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    • Alimatu in the Village

    • Alimatu in the Village

    • Children; Celebrations

    • This is Alimatu, the little girl that lives in my family house in the northern region of Ghana. We had painted our faces earlier that morning with fingernail polish. The kids love it and pretended like they were going to a wedding. (April 2011)
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Amber

    • Amber

    • Children

    • This is one of my favorite students, Amber, and myself on a Sunday afternoon on the beach in Belize. Our weekends were spent hanging out on the beach and playing with my dog, Leo. Amber was one of the first children to welcome me lovingly into...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Balloons!

    • Balloons!

    • Celebrations; Children

    • My neighbor's child, Laciba, and my landlord's little girl, Fusina, playing with balloons at my house in the northern region of Ghana (Christmas Day, 2010).
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baseball in Bansko

    • Baseball in Bansko

    • Sports; Youth

    • This photo was taken on June 9, 2007 in Bansko, Macedonia when the Little League baseball team from the village of Novo Selo traveled to play a game with the team from Bansko. The teams were coached by two Volunteers who wished to introduce the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Beauty Pageant

    • Beauty Pageant

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • A Mongolian woman, wearing a traditional Mongolian headdress, participates in the Darkhan Nursing College's beauty pageant.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Candle Lit

    • Candle Lit

    • Celebrations; Youth

    • A group of my 8th grade students staring into the flame of a candle during a Halloween party. The students were amazingly resourceful with their costumes and had a very enjoyable time.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chigüina

    • Chigüina

    • Children

    • This photo was taken in a community in Nicaragua during the month of May in 2011. As a maternal and child health Volunteer in El Jícaro, I assisted the doctors that day with collecting HIV tests. We ate lunch at a woman's house, and she had five...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Damba at the Damba

    • Damba at the Damba

    • Elders; Celebrations;

    • This is Damba sounding the talking drums during the Damba Festival (for which he was named) in the northern region of Ghana. The men sitting behind are elders and opinion leaders who have joined outside the chief's palace. (February 2010)
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Everyone Loves Sparklers

    • Everyone Loves Sparklers

    • Children; Celebrations

    • This is my landlady Abibata with her two children, Yushogu and Fusina, at our family house. I brought out some sparklers I'd received in a package and they had a blast - although we had to be careful of the thatch roofing. Sparks and dry thatch...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Father and Daughter

    • Father and Daughter

    • Children; Host community friends

    • I was a Volunteer from 1984-1986 in Pajiza, in the province of Sta Elena, Ecuador. This gentleman owned one of the two stores in town, and this is the youngest of his two daughters.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fire it up!

    • Fire it up!

    • Celebrations; Housing

    • Volunteers Casimir and Stephanie work with Mohammed and Adam to make their torches to burn for Fire Festival, an event that takes place in the northern region of Ghana. This photo was taken at my house in December of 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Future Artists!

    • Future Artists!

    • Teachers and students; Art

    • I took this photo on April 4, 2011 at my community's elementary school in Costa Rica. First through sixth graders participated in a drawing competition that I put together. The top 25 drawings were selected by the school teachers and staff to be...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gazing Red Colobus Monkey

    • Gazing Red Colobus Monkey

    • Animals

    • While walking in Jozani Forest,Zanzibar in April 2011, I was able to capture many photos of these Old World monkeys, yet this was the only one who did not seem frightened as I approached.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Geography Made Easy

    • Geography Made Easy

    • World map project; Youth; Education

    • Adams Bunbunke Yao, the health/water sanitation technical trainer, works with students from the northern region of Ghana on a map of Ghana at the school. (July 2010)
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Getting the Word Out

    • Getting the Word Out

    • Teachers and students; HIV/AIDS

    • This was taken in Linden, Guyana, South America. It was part of a PEPFAR grant I was able to garnish alongside two other Volunteers. We did a puppet show campaign targeting primary and secondary schools with the message about HIV/AIDS...with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hello

    • Hello

    • Children

    • This group of boys from the village of Fan Do(h) was asked to pose for a group picture. There is a lot going on here aside from the powerful eye contact. The range of subjects in and out of focus provides a nice depth to the picture without...
    • Volunteer Photos

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