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    • Saint Martin Saints

    • Saint Martin Saints

    • Teachers and students; Sports

    • Joe Jauregui pictured with the St. Martin basketball team. Basketball was introduced by Peace Corps Volunteers in upcountry Liberia prior to my arrival. It had been popular in the capital city of Monrovia for many years. Tubman Methodist Mission...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Don't Be a Litterbug!

    • Don't Be a Litterbug!

    • Celebrations; Environment

    • Peace Corps Volunteers partner with St. Kitts UNESCO each year during carnival celebration season to organize a "Carnival Clean-up Troupe." The troupe follows the carnival parade to clean up trash and raise awareness about environmental...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Building a New Home

    • Building a New Home

    • Host community; Housing

    • This is a photo of Alphonse, the business adminstrator of the artisans' cooperative, with whom I worked very closely during my time in Mora. He save enough money to build a new house, with the help of family and friends in the village of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Pottery Demo

    • A Pottery Demo

    • Artisans

    • Dominique organized a pottery exchange between master potters from her home in Nebraska and master potters in her village of service in Amizmiz, Morocco. This is a photo of Dominique giving her demonstration during this two-day event in 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Master Basket Weaver at Work

    • Master Basket Weaver at Work

    • Artisans

    • This is a photo of the most talented basket weaver of the Artisan's Cooperative of Mayo-Ouldeme in Northern Cameroon. I worked closely with this coop group to get established and run a shop selling the wares of all the artisans in the village.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Inland fisheries

    • Inland fisheries

    • Fishing; Work

    • This photo shows J. Carl, Inland fisheries Volunteer in Liberia, working on a water control feature, part of the main channel for the Duo Town Fisheries Complex. The other fellow (in the trench) is Stanley, a farmer and master carpenter. Carl...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • We Three

    • We Three

    • Housing; Traditional dress; Children

    • In our house on the compound of Akrokerr Teacher Training College. Traditional Kente cloth hangs on the wall, Adinkra cloth covers the table.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Aregua 2 Training Class, Paraguay

    • Aregua 2 Training Class, Paraguay

    • Pre-service Training (PST)

    • Our training group had just arrived in country in June, 1989, and our first stop was Ykua Sati, a retreat center just outside of Asuncion, where we spent a few nights for orientation, language testing and lots of shots by the Peace Corps Medical...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Despedida at Site

    • Despedida at Site

    • Celebrations; Food and meals

    • In December, 1991 as I was finishing up my time with Peace Corps my friends in my community (San Miguel, Pastoreo) did a really nice farewell. After feasting on pollo asado, sopa paraguaya, and Coke mixed with beer (yum), there was music and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Revere with Host Family

    • Revere with Host Family

    • Host community; Celebrations; Religion; Food and meals

    • This was taken during Ramadan 2006 with my host family during PST, in Khemmisett. Left to right: Tulia, Moonia, me, Khadija, Rabha. We're sitting down for l'ftur, the break of the Ramadan fast. There is tea on the table, plus hrsha and m'ssmn...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Threshing Rice

    • Threshing Rice

    • Agriculture; Host families

    • My host sister took this photo of my other host sister Christina, her son Sitraka and myself. I was training as an Environment Volunteer in Mahitsitady, Madagascar in March of 2008. Rice is the staple food crop for the Malagasy so harvest time is...
    • Volunteer Photos

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