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    • Break from Training

    • Break from Training

    • Pre-service Training (PST); Transportation

    • This picture was taken at Vulcan Masaya, Nicaragua, during our Peace Corps training. At the time, it was the only national park.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Let's Do Spreadsheets!

    • Let's Do Spreadsheets!

    • Teachers and students; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

    • During 2001 and 2002 I taught computer classes to high school children in my town in Eastern Honduras. We studied the basics of Microsoft Word and Excel.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Washing Machine

    • Washing Machine

    • Work; Housing

    • This picture was taken by my sister Karen when she came to visit me in Nicaragua in 2001. I got to wash our clothes by hand on the pila, a concrete washboard and sink. This was a source of great amusement and connection with my grandmother who...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Introduction, Odi?

    • Introduction, Odi?

    • Children; Housing; Community development

    • In Mlangeni, Ntcheu, Malawi, I was assigned to the Health-HIV/AIDS Sector in 2001, but before any work could be done, trust needed to be gained. I found children to be my path towards trust and partnership with my community. Here I am crouching...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Last Day - Smile and Tears

    • Last Day - Smile and Tears

    • Host community friends

    • It was 2003 and the end of my service in Mlangeni, Malawi. I had worked hard, especially with the youth raising awareness regarding HIV/AIDS and facilitating a rural volunteer counseling and testing program. All of these faces were a part of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Katuyola Ponds

    • Katuyola Ponds

    • Terrain; Fishing

    • This picture of two of my farmers' fish ponds in the village of Katuyola, Zambia. This photo was taken on the morning of our first fish harvest in 2002. It was a bit chilly and a mist was rising off the pond's surface. The pond on the right is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Necessary Protein

    • Necessary Protein

    • Children; Fishing; Nutrition

    • This photo was taken in 2003 at Mwindwiji Farms, Zambia. The child holding the fish is most likely suffering from Kwashiorkor Syndrome, which is a severe protein malnutrition that affects children. I think this photo sums up the Peace Corps...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cassava Lady

    • Cassava Lady

    • Host community friends

    • Katuyola, Zambia. I have no idea how people balance things like that on their head...that bucket was heavy! This is one of my neighbors who soaked her cassava in one of the fish ponds.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Carry Like a Nepali Woman

    • Learning to Carry Like a Nepali Woman
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    • While trekking in the Gokyo Region of Nepal, I met this local woman who, like many Nepali women, was carrying a heavy straw basket on her head. She set it down on a rocky ledge and I squatted underneath as if I were carrying the basket in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dhal Bhat Eating Contest

    • Dhal Bhat Eating Contest

    • In-service Training (IST)

    • At an all-Volunteer conference in Kathmandu, Peace Corps Volunteers provide entertainment with a Dhal Bhat (lentils and rice-the Nepali national dish) eating contest. The team that consumed the most were the winners.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing Girl

    • Dancing Girl

    • Dance

    • A student at the Maya Devi School for Girls in Bharatpur, Nepal, where a taught, performs a traditional Nepali dance during a day of student performances at the school.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hindu Sellers

    • Hindu Sellers

    • Markets

    • At a holy Hindu temple in the Terai in the southern part of Nepal, near the Indian border, these men sell a special powder for face painting prior to entering the temple.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Koporo-Pen Health/Sanitation Committee

    • Koporo-Pen Health/Sanitation Committee

    • Host community; Health

    • This is a photo of Koporo-pen's Peace Corp formed health committee which consisted of my village work counterpart and two members of each section of the village. We met weekly to discuss issues with village sanitation and health and brainstormed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Well Work and Field Based Training

    • Well Work and Field Based Training

    • Pre-service Training (PST); Environment; Water and Sanitation

    • This is a photo of a field base training that I set up in my village Koporo-pen. We were doing a top well repair and another Volunteer and I took that opportunity to train Peace Corps trainees as well as our own village masons. We brought some...
    • Volunteer Photos

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