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    • Je m'engage

    • Je m'engage

    • Art; HIV-AIDS

    • One of the students at our primary school in Burkina Faso made his hand print on the mural to show that he chooses to engage in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The mural followed an activity I did with the teachers at the primary school to teach the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rivne Candlelight Memorial Ceremony

    • Rivne Candlelight Memorial Ceremony

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken on May 15th, 2012 in Ukraine, in the main square of a town. It features Volunteers and Ukrainians laying down candles for a candlelight memorial we did to remember those who have died of HIV AIDS. The candles in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Engageons-nous!

    • Engageons-nous!

    • Art; HIV-AIDS

    • The students and teachers gathered for a photo after putting the finishing touches on our HIV/AIDS mural at a primary school in Burkina Faso. The mural followed activities I led with the teachers to teach the students about HIV/AIDS transmission,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chatting before the conference begins

    • Chatting before the conference begins

    • Affiliate groups

    • PC Mexico CD talking to local municipal president before a local environment conference begins. The conference was organized by Peace Corps. Photo taken in Amealco in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. People in photo: Dan (Mexico CD) and Amealco...
    • Staff Photos
    • Staff Retreat Pantomime Turkmenistan

    • Staff Retreat Pantomime Turkmenistan

    • Affiliate groups; Training

    • Peace Corps is famous for hands-on, experiential learning, so staff have to get down and dirty as well as Volunteers. In February 2011 Turkmenistan staff at an IPBS Retreat formed small groups to act out "machines." Here one group, with Health...
    • Staff Photos
    • Preparing the soil

    • Preparing the soil

    • Agriculture

    • A group of volunteers preparing the soil before putting the seeds in it. The soil should be divided in equal parts so harvesting can be easier at a later time. Photo taken in a small rural community in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. People in...
    • Staff Photos
    • Learning to get the best from a seed

    • Learning to get the best from a seed

    • Agriculture

    • A woman from Chiteje de Garabato learns how to seed some plants that can be used in the community for meal purposes. Photo taken in a small rural community in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. People in photo: a woman from the community. It would...
    • Staff Photos
    • Aldea La Hacienda

    • Aldea La Hacienda
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    • This photo was taken in 1979 along a newly planted ridge north of the school house in Aldea La Hacienda. I had planted several hundred pine trees with the school children and their teacher. The teacher made it clear to the children that they...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Obama Mama

    • Obama Mama
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    • This picture was taken in the village of Solulu in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. I saw this woman in market, so I'm not sure of her name but I loved the Obama shirt. Most Nigerien's LOVED Obama. There were tons of things for sale with his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hard Working Woman

    • Hard Working Woman
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    • This photo was taken in Bhojpur, Nepal in July of 2007. The village sat on the higher part of a hill from the airport. It was about a 1 to 1 1/2 hour walk. This woman would meet the planes and either collect mail or luggage and carry it up to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Successful Potato Harvest

    • Successful Potato Harvest
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    • The agriculture minister was very delighted to see the results of the expertise that Peace Corps Volunteer Bill brought to Yo Creek, OW District, Belize. I took this photo on an educational tour of the potato farm for the locals. The minister is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Installing bamboo outflow pipe in fish pond

    • Installing bamboo outflow pipe in fish pond

    • agriculture

    • Inland fisheries program in Sierra Leone was implemented by working with rural farmers to build ponds and raise Tilapia nilotica as a source of protein. A pond was constructed during training and a piece of bamboo was installed to serve as the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tilapia nilotica

    • Tilapia nilotica

    • agriculture

    • Tilapia nilotica is the fish raised in the Inland Fisheries program in Sierra Leone. I took this photo while Skip DuFour, a fellow fisheries volunteer, held it for me following a pond harvest in early 1982.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wind Is Your Friend

    • Wind Is Your Friend

    • Agriculture

    • Strong winds may kick up a lot of dust in the Far North of Cameroon, but the Kapsiki women here use this force of nature to separate beans and grains from there protective layers. January 27th, 2012.
    • Volunteer Photos

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