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    • Let's Color - Haiti

    • Let's Color - Haiti

    • Children; Host community friends

    • I lived with a family in Hinche, Haiti for a few months before moving out on my own. I kept in close touch with Fabienne, this little girl, and she came by often to play. This day we colored and read stories that my mom sent from the States.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waiting for the buss

    • Waiting for the buss

    • Children; Transportation

    • I took this photo at the bus station in Takarodi, Ghana in January, 2004 of this cute little girl that was all dressed up and waiting with her mother for the bus (tro-tro) to Axim, Ghana where I was working.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Row Your Boat - LaGonav, Haiti

    • Row Your Boat - LaGonav, Haiti

    • Children; Transportation

    • I was visiting the island of Lagonav off the coast of Haiti and a group of boys were in a boat and when the saw me all jumped in at the same time. This picture was taken just seconds before they jumped.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Home Cooking

    • Home Cooking

    • Cooking

    • This photo was taken while I was still in training near Swedru, Ghana and shows my next door neighbor Sarah Gyeswa and her friend pounding casava root to make foo foo for dinner. Foo foo is a gourmet favorite in Ghana but it took me a while to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Here Comes the Queen

    • Here Comes the Queen

    • Dignitaries; Celebrations

    • I took this photo at the President's Day celebration in Nkroful, Ghana on April 3, 2004. The President was welcomed by many local chief's and their wives in a grand celebration. A very colorful event.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hail to the Chief

    • Hail to the Chief

    • Dignitaries; Celebrations

    • I took this photo at the President's Day celebration on April 3rd, 2004 in Nkroful, Ghana. Many of the local chiefs had came to honor the president.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Old One

    • Old One

    • Elders

    • This is the cleaning lady at the school where my host mother taught. It was taken in September 2004 in Urgench, Khorzem Region, Uzbekistan. I loved her face. The people of Uzbekistan were poor but they had so much pride and were so friendly.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lost Sister

    • Lost Sister

    • HIV/AIDS; Funerals

    • Family members grieve at a deuil, or mourning ceremony, on the outskirts of Bandjoun, Cameroon, in August 2004. Many Cameroonians deny the existence of AIDS and insist that many die of the flu, pneumonia, or even sorcery. However, AIDS is often the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • We're Family

    • We're Family

    • Host families

    • This picture was taken after a year of service, in June of 2004, when I went back to my training site in the community of Koujol, not far from Archaie, Haiti, to visit my host family. The little girl on the right, Kenya, was born during my 3...
    • 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
    • Host family in Haiti

    • Host family in Haiti

    • Host families

    • I lived with a host family in rural Haiti. 9 years later I stopped by for a surprise visit with old pictures of us. After a few minutes, word got around that I was there and all the neighbors came by to say hi and see. Archaie, Haiti.
    • Volunteer Photos

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