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    • Ngwang

    • Ngwang

    • Celebrations; Elders; Traditional dress

    • The traditional rulers from Tatum/Nkum area appreciated greatly my efforts during my Peace Corps service and in 1999 gave a traditional title Ngwang with a beautiful dress, a cap, a handmade necklace and a country bag. To them I was a peacemaker...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • G.S.S. Tatum Donations

    • G.S.S. Tatum Donations

    • Work; Schools; Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • In 2001 I returned to Cameroon with 17 boxes of various donations for the students and the school. This photograph was taken during the reception of the donations at G.S.S. Tatum.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Prize Ceremony at G.H.S. Ntumbaw

    • Prize Ceremony at G.H.S. Ntumbaw

    • Ceremonies; Schools; Teachers and students

    • Each year since my Peace Corps service we assist through Educare-Africa many students with basic school supplies which we give to the best three in every class in 2-3 schools. This photograph was taken in 2008 during the prize giving ceremony at...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Art; World Map Project

    • The photo was taken in March of 2008. My students and I were working on a World Map Project. We took a large wall that everyone walks past at the school and drew a mural of a world map. This photo shows us in the finishing stages of painting it. We...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I Think I Made Friends

    • I Think I Made Friends

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Host community friends

    • This photo was taken in Kourouma, Mali at the local school where we painted a map of Mali on the school wall. I had just arrived with 3 other volunteers and made quite an interruption at the school.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fastiv Host Family

    • Fastiv Host Family

    • Host families

    • This is my host family in Fastiv, Ukraine: Volsy and wife with children, Tonya, Pasha, and baby Natasia. I lived with them for three months from March 2005-May 2005.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fifth International SOFT Seminar

    • Fifth International SOFT Seminar

    • Work; Business Development

    • This photo was taken outside City Hall in Uzgorhod, Ukraine on October 3rd, 2006. The event was an International Seminar where I had made a presentation on Strategic Parnterships. Included in the Photo: are myself and other Volunteers as well as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Arrival at L'viv Train Station

    • My Arrival at L'viv Train Station

    • Counterparts; Transportation

    • I took this picture of my Coordinator, Natalya, upon my arrival in L'viv, Urkaine in May 2005. I was assigned to work with Natalya at the Institute of Non-Profit Management at the Ukrainian Catholic University.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saturday Morning Walk

    • Saturday Morning Walk

    • Architecture

    • This photo shows me in front of the L'viv Opera House on Prospect Svody Boulevard. The photo was taken on a Saturday morning walk in August of 2006. I resided up the street in a beautiful apartment building across from the Hotel George. L'viv,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mama with Firewood

    • Mama with Firewood

    • Host community friends; Food and meals; Elders

    • This photo was taken in the area Craig Cove, on the island of Ambrym (west), in the country of Vanuatu. The old lady just came from the bush after collecting firewood and coconuts for preparing dinner. This photo symbolizes the strength and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gift Procession at Wedding

    • Gift Procession at Wedding

    • Weddings; Celebrations; Crafts

    • This photo was taken during the gift procession at the wedding of my host sister Momon, at Ranvertlam village on the north of Ambrym Island in the country of Vanuatu. Guests lie their gifts in a pile and go and shake hands and cry with the newly...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fifth and Sixth Grade Class in Vanuatu

    • Fifth and Sixth Grade Class in Vanuatu

    • Schools; Teachers and students

    • This is at the end of the school day as my students were leaving. The class was a combination 5th and 6th grade. A total of 20 students would sit in this room for instruction. The walls are made by weaving coconut palm. The girls in the photo are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rom Dance

    • Rom Dance

    • Dance; Traditional dress; Folklore

    • This is the Rom dance, a traditional dance of the men of Ambrym island in Vanuatu. The men in full dress are the Roms. The other men are dressed in nambas, which is traditional dress for men. You can see Chief Mansop banging on a piece of bamboo....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wild Pig Hunt on Ambrym Island

    • Wild Pig Hunt on Ambrym Island

    • Wildlife; Food and meals

    • Although I lived on an island in the South Pacific it was a two hour walk to the ocean. was not the main staple for a man living in the bush, wild pig was. Starting at a young age, men and boys partake in the hunt for wild pig. Here are four...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Host Mother

    • My Host Mother

    • Host families

    • This is a picture of me and my host mother and was taken around February 2007 in Alarobia, Madagascar. About half way through my Peace Corps service I went back to my pre-service training site to visit my host-stay family. We are standing outside...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stuck in the Mud

    • Stuck in the Mud

    • Transportation; Terrain

    • This picture was taken toward the end of 2006 outside of my village of Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar. My village was mostly a "hike site", meaning that the only way to get in was to hike 7 miles up and over a mountain (about a 2 hour strenous...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Madagascar's Hauts Plateaux

    • Madagascar's Hauts Plateaux

    • Terrain

    • This picture was taken toward the end of 2006 and is a picture of Madagascar's Hauts Plateaux, or highlands. The picture was taken near Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar and depicts the tiered rice fields that the Malagasy build into the mountains.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Malagasy School Children

    • Malagasy School Children

    • Schools; Teachers and students

    • This picture was taken towards the end of 2006 and depicts some Malagasy school children in Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar. They are lining up after recess, and before classes begin again.
    • Volunteer Photos

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