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    • Yi Teenage Boy

    • Yi Teenage Boy

    • Youth; Traditional dress

    • I lived in an area that was the capital of the Yi nationality. Although many Yi women are seen wearing traditional dress, it is less common to see the men in traditional dress. That's part of why I was so impressed with this boy's clothing. He...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yi Baby

    • Yi Baby

    • Children

    • Most people don't know that China is home to 55 different "minority" groups. My Peace Corps site was in Xichang, Sichuan and was home to one of the largest groups, the Yi people. The Yi people have their own language that is still very much alive...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • With Nuria in the Alcaldia

    • With Nuria in the Alcaldia

    • Counterparts

    • When I first arrived for my site visit it was arranged that I would stay with Nuria, an employee in the town hall that was to be my counterpart agency. She and I immediately bonded. She taught me a ton about Salvadoran culture and was my closest...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking to La Perla

    • Walking to La Perla

    • Youth; Children

    • I took this photo in Ecuador while walking to visit a family farm. The kids are all students, and were making the 30 minute walk home from school, as they do every day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volcan de Izalco

    • Volcan de Izalco

    • Ecotourism

    • For two years I lived in the most beautiful town in the world. Sure, it didn't have running water, the roads weren't paved, and there were occasional scorpions and tarantulas in my house, but it was beautiful. In one direction I could see the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Turkmenistan Training Group

    • Turkmenistan Training Group

    • Host families; Animals

    • With a fellow Volunteer's host mother and little host sister, we pose in our teaching clothes beside (and on top of) "Good Camel," named because she was much nicer -- and less spitting -- than the other camel on the compound. 2007
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Times, They Are a-Changing

    • Times, They Are a-Changing

    • Technology; Host families

    • When I arrived in Cuisnahuat in 2003 few people knew what the internet was. When I left in 2005 most had never used a computer, much less been online. Nothing could have come a a bigger shock than the fact that when I came back in 2010 I was able...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tamales Pisque in Tienda Margara

    • Tamales Pisque in Tienda Margara

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • My adopted Salvadoran family owned a store where I spent much of my free time. They always wanted to make sure I had eaten, and on this particular day near the end of my service I was helping them finish leftovers of my favorite Salvadoran dish-...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Skip and Yi Grandma

    • Skip and Yi Grandma

    • Children; Elders

    • This photo was taken in August of 2010 during one of my return visits to my host community. I served just outside the town of Xichang, in Sichuan province, and the area has a sizeable population of Yi people (it's the capital of the Yi Liangshan...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Shelter Quest Hike

    • Shelter Quest Hike

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken in July 2010 during an event called Shelter Quest. My organization hiked through the mountains of Ukraine with a large group of about 25 teens and young adults. During this week we went on various hikes, played games, told...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • New Books!!

    • New Books!!

    • Children; Teachers and students; Schools; Libraries

    • I took this picture of a group of First year students from a high school in the Philippines in September of 2009. These students helped open our first boxes of donated books, and were so proud that they asked to have their picture taken. To date,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Tamales with Nina Margarita

    • Making Tamales with Nina Margarita

    • Food and meals; Host families; Cooking

    • Not long after arriving in Cuisnhuat I met a family with whom I had an immediate connection. They basically adopted me for the remainder of my service, inviting me for meals, introducing me to people, and helping me to gain "confianza" at my site....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lisa in Guinea on Ramadan

    • Lisa in Guinea on Ramadan

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations; Host families

    • This picture was taken by my host sister in my village of Dinguiraye, Haute Guinea on the last day of Ramadan in 2008. It shows my host mom, "Mama Kadi" in her finest celebration clothes, and myself wearing a "bazin complet" dress and a veil that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Make Carpets

    • Learning to Make Carpets

    • Artisans; Crafts; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • A friend took this photo of me during training in 2007 in Godkepe, Turkmenistan, at a women's carpet-making "factory," a collective warehouse where women came together to weave large carpets. The knot-making was not complicated, but time consuming,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hauling Water

    • Hauling Water

    • Water and sanitation

    • When I arrived back in Cuisnahuat three years after COSing we all joked that I blew into town with the "norte," the cool north wind felt in the region in December and January. Unfortunately for all of us, said "norte" blew down powerlines all over...
    • Volunteer Photos

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