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    • Women Fishing on the Niger

    • Women Fishing on the Niger

    • Fishing

    • Women in Tiguibery, Guinea, fish with their children in tow. After catching the tiny fish, the women gracefully placed their catch in the calabash bowls balanced on their heads. The dry season on the Niger River also allows locals to do their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Catching Carachama

    • Catching Carachama

    • Fishing

    • This photo is taken on the Rio Napo in Ecuador. A leaf called 'barbasco' is traditionally used as a fishing technique, as it consumes the oxygen in the water through its natural toxins and the fish die. The crushed leaf is released in the water...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Storing the Harvest

    • Storing the Harvest

    • Food and meals

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. This is a picture of 4 brothers and their friend storing the millet harvest in their traditional grain bank. On the ground from left to right are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Helping pound millet in Meri, Cameroon.

    • Helping pound millet in Meri, Cameroon.

    • food and meals

    • This picture was taken outside of my village, Meri, in the Extreme North Region of Cameroon. My friend Abel and I went to visit his sister who lived en brosse, in the bush, in a very small community. I helped his sister piler, pound, millet and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Helping with the Pilar

    • Helping with the Pilar

    • Food and meals; Cooking

    • This picture was taken outside of my village, Meri, in the extreme north region of Cameroon. My friend Abel and I went to visit his sister who lived en brosse (in the bush) in a very small community. I helped his sister piler, pound, millet and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hassana and Zina

    • Hassana and Zina

    • Food and meals; Cooking;Host community friends

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in September 2010. The woman on the left is Hassana Garba who taught me how to pound and winnow my own millet. The other woman is Zina Hashimu, Hassana's...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Laughter at Lunch

    • Laughter at Lunch

    • Food and meals; Host community friends

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. These are three of my closest neighbors and friends eating tup (boiled millet mush) with okra sauce. From left to right are Zali Sanushi with her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PCV Piñata Look-alike

    • PCV Piñata Look-alike

    • Games; Children; Volunteers

    • This photo was taken on June 11th of 2011 in my village in the Republic of Panama at my farewell ceremony the day before I left to begin my close of service proceedings. These are the daughters of my friends/counterparts Nori and Eloi . Neither...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Faiza and Her Date

    • Faiza and Her Date

    • Gardens; Children

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. This is Faiza Lowali. She found a date pit and brought it to our house and asked if she could plant it in our tree nurserie. We let her and it grew...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sa'adiya Writing

    • Sa'adiya Writing

    • Host community friends

    • This is a picture of a young woman named Sa'adiya. It was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. Sa'adiya is 14 years old in this picture. She was too old to go to the children's school (which only opened the year...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Carlita Hunts for Easter Eggs

    • Carlita Hunts for Easter Eggs

    • host community friends; celebrations; children

    • During Holy Week I did a culture exchange with my women's group in Pino Dulce, Guatemala. We dyed Easter eggs and hid them for the kids to find while I explained to them the history of this tradition in America. This photo shows kids searching...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Little Husband

    • My Little Husband

    • Host community friends; Children

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. In this picture is Maimena Hassan and her son Abass, wearing my sunglasses. My husband's local name was Abass. In the Hausa culture a woman does not...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yaneth Weaving

    • Yaneth Weaving

    • Host community friends; Children

    • This was taken in 2011 (post-service) while visiting the Emberá community Ella Drua in Colón, Panama. Yaneth was weaving a traditional Emberá basket while her daughter, Vianca, and my son, Adrián, played on the floor.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Cute Little Neighbor

    • My Cute Little Neighbor

    • Host community friends; Children; Traditional dress

    • This is a photo of my 3-year old neighbor who is a cousin of my host siblings. She is wearing the traditional woven clothing typical of rural Mayan communities in Guatemala.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Alphonse and his Family

    • Alphonse and his Family

    • Host community friends; Counterparts

    • This is a photo of myself and some of my favorite people in Cameroon! This picture was taken in 2010 at my friend/coworker, Alphonse’s house. He was the most honest, kind and hard working person I was honored to meet. In the picture are his...
    • Volunteer Photos

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