enjoying the hospitality of Aziz Rhamouni and his family. Aziz was my counterpart at the Eaux et Foret office in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • At the Foothills of the High Atlas Mountains

    • At the Foothills of the High Atlas Mountains

    • Pre-service training (PST)

    • Here you will find myself and fellow trainee, Mike, along with two of our language instructors (from left to right - Wahi and Ishou), enjoying a break outside a village at the foot of the High Atlas Mountains in the summer of 1998. This was part...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Dinner

    • Village Dinner

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • In this photo, I am with the mother of the family who took good care of my when I was working deep inside Tazekka National Park. Here we are getting ready to prepare this goat for the Aid L'Kabir celebrations held about a month after Ramadan. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tazekka

    • Tazekka
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    • This photo was taken shortly after my arrival at my site in Taza, Morocco. The work of several Volunteers is evident throughout the park, with the creation of an eco-tourism center, "green" education classes for children, and maintenance of...
    • Volunteer Photos

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