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    • Amara Going to the Well

    • Amara Going to the Well

    • Water and sanitation; Counterparts

    • 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
    • Dad with Mojitu

    • Dad with Mojitu

    • Pre-service Training (PST); Host families

    • 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
    • Grammie!

    • Grammie!

    • Children; Host community friends

    • This is a picture of Halima Abdou with her grand child. The picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hassana and Zina

    • Hassana and Zina

    • Food and meals; Cooking;Host community friends

    • 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
    • Henna

    • Henna

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • 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
    • Laughter at Lunch

    • Laughter at Lunch

    • Food and meals; Host community friends

    • 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
    • Laure and Faiza

    • Laure and Faiza

    • Children

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. The baby in the swing is named Laure Garba, and her older sister, who is keeping an eye on her, is named Faiza Garba. Laure is her mother's 13th child. Women...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Little Husband

    • My Little Husband

    • Host community friends; Children

    • 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
    • Nana Farida's Sad Face

    • Nana Farida's Sad Face

    • Children

    • This is a picture of a young girl named Nana Farida. She is benig carried tied to her mother's back and she is unhappy about it. This was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in early 2010.
    • 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
    • Old Friends Getting Together

    • Old Friends Getting Together

    • Volunteers; Food and meals

    • 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
    • Picnic at Sri Nagar

    • Picnic at Sri Nagar

    • Animals; Food and meals;Training of trainers

    • 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
    • Plowing

    • Plowing

    • Animals; Transportation

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in June 2010. I am helping plow the field for our Farmer's Field School. The man pushing the plow is Sai'du Haruna and the girl is his daughter Aisha Sai'du. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • READ!

    • READ!

    • Children; Teachers and students

    • 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
    • Sa'adiya Writing

    • Sa'adiya Writing

    • Host community friends

    • 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
    • Skateboarding in South Africa

    • Skateboarding in South Africa

    • Sports; Host families; Youth

    • 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
    • Storing the Harvest

    • Storing the Harvest

    • Food and meals

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. This is a picture of 4 brothers and their friend storing the millet harvest in their traditional grain bank. On the ground from left to right are...
    • Volunteer Photos

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