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    • Kindergarteners

    • Kindergarteners

    • Youth; Children; Teachers and students; Schools

    • I took this picture on a visit to Hortelão, Sao Nicolau. The kindergarten is composed of one room. The teacher is a high school graduate who is very motivated and loves to teach. Due to her economic status she was not able to go beyond a high...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Brush Your Teeth

    • Brush Your Teeth

    • Health; Water and sanitation; Children

    • Little Adi brushing her teeth one morning with the help of a paint can to reach the deep sink...Taken in the Fiji Islands in 2006.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Make Carpets

    • Learning to Make Carpets

    • Artisans; Crafts; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • A friend took this photo of me during training in 2007 in Godkepe, Turkmenistan, at a women's carpet-making "factory," a collective warehouse where women came together to weave large carpets. The knot-making was not complicated, but time consuming,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Turkmenistan Training Group

    • Turkmenistan Training Group

    • Host families; Animals

    • With a fellow Volunteer's host mother and little host sister, we pose in our teaching clothes beside (and on top of) "Good Camel," named because she was much nicer -- and less spitting -- than the other camel on the compound. 2007
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lisa in Guinea on Ramadan

    • Lisa in Guinea on Ramadan

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations; Host families

    • This picture was taken by my host sister in my village of Dinguiraye, Haute Guinea on the last day of Ramadan in 2008. It shows my host mom, "Mama Kadi" in her finest celebration clothes, and myself wearing a "bazin complet" dress and a veil that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reading in the Park

    • Reading in the Park

    • Youth

    • Between the village school and the mosque, there is a beautiful playing area that turns delightfully green during the rainy season. After praying in the afternoon, students sit for a while and play or, in this case, read novels to learn English....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Junior Achievement Group

    • Junior Achievement Group

    • Youth Development

    • This photo is the Jr. Achievement Group from the Telesecundaria de Cedral (Cedral High School), who were attending a Jr. Achievement competition in the capitol of Costa Rica- San Jose. The students were in 11th grade and started their own small...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Boat Day, Bahia Negra

    • Boat Day, Bahia Negra

    • Transportation; Terrain; Rural sites

    • I took this photo on May 16th, 2008 on the Rio Paraguay in Alto Paraguay province. Boat day only happens once a week in isolated border towns where the massive Pantanal wetland meets the Chaco desert. When the boat arrives, it's the town's only...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rio Paraguay

    • Rio Paraguay

    • Terrain; Rural sites; Transportation

    • I took this photo on May 16th, 2008 in Alto Paraguay. The Rio Paraguay is an active lifeline for the people of the region, but it was a picture of serenity at this moment.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rural Wedding DJ

    • Rural Wedding DJ

    • Weddings; Transportation;

    • I took this photo during my last days of service in Paraguay on November 7th, 2008 just before the wedding of a fellow Volunteer to a host country national. The wedding took place in a small rural community. Horse carts like this are commonly used...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sugarcane Oxcart

    • Sugarcane Oxcart

    • Agriculture; Youth; Transportation; Rural sites

    • This photo from August 24th, 2007 was taken in my site of Ruta'i, Torin, Caaguazu in Paraguay. It is of a boy loading an oxcart with sugarcane that will be used to feed other animals.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yerba Mate, Paraguayan Style

    • Yerba Mate, Paraguayan Style

    • Food and meals; Host community; Host community friends

    • This photo taken on August 27th, 2006 shows my wife and I engaged in the classic Paraguayan ritual with our favorite progressive farmer in our site in Paraguay. Sharing the indigenous green tea, yerba mate, with a communal cup is the universal way...
    • Volunteer Photos

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