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    • Gara Gum Desert

    • Gara Gum Desert

    • Children; Host families; Terrain

    • This is a picture taken of my host family on the edge of the Gara Gum desert in Bolshevik, Turkmenistan. The family took me out to see the desert and we played soccer on the dunes.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Talia In Waiting

    • Talia In Waiting

    • Host families; Weddings; Pre-service training (PST)

    • This photo is of our pre-service training host family granddaughter, six year-old Talia, while waiting for the start of a wedding ceremony on July 9, 2011. Our host parents' nephew was to be married that afternoon in San Ignacio, Cayo Distrcit,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Shearing of the Vicuñas

    • Shearing of the Vicuñas

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • One of the most interesting and unique experiences of my Peace Corps service was participating in the annual "roundup" and shearing of the vicuñas. Vicuñas are wild camelids that are native to the Andean highlands. These animals are known for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Field Labor

    • Field Labor

    • Animals; Host families

    • Volunteer Isabel Hemby and host brother Aube Ait Hammou take a ride on their mule into the fields to do some work. In small rural villages of Morocco the field work is still done by hand and a mule is essential.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Quinceanera

    • Quinceanera

    • Celebrations

    • I took this photo during a 15th birthday celebration (quinceanera) at my site. In Honduras, quinceanera celebrations mark the coming-of-age for girls. In poor communities, such as this one, the quinceanera may be the only birthday celebration a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Language Barrier

    • Language Barrier

    • Children

    • This was taken in my host village in Fiji on June 19, 2011. The girl in the picture is my neighbor's daughter and is normally shy. She spoke no English and I was still learning Fiji Hindi so our conversations were limited to "hello." She was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Leid Mqqurn

    • Leid Mqqurn

    • Host families; Religion; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken at my host families' house in Morocco during the 2011 Leid Mqqurn. On the tenth day of the last month of the year, the Islamic world celebrates its yearly sacrificial feast. In Morocco it is known as "the great feast." It is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mangrove Booth

    • Mangrove Booth

    • Teachers and students

    • At the mangrove ecology booth at the Tanauan Extension High School Science Exhibition, Volunteer Peter Barlow taught high school students about mangrove ecology and their importance to the coastal ecosystem in the Philippines. Afterward students...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coming of Age Ceremony Among Kabye of Togo

    • Coming of Age Ceremony Among Kabye of Togo

    • Ceremonies; Celebrations

    • Evala is the traditional wrestling ceremony that takes place every 5 years among the Kabye of Togo. Evala is part of the male coming of age ceremony/events. The guys must catch a dog, slaughter it, prepare it and eat it. They also make hats with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Naka Pounding Yams

    • Naka Pounding Yams

    • Cooking; Food and meals

    • The Kabye people of northern Togo are famous for their huge yams. Village women share their way of making fufu, which is eaten with a variety of different sauces. A favorite in the photographer’s village of Affem Kabye was ground peanut, sesame,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Neem Cream

    • Neem Cream

    • Environment

    • Here is a photo I took in May 2011 while teaching one of my local women's groups how to make organic mosquito repellant using the medicinal elements of boiled down leaves from the neem tree.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kabye Yam Mounds

    • Kabye Yam Mounds

    • Gardens; Agriculture

    • Kabye of northern Togo are famous for their gigantic yams. They take great pride in the size of their yam mounds and the enormous size of their yams. The best way to prepare yams is to make fufu. After boiling the yams, women put them in a large...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Condom Demo

    • Condom Demo

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo of Annette and Christy giving a condom demonstration during a Coaching for Hope workshop in Ouagadougou. 10 Volunteers brought 2 counterparts each to this July 2011 training to learn how to incorporate soccer drills into HIV/AIDS...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Family Meet Family

    • Family Meet Family

    • Host families

    • Here is a picture of my host family in my village in Bapla, Burkina Faso looking at photos sent by my family back home. This was taken in front of my house under my shade structure in April of 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos

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