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    • Winter in the Village

    • Winter in the Village

    • Host families; Climate

    • This photo was taken during my training in Trypillia, Ukraine on March 6, 2006. The little girl is my host sister, Liza, all bundled up for her morning walk to school. It was one of the first major snowfalls I experienced while in Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wild Pig Hunt on Ambrym Island

    • Wild Pig Hunt on Ambrym Island

    • Wildlife; Food and meals

    • Although I lived on an island in the South Pacific it was a two hour walk to the ocean. was not the main staple for a man living in the bush, wild pig was. Starting at a young age, men and boys partake in the hunt for wild pig. Here are four...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Whoa There!

    • Whoa There!

    • Celebrations; Animals

    • This photo was taken in May 2008 in Tibati, Cameroon, during the town's annual Independence Day parade. This horseman was getting a bit out of control with all of the crowd's oh's and ahh's.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wetland in Reserve

    • Wetland in Reserve

    • Terrain; Environment

    • This is a photo of a wetland in the wildlife reserve I helped manage--a home for flocks of birds and large fish. The characteristics of the wetlands varied by season: during some parts of the year, the entire area in this photo would be flooded; at...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Welcome to Binaba!

    • Welcome to Binaba!

    • Host community friends; Celebrations; Agriculture

    • A welcome dinner hosted by the executive members of Binaba Women's Farmers Association (BWFA) at my house in January 2005.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Washing Spuds

    • Washing Spuds

    • Markets; Children

    • Even very young children have jobs and responsibilities in Honduras. A weekly trip to the mercado to purchase fruits and vegetables was always something I looked forward to as a Peace Corps Volunteer. There was competition in displaying the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking to the Wat

    • Walking to the Wat

    • Celebrations

    • Shown here is the entire village in Bankonglom, Wieng Haeng, bringing donations to the temple at the end of the road. The students from the Bankonglom School are in the pink shirts closest to the camera with a teacher in a blue shirt. The temple...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wakapoa

    • Wakapoa

    • Children

    • I took this photo while visiting another Volunteer in her remote Amerindian village, Wakapoa, in Region 2, Guyana. In this photo a young boy is seen walking to his home surrounded by palm trees; a hidden view to another way of life.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • WAD 2007

    • WAD 2007
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    • I was in the village Ikoga for the World AIDS Day event 2007. I captured this photo of a woman wearing her HIV Positive t-shirt waiting for the event to begin.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Viva Peru!

    • Viva Peru!

    • Sports; Children

    • This photo was taken in 2007 in the town of Corrales, northern Peru . The youth pictured are members of an elementary school soccer team who compete in the Campeonato Mundialito (Little World Championship), a world cup-inspired tournament which...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Visit with Tribal Dancer

    • Visit with Tribal Dancer

    • Host community friends

    • This is the tribal dancer for the Batak tribe in the interior of Palawan. On my weekend visit there, he invited me to come and meet his family in their home before I hiked back to civilization. Even though we did not speak each other's language,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Chief

    • Village Chief

    • Host families

    • This is a photograph of myself, my host father (on the left), and the village chief on the right. The village chief was 86 years old, almost twice the life expectancy in Mali. I was the first Peace Corps volunteer in the village, and he was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Video workshop

    • Video workshop

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken during a participatory video training session at the Navua Rural Women's Telecentre Group in Fiji. The women's group wanted to create a promotional DVD that showcased who they were as an organisation. The women all received...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ultimate Frisbee

    • Ultimate Frisbee

    • Sports

    • In this photo, taken in a schoolyard in Balibar, East Timor (August 2005), a group of local boys are playing ultimate frisbee, which I and a few other trainees taught them. It was my project to teach then the game, to translate the rules into...
    • Volunteer Photos

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