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    • Health Post Almost Done!

    • Health Post Almost Done!
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    • This is a picture of the village Iman (center), my fellow Volunteer, Allyson (left) and myself (right) in front of the health post we were building in rural Guinea. The Imam was my partner in the project and became a very close friend despite our...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project
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    • My Associate Peace Corps Director (APCD) suggested me to do this project with my students. It was a huge success and the students and faculty loved the project.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Homemade Toy

    • Homemade Toy
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    • I used to pass children all the time on my way to work. This young boy always impressed me with his imagination and inventive mind. Kids don't have a lot of toys in rural Guinea, so they make them!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • An Honor

    • An Honor
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    • Receiving a hand-made country cloth outfit from student John in May, 1969, at Matilda Newport Junior High School in Monrovia, Liberia. He is first giving me the hat.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Outfit Complete

    • Outfit Complete
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    • Volunteer Tom Vinson in the complete country cloth chief's outfit, a gift from students at Matilda Newport Junior High School, Monrovia in May, 1969. Pictured from left are Bea, John, Valerie, and Tom Vinson. The robe was a great honor to receive.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Singing for Our Supper

    • Singing for Our Supper
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    • Singing in the photo are Dick Lundgren, Dee Maning, Rich Holmes, Neil Dupree, Joyce Emery, and Roger Lavallee. One was usually asked to perform at functions. This was on our visit to established volunteers in the Cotobato area of Mindano in 1965.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Basilan Island Fiesta

    • Basilan Island Fiesta
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    • Ebbie, the young woman in the plaid skirt, worked and stayed with us in Zamboanga City. For pay, we paid her school tuition, uniform and book fees. This was a fiesta on Basilan Island at her family's home on a coconut plantation.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Buying Vegetables from Small Girls

    • Buying Vegetables from Small Girls
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    • This is a photo taken in Hohoe in the Volta Region of Ghana. It was market day which becomes busy as people are walking the streets selling or buying goods and produce. The volunteer, Dace, is buying vegetables from small girls who were carrying...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Nana Komla Dihie III

    • Nana Komla Dihie III
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    • This is a photo of Nana Komla Dihie III, the chief of Likpe Todome and Krontihene of the Likpe traditional area in the Volta Region of Ghana. Nana is presiding over a groundbreaking ceremony as part of a community-based tourism development project....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Becoming Queen Mother of Development

    • Becoming Queen Mother of Development
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    • This is a photo taken in January of 2009. The community of Likpe Todome in the Volta Region of Ghana is bestowing an honor upon their Peace Corps volunteer, Leanne Polachek. They are making her the honorary Likpe Todome Queen Mother of Development.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Citemene

    • Citemene
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    • Villagers burning a firebreak in preparation for citemene, which is the traditional slash and burn agriculture system. The photo was taken in Mpelembe, Serenje, Central Province, Zambia in 2007.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Catapult

    • Catapult

    • Host Family

    • Village kids use catapults to shoot dried balls made of mud at unsuspecting birds. Rarely are they successful.
    • Volunteer Photos

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