Samabogo, Mali taken on 10/4/2009. This is my host mom, Worokia, at my village going away party. I bought 50 pounds of beans and invited my friends and family to eat and dance. I admit we are all bean eaters.
This photo was taken in March of 2006 in Uzyn, Kievskaya Oblast, Ukraine, when I had been living with my host family for about a month. On the right is my host "mother" Maria, making sure I was properly dressed to go out into the cold to use the...
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...
The picture was taken by my home village, Tougouri, Burkina Faso. In the picture are my best-friend's mother (therefore MY grandmother) and my friend's son. The little boy is the smiliest and giggliest little boy ever created and his grandmother...
This photo was taken in May 2008 at School #3662 in Isla Tobati, Paraguay. This is a traditional dance that the students were doing for a Mother's Day celebration. The photo shows a girl and boy in costume during the performance. They are both six...
As a Municipal Development Volunteer, I worked with a group of youth originating from rural and urban parts of the municipality. In this photo, an unofficial counterpart and I were teaching them how to make wooden signs for businesses in their...
This was taken by my Ukrainian friend Alex at a two week long Youth CAN (Youth Community Action Network) conference in eastern Ukraine. The day's theme was "Ukrainian Pride" and the shirts you are seeing are called "serochkas" - national dress worn...
Youth in Ukraine light candles to remember victims of HIV/AIDS. They are among those who are aware of HIV/AIDS and how to avoid it, thanks to the Peace Corps and its Volunteers who teach youth to adopt healthy lifestyles.
This photo was taken during the unveiling of an HIV prevention mural painted in 2008 in collaboration with the students from Kongo SS in the Upper East Region of Ghana. This was the culmination of a six week project focused on collaboration between...