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    • Outfit Complete

    • Outfit Complete

    • Teachers and students; Traditional dress

    • 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
    • Preparing for Winter

    • Preparing for Winter

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • This photo was taken on November 24, 2007, during my second week at my permanent site in Aksukent, Kazakhstan. My host mother and host sisters worked all day to chop cabbage and carrots into this huge pile. They then added salt and pepper and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roof Rethatching

    • Roof Rethatching

    • Housing

    • Adding more dried grass to the hut's roof to cover up leaky gaps. The photo was taken in Mpelembe, Serenje, Central Province, Zambia in 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saint Patrick's Day Celebration

    • Saint Patrick's Day Celebration

    • Teachers and students; Celebrations; Dance

    • My students (all future English teachers) at the Humanitarian Pedagogical College dance an Irish jig. Our celebration included a play, skits, songs, trivia, and this dance. My students loved to dance, but I am not a dance instructor and the only...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Singing for Our Supper

    • Singing for Our Supper

    • Music; Celebrations

    • 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
    • Steps to Likpe Todome Caves and Waterfall

    • Steps to Likpe Todome Caves and Waterfall

    • Host community friends; Ecotourism

    • This is a picture taken in July of 2008. The Peace Corps volunteer, Leanne Polachek, poses with members of the Likpe Todome community. The community members are creating steps to their ancestral caves and waterfall which are part of a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Washing Machine

    • Washing Machine

    • Work; Housing

    • This picture was taken by my sister Karen when she came to visit me in Nicaragua in 2001. I got to wash our clothes by hand on the pila, a concrete washboard and sink. This was a source of great amusement and connection with my grandmother who...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project

    • Teachers and students; World Map Project

    • 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

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