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    • Snow in Africa

    • Snow in Africa

    • Climate; Host families

    • This is my little brother during a snow day in village. My host father woke me up early so i could see the snow, then as i walked out of my house, the first snowball hit me, well aimed and delivered by my little brother.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Skype

    • Skype

    • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); Host community friends

    • This family just came to my house to skype with their son whom they have not seen since 1998. He is living illegally in the states. It was also the first time the mom had ever seen a computer. When her son's face came on the screen she started...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PROLIR Ladies on World AIDS Day

    • PROLIR Ladies on World AIDS Day

    • Health

    • I am so happy here! This photo was taken on World AIDS Day with the young women in the nonprofit I started, PROLIR. We had just performed a dance in front of the government officials in my town in Mozambique, Africa. The young women were so proud...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Njoro School A'level Physics and Math Students

    • Njoro School A'level Physics and Math Students

    • Teachers and students

    • Njoro is about 120 miles NE of Nairobi Kenya at an altitude of 7200 feet. Njoro School had about 500 o' and a' level students. I taught physics and math to some very bright students, who worked very hard and did very well on their exams. Over the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Off to Market

    • Off to Market

    • Markets; Children; Transportation

    • The picture is of my wife Karen, a Volunteer teacher in the secondary school and our 2 children, Peter and Christopher. Chris was born into the Peace Corps in this very hospital. Karen is making her daily trip to the market. Nsanje District...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • In the Chicken Coop

    • In the Chicken Coop

    • Animals; Teachers and students

    • A Volunteer with former student, Bamba. School gardens/poultry raising program. Former student returning to get information on poultry raising so he could do it in his primary school. Daloa, Ivory Coast, 1975.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cora at Home

    • Cora at Home

    • Architecture; Host community friends

    • My dear friend, Cora, in front of her newly-updated home in El Paragua, La Republica Dominicana. The kitchen is the new addition on the left. Previously, her "kitchen" had consisted of a fire pit in the middle of the front room of her house. We...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bottle-bridge

    • Bottle-bridge

    • Secondary projects

    • As we were making our eco-benches made out of bottles filled with trash, one of the girls helping decided to make a path to walk and balance across.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Colombia

    • Colombia

    • Agriculture

    • This photo was on the front page of "Porvenir," the Peace Corps Colombia newspaper in the summer of 1968. It is now the cover of my memoir Exhaust the Limits, The Life and Times of a Global Peacebuilder. The book includes the story of living and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Street Scene with Politcal Graffitti

    • Street Scene with Politcal Graffitti

    • Urban sites

    • A street with Che and Fidel graffiti. Many in Latin America employed the use of the People’s Revolutionary Army (PRA) and other Cuban slogans as a way of encouraging a sense of rebellion against their own leaders. Panama 1967
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fish Fête

    • Fish Fête

    • Fishing; Celebrations; Sports

    • I took this photo during the "Fish Fête" on June 11, 2005 near the town of Gaya in Niger. After the opening ceremony and speeches, those planning on fishing lined up a good hundred yards from the seasonal lake. When the horn sounded, they rushed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Grooming

    • Grooming

    • Children; Ecotourism

    • A mother & child, bathing at a hot springs resort at the base of an active volcano, Bulusan, in Baranguay San Benon, Irosin, Sorsogon, Philippines. The hot springs were developed as a tourist attraction, but too far off the the beaten path to draw...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Exploration

    • Exploration

    • Children

    • This photo was taken in my front yard in 1984 in Kapkenda, Kenya. The neighbor kids, whose parents were all teachers at my school, Kapkenda Girls High School, had never seen clothespins and were having a great time with them!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cross Country

    • Cross Country

    • Sports

    • My cross country team, who were National Champions, taken at Kapkenda, Kenya in 1984. We won the National Championships both years I was there. We had a great time traveling to the different areas of the country for the meets! Kapkenda Girls High...
    • Volunteer Photos

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