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    • Two Women at the Corn Mill

    • Two Women at the Corn Mill

    • Elders

    • It was the day after Christmas 2004 and a few volunteers and I decided to visit the picturesque village of Vevcani, Macedonia. As we wondered the streets we came across these women and asked if we could take their picture. They laughed and seemed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ukraine Cemetery

    • Ukraine Cemetery

    • death; funerals

    • I took this picture in April of 2005 during my language training in Fastive, Ukraine. I passed this cemetery everyday as I walked from my host family's home to the town center for language lessons with my training group. Note that cemetery...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ukraine Train Station - Arrival at Site

    • Ukraine Train Station - Arrival at Site

    • Architecture; transportation

    • The picture is of my Ukrainian Coordinator, Natalya Musulya, picking me up at the L'viv, Ukraine, train station. I had just completed my three months of language training in Fastiv, as part of Ukraine-Group 28 I was posted to serve at the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ukrainian and His Dog

    • Ukrainian and His Dog

    • Youth; Animals

    • Same Youth CAN conference - this little guy followed us around for the entire conference with his dog. Not exactly sure why I'm posting this other than to say that the photo is unbelievable and describes Ukraine in a way only people who've been...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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