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    • Girls

    • Girls

    • Youth

    • While walking back to the village during my Volunteer visit, these three young women came up to talk with us. They asked me to take their picture. After a few shots they grabbed each other's hands to stand in this circle. April 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Our Remote Internet Cafe

    • Our Remote Internet Cafe

    • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

    • While serving in Peace Corps with my husband, Ron, we have great difficulty connecting to the internet because of the mountainous terrain. We are serving in a remote and very rural community in Jamaica, nestled near the Blue Mountain Peak. If and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Artisan Women

    • Artisan Women

    • Artisans; Traditional dress

    • December 2009, Republic of Panama. Ngäbe women wear colorful dresses with traditional designs. In communities like the one where I lived, they are made by hand and in a variety of colors. Shown in this image are a group of artisan women from my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Vinegarville

    • Vinegarville

    • Business development; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture

    • This is a picture of some of the 25 women who are learning to to make vinegar, wine vinegar, and herb-infused vinegar. The man in the picture is the agricultural agent who is teaching them. They come every week from all over the valley. They hope...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Opening a New World

    • Opening a New World

    • Libraries; Youth

    • There were no book stores in Turkmenistan, only warehouses of textbooks. The culture of reading had left with the fall of the Soviet Union, but the desire to learn about a greater world and see images of life beyond their borders brought a full...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Canoe

    • Canoe

    • Transportation; Sports

    • While there was almost no flat space large enough to play sports inside the community because of the hill rose from the water, a short canoe ride through the mangroves and up a river brought us to a cow pasture, which was large and flat enough to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jam Session

    • Jam Session

    • Music; Host families

    • During our first 10 weeks in-country we lived with host families. It was a wonderful way to integrate and learn the culture, language and customs of the country. It was also a lot of fun living with a family again. This photo shows myself playing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fishing by Canoe

    • Fishing by Canoe

    • Fishing; Transportation; Host community friends

    • One of the most important economic activities in the community is fishing. The canoes that are used are trees that have been dug out and last about 5 to 10 years. This photo shows Federico and his daughter, Jessica, on their way back from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Environmental Education

    • Environmental Education

    • Children; Teachers and students

    • From December to March the public schools of Panama close for summer vacation. Here in Ballena, summer vacation from school does not always mean freedom and fun. The kids are either put to work with the rest of the family in the farms or are bored...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Garifuna Girl Playing the Drum

    • Garifuna Girl Playing the Drum

    • Music; Children

    • At the 2011 LaCeiba Carnival in Honduras, there were quite a few representations of the Garifuna culture from the north coast. The procession of the carnival was loud and intense. Somehow this little girl was in her own world lost in the rhythm of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thirsty Mutt on Volcano Crater

    • Thirsty Mutt on Volcano Crater

    • Animals

    • This photo was taken in January 2011, on the top of the Santa María Volcano in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. January is the clearest (yet coldest!) month, so we decided to hike it then for the best visibility. We started out at 5 am in the pitch...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Boys Collecting Recycable Products

    • Boys Collecting Recycable Products

    • Children

    • Nearly everyday, these boys (8-10 years old) pass in front of my house in Honduras asking for my plastic bottles and aluminum cans. The pain of living from Lempira to Lempira (the local currency) has long been accepted as normal.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Kids Next Door

    • The Kids Next Door

    • Pre-service training (PST); Children

    • This picture was taken during our pre-service training (PST) in Belize, April 2011. We are sitting on the steps of a "board house." Every night the girls would come over and say, "Miss Cat, you could tell us a story?"
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Last Day!

    • Last Day!

    • Children; Celebrations

    • Two Moldovan boys walking to their last day of school for the year with flowers for their teachers.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Spelling Bee

    • Spelling Bee

    • Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken during an advanced English class at an English immersion camp in Morocco. The students were participating in a spelling competition.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Analysis 1

    • Community Analysis 1
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    • After completing three months at site, my first formal presentation was sharing the results of a community analysis. Using tools such as seasonal calendars, community maps and priority lists, community members participated by creating their own and...
    • Volunteer Photos

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