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    • Young Students

    • Young Students

    • Children; Education; Schools; Women in Peace Corps

    • Students attending school every morning or afternoon. School sponsored by local Association to Aid Youth of Jequie.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Students' First Visit to the Ocean in Jamaica

    • Students' First Visit to the Ocean in Jamaica

    • Work; Women in Peace Corps; Education; Girls' education; Environment

    • I took this photo on the north coast of Jamaica of students from my "Environmental Awareness" class at Knox Community College. This is was the first time most of them had ever been to the ocean or beach. I took them tidepooling and swimming. To get...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • School of Journalism Instructors

    • School of Journalism Instructors

    • Host community friends; Women in Peace Corps

    • Local newspaper offered a journalism course during the evening that I attended as a student. I received a certificate of completion at a graduation ceremony in 1974. This program provided me an opportunity to improve my Portuguese language skills...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Return Visit Seventeen Years Later

    • Return Visit Seventeen Years Later

    • Host families; Women in Peace Corps;

    • After 17 years I returned to visit my host family in Jequie. My host father Esmeraldo dos Santos loved to hunt and we visited many rural farms together. My host mother Maria had 13 children and invited me for Sunday dinner every week. My big...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Primary School Students

    • Primary School Students

    • Women in Peace Corps; Children; Education; Schools

    • This is a farewell photo presented at the end of myservice (September,1975) and signed by the director of the school expressing appreciation for contributions to the students and community. The school was organized by a local association to provide...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Morning Catch in Alligator Pond

    • Morning Catch in Alligator Pond

    • Work; Environment; Women in Peace Corps; Fishing

    • This photo was taken at the beach in Alligator Pond, Jamaica in 2004. The south coast of Jamaica has a large ing community, and when the morning's catch in brought in, people from local towns would come down to the beach to haggle for . Some of my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Laundry Lines in Rural Jamaica

    • Laundry Lines in Rural Jamaica

    • Housing

    • This is a photo taken in 2003 of where we would hand wash and dry our laundry. We used rainwater collected in a cistern on the roof. We could wash our clothing most of the year, unless the dry season ran long, when we might be out of water for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Errego Science Fair

    • Errego Science Fair

    • Education; Teachers and students

    • My colleague, a fellow Biology teacher, listens to an 8th grade Mozambican student as he presents his science fair project on plant growth, at the first ever science fair in Errego, Mozambique.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dominoes in Jamaica

    • Dominoes in Jamaica

    • Training; Host families;

    • I took this photo in 2003 while we were in Peace Corps training living with our host family. In the photo (left to right) is my husband, Bryan Murray, our fellow Volunteer Michael Loftin, and our host dad Mr. Rochester. Playing dominoes on outdoor...
    • Volunteer Photos

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