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    • Laundry Day

    • Laundry Day

    • Life skills

    • This is a photo taken from my porch after doing some laundry. I do all of my laundry by hand and have to bike one km to get all of my water. So the term "laundry day" is real because it will take me all day!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Carrying Your Child

    • Carrying Your Child

    • Children

    • Here is the typical way children are carried in Zambia. This is one item that I am bringing back to America. When I have children all I need is a chitenge, no expensive baby carrier for me. :)
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Under 5 Clinic

    • Under 5 Clinic

    • Maternal and child health

    • While serving in Zambia, I worked very closely with my clinic. Every friday I would spend all day weighing children under 5, so that the clinic could chart health growth and stop malnutrition.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Serenje Market

    • Serenje Market

    • Markets

    • This photo shows the market that the central Peace Corps Volunteers frequented alot. Ba Alice was our go to gal, and this is a photo of her beautiful stand.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Friends for Life

    • Friends for Life

    • Host community friends

    • TEFL volunteer, Taylor takes a moment to chat with her neighbors in Kyrgyzstan. For many Volunteers, these small, daily interactions with the local community lay the ground work for life long friendships.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ncwala Ceremony

    • Ncwala Ceremony

    • Traditional dress; Ceremonies

    • This is Ncwala Ceremony, an Angoni harvest ceremony in Zambia. It is an annual ceremony held by the Angoni tribe in February or March.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Angoni Ncwala Ceremony

    • Angoni Ncwala Ceremony

    • Ceremonies; Traditional dress

    • This is a member of the Angoni tribe in Zambia. This was taken at the annual harvest ceremony for the Angoni tribe. The ceremony takes place in February or March every year.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lucila on Paint

    • Lucila on Paint

    • Art; Artisans

    • This photo portrays an elder woman painting the Peace Corps Volunteer with a temporary paint from the juices of a fruit called Jagua.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roberto on Flute

    • Roberto on Flute

    • Traditional dress; Music; Ecotourism

    • This photo portrays a young community member playing a flute made out of bamboo, to greet arriving tourist in Chagres National Park in Panama.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Founderee Camp in Nyeri

    • Founderee Camp in Nyeri

    • Camps and clubs

    • I took this photo in February 2011. Each year in February there is an annual celebration of the continuation of the scouting programs worldwide. This picture was taken with the first group to attend the annual celebration in Nyeri, where Lord Baden...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Macawiis

    • Macawiis

    • Traditional dress

    • I took this photo during home leave in April 2011. Depicted in this photo are myself, Daniel Delgadillo, and my two best friends who live in the U.S. This was the first time I had seen the two of them since I had joined Peace Corps so I decided to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stuck in the Mud

    • Stuck in the Mud

    • Transportation

    • In Madagascar, around the end of 2006, a Peace Corps vehicle got stuck in the mud while taking me back to my site. My site was mostly a "hike site," meaning that the most reliable way to get there was a 10 kilometer hike over a mountain. Peace...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing Kenyan Culture

    • Sharing Kenyan Culture

    • Traditional dress

    • In April 2011, I visited the Carden Traditional School and spoke to several groups of 6th through 8th grade students about Kenyan culture. In this picture, I am talking about one of the various attractions for visitors to see in Kenya. I am dressed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roadless Site

    • Roadless Site

    • Transportation

    • This pictures was taken around mid-2006, outside of my site (Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar). My site was mainly a "hike site", meaning that the best way to get in, or out, was a 10 k hike over a mountain. In this picture you will see that we are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • They Don't See Many Farangs

    • They Don't See Many Farangs

    • Teachers and students; Schools

    • On my first visit to my village's school, the moment the kids saw me, they went nuts. The ones in the photo did not have an supervision, so they stormed out of the classrooms to look at the tall American who just came to their small school in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mudslide Hike

    • Mudslide Hike

    • Terrain

    • This picture was taken outside of Diego, Madagascar in December 2006. In this photo are three Volunteers, and a friend of a Volunteer, who was visiting. We stopped to take a break in the middle of the hike, and our shorts clearly show that it had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Very Dry and Very Promising

    • Very Dry and Very Promising

    • Agriculture; Pre-service training (PST)

    • This is what I viewed while on my bike riding home from another Volunteer’s house during pre-service training (PST). People would sleep in this house during short grain rice season to protect their fields from whomever or whatever would damage...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Malagasy Children

    • Malagasy Children

    • Schools; Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken in Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar in 2006. It depicts Malagasy school children lining up after a school recess.
    • Volunteer Photos

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