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- Science Education Teacher Training for Female Teachers
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Serving in Nepal from 94-98, I noticed that women were poorly represented in most teacher trainings; thus, during my 3rd year I applied for and received funding to run a week-long training solely for women who taught science. This photo was taken... - Volunteer Photos
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- Skateboarding in South Africa
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This is my favorite photo of my host brother and our neighbor skateboarding at sunset. I taught them how to skate along with many other children by creating a unique skateboard program. - Volunteer Photos
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- White Washing
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This is a picture of me and my wonderful neighbor, Mila. She was helping me white wash my kitchen during the summer. It was a pretty hilarious experience as I had never used white wash and had no idea how messy and unpredictable it was. Shortly... - Volunteer Photos
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- READ!
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As a Peace Corps Response Volunteer, I'm currently living and working with an indigenous group of Amerindians in a remote village of Guyana. One day my younger students and I were reading books and decided we wanted a picture of ourselves, just... - Volunteer Photos
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- Picnic at Sri Nagar
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This photo was taken by a fellow volunteer at the picnic which usually punctuated our Teacher Trainings. It was very common to walk a goat to the picnic, and then cook and eat the goat as part of the meal. The teachers offered me the honor of... - Volunteer Photos
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- Old Friends Getting Together
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In this photo are the director of Social Security, a Volunteer from 1981 to 1983, and one of the key government members who helped bring the Peace Corp to the island in 1981. We got together for a wonderful seafood lunch and to catch up on our... - Volunteer Photos
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- The National Sport of Anguilla, Boat Racing
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Anguillians love their boat racing. They have developed the art of building boats that people love to sail and race. At all of the major holidays, and some they specially created for the sport, they have races. This photo is from 2000, when I was... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Stoney Ground Rockies Women's Softball Team
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A retired American judge vacationed frequently on Anguilla in the 1980's. He had been a big supporter of softball in the US and wanted to do the same on Anguilla. He organized a league of both men and women teams. The Stoney Ground Rockies were a... - Volunteer Photos
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- The First Ever Microcomputer Exposition in the Northern Caribbean
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Volunteer Clare and I worked with vendors on St. Maartins to put together an exposition of computer equipment in 1982. We had an Apple II, a Radio Shack TR3, some special purpose word processors from IBM and other equipment. The schools and... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Officers and Staff of the Social Security Office of the Anguilla Government
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This was taken in 1983, just prior to me leaving the island after my tour of service there. These are the people who created the office. I have returned numerous times to visit and work in the country, helping the SSA to setup their first computer... - Volunteer Photos
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- Plaque Commemorating the Enactment of the Social Security Office
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Ronald Webster was the Chief Minister of Anguilla who insisted Anguilla needed a Social Security Program for the people of the island. In spite of heavy opposition from people concerned about the corrupt use of the funds generated by the program,... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Recent History of Anguilla
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There are 4 murals that depict the history of Anguilla from the time of Columbus, to the present day, circa 1981. This was painted by a local artist as a gift to the people of Anguilla, and is from a mural in the main government building. - Volunteer Photos
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- We're Family
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This picture was taken after a year of service, in June of 2004, when I went back to my training site in the community of Koujol, not far from Archaie, Haiti, to visit my host family. The little girl on the right, Kenya, was born during my 3... - Volunteer Photos
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- Amara Going to the Well
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This is a picture of my counterpart, Amara, outside of the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in early 2010. The village of Tsanwa has one foot pump that is 70m deep and two wells to meet their water needs. One of the wells has very... - Volunteer Photos
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- Henna
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This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. These are my feet and the baby feet of Laure Garba. We both got traditional henna done to our feet for the Tabaski festival. - Volunteer Photos
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- Dad with Mojitu
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My parents and niece came to visit me while I was serving in Niger. We went to visit the family that had hosted me while I was in pre-service training. This is a picture of my father (M. Ian Jenness) with my host mother's grandson (Mojitu) in... - Volunteer Photos
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- My Little Husband
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This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. In this picture is Maimena Hassan and her son Abass, wearing my sunglasses. My husband's local name was Abass. In the Hausa culture a woman does not... - Volunteer Photos
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- Sa'adiya Writing
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This is a picture of a young woman named Sa'adiya. It was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. Sa'adiya is 14 years old in this picture. She was too old to go to the children's school (which only opened the year... - Volunteer Photos
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- Laughter at Lunch
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This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. These are three of my closest neighbors and friends eating tup (boiled millet mush) with okra sauce. From left to right are Zali Sanushi with her... - Volunteer Photos
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- Hassana and Zina
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This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in September 2010. The woman on the left is Hassana Garba who taught me how to pound and winnow my own millet. The other woman is Zina Hashimu, Hassana's... - Volunteer Photos
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