This picture was taken in Gros Islet, St. Lucia (April 2010). It is a view of Pigeon island and shows the boat used for Pirates of the Caribbean. I was recently in the Eastern Caribbean for a Desk Trip.
This scene from the Acting Out Awareness play represents the four corners of the world coming together in the fight against AIDS. The actor in the middle represents the AIDS virus. Even though the virus is strong, if we all work together we can...
In this scene from the Acting Out Awareness play, the AIDS virus has come face to face with the four corners of the world. At first, the world doesn't know what to do to stop AIDS. In the end they join forces to fight against AIDS. Acting Out...
In the scene from the Acting Out Awareness play, the AIDS virus has just appeared in the world. The virus, represented by the actor in red, is surrounded by the four corners of the world, represented by the four actors in white. Here, the four...
In this scene from the Acting Out Awareness play, the actors representing the four corners of the world are carrying AIDS far away so that it cannot hurt anyone again. The Acting Out Awareness play is a Peace Corps Partnership Project from Massa,...
A history of the Peace Corps in Chile, prepared on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the US Peace Corps, for distribution at the reunion of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Chile, hosted by the Embassy of Chile in Washington DC...
This picture was taken in the village of Solulu in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. I saw this woman in market, so I'm not sure of her name but I loved the Obama shirt. Most Nigerien's LOVED Obama. There were tons of things for sale with his...
On November 15th, 2007, I took this photo in my site of the president of the San Isidro farmers' committee, proudly displaying his committee's tools for no-till agriculture: a direct seeder ("sembradora") and roller crimper ("rollo cuchillo") for...
I took this photo on October 18th, 2007 in my site in Paraguay. Neni is demonstrating a creative reuse of the abundant sour orange rinds available in the community: plantable seed-starting pots.
I took this photo on February 23rd, 2008 at a roadside farm stand in Paraguay. My wife was joking with the local boy in Guarani about which one is the tastiest.
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.
This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in June 2010. I am helping plow the field for our Farmer's Field School. The man pushing the plow is Sai'du Haruna and the girl is his daughter Aisha Sai'du. The...
During my pre-service training (June 2007) I visited a site in Hato Chami, Panama. Here the local artisans are showing us how to weave strings to make bags.
This photo was taken on May 20, 2009 at the independence day celebrations in Lagdo, Cameroon. I had been working with this small parent's school located in an Mbororo village near where I was living. The Mbororo are traditionally nomadic...
This is a picture of a young girl named Nana Farida. She is benig carried tied to her mother's back and she is unhappy about it. This was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in early 2010.