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    • Zambian Crossroads

    • Zambian Crossroads

    • Transportation

    • It was a mid-afternoon day on May 2004 at Mpika, Zambia in the Northern Province. This picture is taken on the Great North Road at the junction that goes to Kasama. The BP Station is the only one in the district and a place I have spent countless...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Visit to the Campo

    • A Visit to the Campo

    • Pre-service Training (PST); Children

    • This photo was takening in April 2001 in the little town of Lita, Ecuador. It is where I had stayed for Community Based Training. I was on a farm in the photo with my fan club from the town as they were showing me their parents' farm and I was...
    • 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
    • Children in Gorge Eroded by Hurricane Mitch

    • Children in Gorge Eroded by Hurricane Mitch

    • Youth; Natural Disasters

    • Waleska, Brenda, Herson, and Marco are children I tutored after school in 2001. They would come to my home, do homework, and play with my things. One hot day they decided to tutor me and show me around the surrounding area. They decided my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • September 11, 2001

    • September 11, 2001

    • Host community friends; Youth; Terrain

    • This is how I remember September 11th. I went on a school field trip with my teachers and students to the ruins of Old Leon, Nicaragua. After the field trip I was exhausted and hungry. I wanted to get home and make tuna casserole. However, my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Backyard in Telica, Nicaragua

    • Backyard in Telica, Nicaragua

    • Clothing; Homestay; Work; Cross-cultural transition

    • The picture is more of the laundry than the house. I took a picture of it in July 2001, seven months living in my site, to remember the hard work that went into my clean clothes before I returned to the land of washing machines. The photo summons...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fabio and Volcano Telica

    • Fabio and Volcano Telica

    • Environment; Host families

    • I took this photo on a hike that my 'Uncle' Fabio was leading a fellow PCV and me on. The hike to the volcano was much longer than I understood and going up the volcano was like walking on a beach, sandy with no good footing. We didn't have...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peace Corps Day 2001

    • Peace Corps Day 2001

    • Sports; Celebrations

    • Volunteer Jay Percell selects volunteers to play a baseball game during 2001 Peace Corps day festivities on the island of St. Lucia, West Indies. Although the St. Lucian children are more familiar with cricket, they were very excited to learn and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The School Garden

    • The School Garden

    • Secondary projects; Children; Agriculture; Environment

    • This photo was taken in Nicaragua in the village of Las Palmeras outside of the city of Rivas. I worked with this group of children ages 5-10 at their school to create a tree nursery and organic garden. This project ultimately fulfilled the goal...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tiky's Birthday Party

    • Tiky's Birthday Party

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • This is a photo of Tiky, my dog, with the children of Zacapa, Guatemala on his birthday in November 2002. Tiky and I had been living in Zacapa for almost nine months. After biting a child who had come into our backyard while I was away, Tiky had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Namibian High Schoolers at Camp

    • Namibian High Schoolers at Camp

    • Camps and clubs; Girls' education; Teachers and students

    • Grade 11 girls from Rehoboth (Namibia) High School work as a team to transport a tire and all team members across an obstacles without touching the ground. Students were attending a week-long leadership camp at Aus, Namibia. The enrichment camp...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Ghanian mother and I

    • My Ghanian mother and I

    • host families

    • This picture was taken when I was sworn in as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolgatanga, Ghana in 2002. My Ghanian mother (pictured) spent hours making this dress and told me we had to dress the same as we're family and it's what you do. I had never...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Feok Festival

    • Feok Festival

    • Celebrations; Host community friends

    • This was taken at the annual Feok Festival in Sandema, UER, Ghana - 2002. It is the harvest celebration and also the celebration of the Builsa people fighting off the slave raider Babatu. The Builsas are a proud people as you can see from the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Babushkas

    • Babushkas

    • Host community friends

    • On a cool summer evening in July 2003, a group of local babushkas gossip and catch up on a bench in Kamianets-Podilsky, Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos

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