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    • Dragon Boat Festival

    • Dragon Boat Festival

    • Teachers and students; Camps and clubs

    • This was taken at XingLong Mountain during Dragon Boat Festival near Lanzhou, China. This was the first excursion the Women's Salon (English conversation and empowerment group) took together.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Halloween

    • Halloween

    • Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • The first Halloween costume party celebrated at Lanzhou University. English major students dressed in costume and gathered for food, drink, dancing and merriment!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Halloween Celebration

    • Halloween Celebration

    • Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • This photo shows a glimpse of the first time the English major students at Lanzhou University celebrated Halloween. Students wore costumes and gathered for food, drink, pumpkin carving, dancing and merriment!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Health Committee

    • Health Committee

    • Health; Architecture

    • This is a photo of the village's health committee standing in front of Affem Kabye's "case de sante" (health hut). Each "quartier" in the village is represented by one female and one male health committee member. As you can see from the photo, the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hindu Sellers

    • Hindu Sellers

    • Markets

    • At a holy Hindu temple in the Terai in the southern part of Nepal, near the Indian border, these men sell a special powder for face painting prior to entering the temple.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Mom, My Moto, and Me

    • Host Mom, My Moto, and Me

    • Transportation; Host families

    • I remember the excitement when I learned that I was going to get a motorcycle to help me do my extension work. Peace Corps provided us with one week of training with a US certified motorcycle instructor, and a shiny red Suzuki 100 dirt bike. Here...
    • 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
    • Learning to Carry Like a Nepali Woman

    • Learning to Carry Like a Nepali Woman
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    • While trekking in the Gokyo Region of Nepal, I met this local woman who, like many Nepali women, was carrying a heavy straw basket on her head. She set it down on a rocky ledge and I squatted underneath as if I were carrying the basket in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Litchi Season!

    • Litchi Season!

    • Agriculture; Host community friends

    • I took this photo during litchi harvest time in November in Fiadanana, Madagascar. It shows my friends Andrea and Elva separating the fruit form the branch so that they could be packed in baskets and sold to drivers that would bring them to the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Loret Miller Ruppe in Mauritania

    • Loret Miller Ruppe in Mauritania

    • Peace Corps Directors

    • This photo was taken circa 1980, when Peace Corps Director Loret Miller Ruppe came to visit in Mauritania. Pictured in the photo are Loret, David Scotton, Dick Wall and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Pate

    • Making Pate

    • Host community friends; Food and meals

    • Affem Kabye's village health volunteer and my counterpart Adjoua is making pate in her foyer ameliore. Pate is the staple in the Central Region of Togo. Pate is made by boiling water, adding corn flour and stirring it vigorously; it turns into a...
    • Volunteer Photos

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