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    • World Map

    • World Map

    • Secondary Projects; World Map Project

    • This photo was taken inside a classroom at a men's prison in July of 2008 in Concepcion, Paraguay. I organized a world map mural with eight prisoners who were working on achieving their high school diplomas while they finished their prison...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water Project

    • Water Project

    • Water and sanitation; Host community friends

    • Robert "RJ" Harper in Livingston, Guatemala moments after installing a water project with the local Garifuna community.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ștefan cel Mare

    • Ștefan cel Mare

    • Statues and monuments

    • Ștefan cel Mare stands as the preeminent hero for the Moldavian region of Romania. He successfully repelled the Ottoman Empire. He built a church or monastery in commemoration of each military victory. The Pope even declared him to be a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Searching

    • Searching

    • Children

    • Robert "RJ" Harper in the foothills of Antigua, Guatamala searching for new indigenous projects and clothes weavers.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Laughter Atop Fishing Nets

    • Laughter Atop Fishing Nets

    • Fishing; Children

    • This was taken on Panglit Island, one of two islands included in Masinloc, Zambales, the town where I lived. Panglit is very small with no electricity and only a couple hundred inhabitants, most of whom depend on fishing for both a source of income...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kreshenye

    • Kreshenye

    • Celebrations; Climate

    • Kreshenye, a Russian Orthodox holiday, is celebrated on the 19th of January in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan by dipping three times in the frozen river Ishim, which is blessed for the occasion. Young and old take part every year, despite the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Katy

    • Katy

    • Children; Water and sanitation

    • I took this photo in February of 2010, during the inauguration of a water system designed by a Peace Corps Volunteer. It took several years to complete the project, and this woman wanted to make sure I got a picture of her daughter, Katy, named...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Germ Tag

    • Germ Tag

    • Children; Teachers and students; Water and sanitation; Health

    • I took this photo during a Hygiene Education Seminar I was conducting in my site of Concepcion del Sur, Santa Barbara, Honduras in 2009. I invented a game to drive home the importance of hand washing, where one student started as a "germ" on one...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fresh Food

    • Fresh Food

    • Fishing; Food and meals

    • Masinloc, Zambales, Philippines - After a morning of information gathering with the fisher families in charge of protecting one of Masinloc's marine protected areas, it was time to prepare for lunch. We had the obligatory rice, recently caught...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Flower Children

    • Flower Children

    • Children; Art

    • This is a photo taken on my porch in Concepcion del Sur in the department of Santa Barbara, Honduras. After two weeks of cold, rainy, weather in January 2010, the sun finally came out. While sitting outside, enjoying the end of the rainy season,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dia Cultural

    • Dia Cultural

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations; Children

    • I took this photo on July 20th, 2008, in Concepcion del Sur, Santa Barbara, Honduras. This date marks the Dia de Lempira in Honduras, when the nation celebrates their cultural history and honors Chief Lempira, a Lencan warrior who unified hundreds...
    • Volunteer Photos

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