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    • Last Day - Smile and Tears

    • Last Day - Smile and Tears

    • Host community friends

    • It was 2003 and the end of my service in Mlangeni, Malawi. I had worked hard, especially with the youth raising awareness regarding HIV/AIDS and facilitating a rural volunteer counseling and testing program. All of these faces were a part of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wetland in Reserve

    • Wetland in Reserve

    • Terrain; Environment

    • This is a photo of a wetland in the wildlife reserve I helped manage--a home for flocks of birds and large fish. The characteristics of the wetlands varied by season: during some parts of the year, the entire area in this photo would be flooded; at...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • School Trip at the Emile Bell

    • School Trip at the Emile Bell

    • Teachers and students

    • During the Spring, I travelled with our middle school students to Kyoung Ju, the ancient capital of South Korea, and took this photo in front of the Emile Bell, or "mommy" bell, which was cast in 771 AD.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Katuyola Ponds

    • Katuyola Ponds

    • Terrain; Fishing

    • This picture of two of my farmers' fish ponds in the village of Katuyola, Zambia. This photo was taken on the morning of our first fish harvest in 2002. It was a bit chilly and a mist was rising off the pond's surface. The pond on the right is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kakheti Farmer

    • Kakheti Farmer

    • Terrain; Transportation

    • Visiting Peace Corps Volunteers in the east of Georgia, I took this picture on a lush, slightly cloudy spring afternoon. A farmer was driving his horse and wagon home through the low hills of the Caucasus.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Front Entrance to Home

    • Front Entrance to Home

    • Host families; Housing

    • This is the front entrance to the compound of the Chief of the Village of Dibi. His house, his wife's house, his children's huts, the kitchen, and my house were all inside these walls. Dibi, Cameroon, 2002.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing the Pig

    • Preparing the Pig

    • Host families; Food and meals

    • In December, my host family fattened and then slaughtered a pig for the Orthodox Christmas and New Year's holidays. This is my host brother pouring boiling water over the pig's head in the back yard. He later roasted some of the pork meat.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Necessary Protein

    • Necessary Protein

    • Children; Fishing; Nutrition

    • This photo was taken in 2003 at Mwindwiji Farms, Zambia. The child holding the fish is most likely suffering from Kwashiorkor Syndrome, which is a severe protein malnutrition that affects children. I think this photo sums up the Peace Corps...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Introduction, Odi?

    • Introduction, Odi?

    • Children; Housing; Community development

    • In Mlangeni, Ntcheu, Malawi, I was assigned to the Health-HIV/AIDS Sector in 2001, but before any work could be done, trust needed to be gained. I found children to be my path towards trust and partnership with my community. Here I am crouching...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cassava Lady

    • Cassava Lady

    • Host community friends

    • Katuyola, Zambia. I have no idea how people balance things like that on their head...that bucket was heavy! This is one of my neighbors who soaked her cassava in one of the fish ponds.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working on the Visitors' Center

    • Working on the Visitors' Center

    • Architecture; Ecotourism

    • This is a photo of workers from the indigenous communities that my counterpart organization collaborated with making repairs to the Visitors' Center in the wildlife reserve we managed, as part of an infrastructure development project we coordinated.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • New Well for a School

    • New Well for a School

    • Teachers and students; Water and sanitation

    • This photo was taken in the village of Daggo in Niger on April 27, 2009. With funding from Rotary International (blue banner), we built a well for the school, which is in the background.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Women's Day Celebration

    • Women's Day Celebration

    • Teachers and students; Traditional dress; Dance; International Women's Day

    • My school held a celebration dinner for International Women's Day, March 8th. Women's Day is a big deal in Romania. I enjoyed the dinner and dancing, after which a friend took this picture showing me and students in traditional costumes. My...
    • Volunteer Photos

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