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    • Aftermath of M&M Relay Race

    • Aftermath of M&M Relay Race

    • Camps and clubs; Work; Children

    • During Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World), our campers were paired with local orphans for a games day. This particular game consisted of a relay where participants had to race towards a plate of flour to out M&Ms with their mouths. Predictably, it...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Last Bell Ceremony

    • Last Bell Ceremony

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Work; Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • This picture was taken on May 31st, 2007 on the last day of school at Zhovkva Secondary School Number 1 in Western Ukraine. These three girls have just finished first grade and are wearing traditional Ukrainian clothing. They're holding flowers...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • New Bride Brings Luck to Unmarried Women

    • New Bride Brings Luck to Unmarried Women

    • Weddings; Celebrations; Dance

    • This picture was taken in September 2007 at the wedding of my neighbors Zenick and Marta in Zhovkva, a small town in Western Ukraine. After the church and town hall ceremonies, the couple threw an elaborate reception complete with dinner and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Grandmothers' Participation in Town Celebration

    • Grandmothers' Participation in Town Celebration

    • Elders; Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • In April 2007 I traveled to Poltava Oblast in the center of Ukraine to visit a fellow Volunteer. I took this picture in Reshetylivka, her town, on the anniversary of the town's founding. These women are babusiyas (grandmothers) and they're...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Unusual (and Everyday) Neighbors

    • My Unusual (and Everyday) Neighbors

    • Housing; Animals

    • This picture was taken in the spring of 2006 in Zhovkva, a small town in Western Ukraine. This is my neighbor's house and his fowl which frequented the side of the road that ran in between his house and mine. They often chased after me as I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Long Jump

    • Long Jump

    • Games; Sports; Schools; Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in the last hours of Waterberg Primary School's Annual Athletics event. Students, divided into red and blue teams, participate in track and field events all day in a field just outside of the school grounds. Here, a 5th grade...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Herero Funeral

    • Herero Funeral

    • Funerals; Ceremonies; Traditional dress

    • At a funeral in a rural village in Namibia, four women from the Herero tribe show their sympathy by gathering outside the home of the person who has passed away. The women are wearing traditional Herero dress (derived from the Victorian dresses of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Reforestation Campaign

    • Community Reforestation Campaign

    • Environment; Forestry; Work; Host community friends

    • I had this photo taken of me and my friend, Jonnys, during a community reforestation campaign in Macuelizo, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua in August, 1997. We are shown planting a Mexican cedar tree. I had established a tree nursery and organized a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Coronation Feast of King George Tupou V

    • The Coronation Feast of King George Tupou V

    • Ceremonies; Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken August 1, 2008 on the grounds of the Tongan Royal Palace in Nuku'Alofa at the Coronation feast. The photo is of Princess Pilolevu's daughter (little girl) about to enter the feast tent to perform the ta'olunga for her uncle,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • During The Coronation of George Tupou V

    • During The Coronation of George Tupou V

    • Ceremonies; Celebrations; Teachers and students

    • The Photo was taken August 1, 2008 during the coronation of George Tupou V as King of Tonga, looking from Centennial church (where the coronation was held) towards the Royal Palace. The road is lined with Tapa cloth and girls from Queen Salote...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Former Students Thirty Years Later

    • Former Students Thirty Years Later

    • Teachers and students

    • This photo is of former students of mine from Tupou High School in Nuku'Alofa, Tonga. I taught Chemistry and General Science there during the 1979 to 1981 school years. The photo was taken August 12, 2008. From L -R, Lotukalafi Finau Palaki who...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 'Osamu's 'Api

    • 'Osamu's 'Api

    • Housing

    • This photo shows 'Osamu's 'Api where I lived my first year-photo taken August 11, 2008 or so. Looks much the same as it did when I lived there. The house on the left was my house.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Arriving Home from the River at Dusk

    • Arriving Home from the River at Dusk

    • Transportation; Work; Host community friends

    • I took this photo one evening as I was walking home. It was taken in February of 2006, in the pueblo of Miramar where I lived. Miramar is a small agricultural town located on the River Chira in Paita, Piura, Peru -- the northern coastal region of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Government Secondary School Tatum

    • Government Secondary School Tatum

    • Work; Schools

    • I took this photograph of my school in 2000 after I returned to Cameroon to continue to assist the students. G.S.S. Tatum, now Government High School, is located in Bui Division in the Northwest region of Cameroon.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Visiting Students at Mbuluv

    • Visiting Students at Mbuluv

    • Work; Teachers and students

    • During the last year of my Peace Corps service I decided to visit many of my students in their villages. Except for one, we (delegation of students and I) went everywhere on foot and had a lot fun along the way too. Our visit was greatly...
    • Volunteer Photos

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