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    • Backyard in Telica, Nicaragua

    • Backyard in Telica, Nicaragua

    • Clothing; Homestay; Work; Cross-cultural transition

    • The picture is more of the laundry than the house. I took a picture of it in July 2001, seven months living in my site, to remember the hard work that went into my clean clothes before I returned to the land of washing machines. The photo summons...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Children in Gorge Eroded by Hurricane Mitch

    • Children in Gorge Eroded by Hurricane Mitch

    • Youth; Natural Disasters

    • Waleska, Brenda, Herson, and Marco are children I tutored after school in 2001. They would come to my home, do homework, and play with my things. One hot day they decided to tutor me and show me around the surrounding area. They decided my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Education 14 Entourage

    • Education 14 Entourage

    • Education

    • Education 14: Discovery Approach to Learning and Teaching. I had two very proud accomplishments in education as a Peace Corps Volunteer (Philippines, 1966-1970). One was creating a student-centered and diagram-based approach to logic, which...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Education 14 Pioneers

    • Education 14 Pioneers

    • Education

    • Education 14: Discovery Approach to Learning and Teaching. I had two very proud accomplishments in education as a Peace Corps Volunteer (Philippines, 1966-1970). One was creating a student-centered and diagram-based approach to logic, which...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fabio and Volcano Telica

    • Fabio and Volcano Telica

    • Environment; Host families

    • I took this photo on a hike that my 'Uncle' Fabio was leading a fellow PCV and me on. The hike to the volcano was much longer than I understood and going up the volcano was like walking on a beach, sandy with no good footing. We didn't have...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Leading My Own Parade

    • Leading My Own Parade

    • Education; Celebrations

    • When the car transporting me arrived at my assigned high school (Polangui General Comprehensive High School), it was surrounded by students welcoming me to their school. I jumped out of the car and people threw some leis around my neck. I wanted to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Fufu (Ghana)

    • Making Fufu (Ghana)

    • Cooking; Education; Food and meals

    • This picture was taken in 1994 in Ghana and shows the traditional method of making fufu. This version of fufu is made by boiling starchy foods (cassava and yam) and then pounding them into a glutinous mass. The pounding needs to have a steady...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Master Builders of Toy Trucks

    • Master Builders of Toy Trucks

    • Children

    • This photo shows two boys in Ghana, showing off the new toy truck that they built from cans and other found items. The wheels are made from spent flip-flops and the axels are made from pens. The photo was taken by a Peace Corps Volunteer that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • September 11, 2001

    • September 11, 2001

    • Host community friends; Youth; Terrain

    • This is how I remember September 11th. I went on a school field trip with my teachers and students to the ruins of Old Leon, Nicaragua. After the field trip I was exhausted and hungry. I wanted to get home and make tuna casserole. However, my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Supervisors and Principals' League Address

    • Supervisors and Principals' League Address

    • Education

    • Here, in 1966, the Volunteer is addressing the Supervisors and Principals' League in the Philippines, because I was assumed to know something because I was a Peace Corps Volunteer. Because of the trust placed in my abilities, I did read the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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