Sports; International Women's Day; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
I took this picture on International Women's Day in 2007. Each year on this day, the women in my village in Mali play a soccer game. We played unmarried women versus married women.
Sirakoro, Mali, Summer 2007. Afternoons in Sirakoro, were often spent visiting with friends and neighbors talking and drinking tea. This is a group of my neighbors kids that came by my house every day.
This is a photograph of myself, my host father (on the left), and the village chief on the right. The village chief was 86 years old, almost twice the life expectancy in Mali. I was the first Peace Corps volunteer in the village, and he was...
These three women were taking a break from their wool and pottery stands in a market outside of Marrakesh. They had traditional Berber tattoos and silver jewelry, and were curious about the one Moroccan tatoo I had on my hand.
Ibrahim was a resident at the Orphanage for Boys Handicapped with Polio located adjacent to the Koutubia Mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco. I worked at the orphanage and facilitated the adoption of a puppy to help enhance the quality of life for the...
Si Said was a leather artisan with a business in the Marrakesh Souq and worked at the orphanage for boys handicapped with polio. He taught the boys how to make leather shoes and other leather projects and was committed to helping them find jobs so...
This photo was taken in Accra Ghana August 1976. After weeks of language, and cultural training we were ready to be sworn in by Howard Stevenson(Peace Corp) and Shirley Temple Black (Ambasador)