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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Shoe Shine

    • Shoe Shine

    • Business development

    • Boys that shine shoes are everywhere in Latin America and an accepted part of the social landscape. Iqutos, Peru, the headwaters of the Amazon. 1967
    • 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
    • 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
    • Harambee

    • Harambee

    • Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • This was a picture of a Harambee - a fundraiser at my girls high school in Kapkenda, Kenya in 1985. The students were singing to all of the dignitaries in the area.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Xinaliq Village in Northern Azerbaijan

    • Xinaliq Village in Northern Azerbaijan

    • Terrain

    • I took this photo during an excursion to the remote village of Xinaliq in Azerbaijan. My colleague and fellow ESL Volunteer, Ka Miller is in the shot as well as my cousin, Bob, who was visiting me from America. Xinaliq is possibly the most remote...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Over the River and Through the Woods

    • Over the River and Through the Woods

    • Transportation

    • This photo is from the late 1970's in the Kasai Occidental region of DR Congo (then known as Zaire). I'm behind the wheel and fellow Volunteer is helping line up the planks. We were both Peace Corps Regional Representatives which was a 3rd year...
    • 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
    • The Future of Our Ancestors

    • The Future of Our Ancestors

    • Terrain

    • I took this photo while on patrol for poachers in the Kalahari Desert in the African summer of 1995. These people are part of the San Bushmen tribe and are said to be the very beginnings of our human race. They are capable of living happily in...
    • Volunteer Photos

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