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    • Burundi Volunteers with Dr. Jane Goodall

    • Burundi Volunteers with Dr. Jane Goodall

    • Animals; Environment; Volunteers

    • Burundi wildlife conservation volunteers with Dr. Jane Goodall at the start of a chimpanzee conservation and rescue project. Left to right: Kevin M. Doyle, Don Gay, Jane Goodall, Matt Criblez, Anne Bartlett, Leif Davenport, and Charlotte Uhlenbroek...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Celebration of the Ligo and Jani Day Festival

    • Celebration of the Ligo and Jani Day Festival

    • Youth; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken during my training summer 2000 in Valmiera, Latvia. This photo shows the Latvian tradition of jumping over a fire for good luck throughout the next year on the shortest night of the year. Latvia celebrates the Summer Solstice...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Latvia Group 9 Volunteers

    • Latvia Group 9 Volunteers

    • Pre-service training (PST); Volunteers

    • The Volunteers of Group 9 Latvia gather with Peace Corps training staff in Valmiera, Latvia toward the end of our training in Summer 2000. We are in the ruins of a castle believed to have been built in the 1280s.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Latvian Town of Aizpute

    • Latvian Town of Aizpute

    • Architecture

    • Located on the Tebra River, the St. John's Lutheran Church seen here was built around 1860. The settlement in the area dates back to the year 1253. I took this photo in the fall of 2000 and was the first Peace Corps Volunteer assigned to Aizpute,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lee and Work Crew Building a Water Tank

    • Lee and Work Crew Building a Water Tank

    • Water and sanitation

    • Water catchment and storage was a big part of what we did to make a real difference in the life of a Tuvaluan. As Peace Corps Volunteers we had a wonderful collaboration with Save the Children Foundation to build 1,000 gallon water tanks in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Seaplane Was Our Transportation

    • Seaplane Was Our Transportation

    • Transportation

    • Whenever the seaplane came to the island...usually twice a week, the children would run through the village announcing they had just heard it flying overhead. They would scream "Si bi eaa" for "Sea Bee Air" the name of the plane. The plane was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Our Family

    • Our Family

    • Host families

    • Our Peace Corps experience was a huge success in large part because of our loving family. We were soon adopted by the islanders after they figured out that we were really going to stay. At first they believed we would soon be leaving after being...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Friends...Tagasoa

    • Friends...Tagasoa

    • Host community friends; Food and meals

    • Friends were many...friendships were deep. We laughed together, we cried together, we worked hard together and played together. This picture is of Vicki at a feast event (fakaala) with a young friend.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Adoring Grandfather and Grandson

    • Adoring Grandfather and Grandson

    • Host community friends; Elders; Children

    • Children are adored in Tuvalu and this is a photo of a grandfather adoring his grandson and namesake. Chidlren seldomly cried in Tuvalu, they were always being held, and their needs were quickly satisfied. After a child is born, the mother is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Filifau and Her Mom, Mamele

    • Filifau and Her Mom, Mamele

    • Host community friends; Agriculture

    • This is one of my favorite pictures. Mamele was the mother who adopted us into her family and Filifau was her daughter that was just a few years young than me. We loved so much doing things together. In this photo they are sitting a watching a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Going on the Seaplane

    • Going on the Seaplane

    • Host community friends

    • Whenever anyone left the island, either by seaplane or boat, they were richly decorated with many flower garlands. Sometimes we were so heavily decorated it was hard to move from the weight and the strong fragrance. Truly an honor to be loved so...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Dance Like a Tuvaluan

    • Learning to Dance Like a Tuvaluan

    • Dance

    • The islanders loved it when we would at least try to do some of their favorite things, like dancing. They were always full of praise and laughter whenever we tried. They were always so very generous in all ways. At first we thought they partied...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Panapa Panapa

    • Panapa Panapa

    • Counterparts

    • This a picture of Panapa Panapa. A person takes their father's first name for their last name and so if you are named after your father you first and last names will be the same. Panapa was our right hand person for developing and implementing so...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Lesson about Building a Smokeless Stove

    • A Lesson about Building a Smokeless Stove

    • Cooking; Host community friends

    • This is a photo of women looking in on a demonstration of installing a smokeless stove under a water catchment. The women were so eager to learn so the demonstation could move to the next home. In Tuvalu it is important to keep possessions fairly...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Children's Day Parade

    • Children's Day Parade

    • Celebrations

    • I remember this as one of our first community events on the island. It was Children's Day and all of the children were paraded through the village as the honored citizens that they are. Children knew they were special but they also knew they had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Skinny Volunteer!

    • The Skinny Volunteer!

    • Volunteers; Nutrition

    • The male volunteers in Guinea I all seemed to loose weight. But all said and done, what does one do with photos of skinny volunteers? Here, a photo is used to identify the booklet on his overseas experiences.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Guinean Agricultural Students

    • Guinean Agricultural Students

    • Teachers and students; Animals

    • The students are standing in front of their recently completed construction of a chicken barn. The barn is built of local materials, primarily split bamboo and palm tree leaves for roofing.
    • Volunteer Photos

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