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    • A Volunteer in a Lagoon

    • A Volunteer in a Lagoon

    • Water and sanitation; Wildlife

    • Pablo, an Argentinian biologist, took this photo of me as we were wading across La Laguna de Pozuelos in northern Jujuy in 1993. We were on a flamingo collecting trip to study the diets of three different species of flamingos.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • High School Basketball Team

    • High School Basketball Team

    • Sports

    • After soccer ("football"), school children loved playing basketball. During my second year as a high school English teacher In Kangavar, Iran, I organized the school's first basketball team. Pictured here are the team members and three fellow...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Szabo Pal Altalanos Iskola - My Classroom

    • Szabo Pal Altalanos Iskola - My Classroom

    • Schools

    • This is a photo of my classroom in Bekescsaba, Hungary. I taught groups of 15 6th through 8th grade students in this classroom around the single table you can partly see in the photo. I'm standing at the back windows of the classroom. When I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • School

    • School

    • Schools

    • This was my classroom / shop where I taught welding to village kids. At the time the idea was to teach nomadic village kids and young adults how to weld so they could apply for work at the Russian steelmill near Isfahan. The Shah was trying to keep...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • At the Fatelle

    • At the Fatelle

    • Host families; Swearing-in ceremonies

    • Dan & Donna sitting with the host family mother and father (Sina & Faiva) at the party the night we were sworn in as Peace Corps Volunteers for Tuvalu. The white around the necks is baby powder; it is a custom in Tuvalu to show appreciation during...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Trabant

    • The Trabant

    • Transportation

    • Let me start by saying we were NOT allowed to drive as volunteers. I'm sitting in a parked Trabant (car produced in former East Germany) in front of my building in Bekescsaba, Hungary in June 1993. Most Hungarians used bicycles or public...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Uveges Tanc

    • Uveges Tanc

    • Traditional dress; Youth; Dance

    • This photo was taken in Bekescsaba, Hungary in May 1993 at a folkdance performance in the city center. Many of my students are performing in this group. You will notice the wine bottles on the heads and in the hands of the dancers. The dance...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ms. Louisa and the Outlaws

    • Ms. Louisa and the Outlaws

    • Youth; Dance; Traditional dress

    • Peace Corps Volunteers came together to start an annual Children's English Language Drama Festival in Hungary. This is a photo of my 8th grade students at the finals in Hajdunanas for the inaugural year - 1992. I found the play in a textbook in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kurdish Wedding

    • Kurdish Wedding

    • Weddings; Music; Dance

    • Taken in October 1969 in Kangavar, Iran, this picture was taken at the wedding of my housekeeper's 17 year old son. Prior to the wedding, the bridegroom, family and friends dance through the alleys to music by a reed horn player and drummer.
    • Volunteer Photos

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