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    • Young Friends

    • Young Friends

    • Children

    • I was greeted by these two beautiful little girls during the dedication of the Thomas Hooyman Library in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia on August 29, 2009. It was a return visit to Ethiopia, where I had served in the 1970s.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yes We Can

    • Yes We Can

    • Children; Elders

    • The picture was taken by my home village, Tougouri, Burkina Faso. In the picture are my best-friend's mother (therefore MY grandmother) and my friend's son. The little boy is the smiliest and giggliest little boy ever created and his grandmother...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working Hard...

    • Working Hard...

    • Work; Host community friends; Forestry

    • I took this photo in 2001, while working with a community member, and good friend, Miguel. He works in the forestry and cattle industries in Eastern Honduras.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Winter View from Balcony

    • Winter View from Balcony

    • Climate; Housing

    • As someone who has lived in Los Angeles for 20 years, the Ukrainian winters were quite different than anything I had experienced before. This photo was taken in January 2005 from my balcony in Khmelnitsky, Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Money Bus

    • The Money Bus

    • Transportation

    • All travel in upcountry Liberia was by taxi or “money bus”. There was no schedule. When a taxi driver got a full complement of at least 6 passengers he would leave. The Peugeot station wagon was the car of choice. The “money bus”...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Eighth Grade Blues

    • The Eighth Grade Blues

    • Teachers and students; Girls' education

    • Several of my students in the village of Tougouri, Burkina Faso are "hanging out" in front of their classroom - no electricity and no water. It is an amazing feat that there are three girls in the picture as only about 10% of my students were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tamai

    • Tamai

    • Elders; Food and meals

    • This is Tamai, one of the older ladies in my village. Saramaccan women work very hard harvesting, cutting, and beating rice, the primary food in a Saramaccan diet. Even women Tamai's age can put an able-bodied Peace Corps volunteer in his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • St. Martin’s Catholic Mission

    • St. Martin’s Catholic Mission

    • Schools

    • One of two school buildings that housed grades 1-7. The school eventually went to ninth grade. I taught a class of 55 students in grades 5 and 6. The school year was from March to the first of December. Gbarnga, Liberia, 1968.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sign Language Class

    • Sign Language Class

    • Teachers and students

    • This was taken in December 2004. One of my secondary projects was teaching American Sign Language to deaf Ukrainians. I am in the middle wearing a plaid shirt. My students ranged in age from five to eighty years old.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing a Meal

    • Sharing a Meal

    • Host community friends; Food and meals

    • Enjoying a delicious meal of couscous and chicken. My wife and I lived upstairs from this wonderful family during our two years in Morocco.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sangam Temple Fire Walking

    • Sangam Temple Fire Walking

    • Ceremonies; Religion; Traditional dress

    • I took this photo during an annual Hindu fire walking ceremony in September, 2008 at Sangam Temple in Navua, Fiji. The ritual is an act of self-purification and is part of a vow in which the devotee promises to walk on fire in order to receive...
    • Volunteer Photos

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