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    • Successful Potato Harvest

    • Successful Potato Harvest
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    • The agriculture minister was very delighted to see the results of the expertise that Peace Corps Volunteer Bill brought to Yo Creek, OW District, Belize. I took this photo on an educational tour of the potato farm for the locals. The minister is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reese and Boris

    • Reese and Boris

    • Host community friends

    • Strolling around on a Sunday afternoon after working in the training garden with my home-stay brother called Boris. Taken in the village of Mbo near Baffoussam, Western Province, Cameroon on December 13, 2005.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Action Verbs!

    • Action Verbs!

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in my host family's compound in the apring of 2010 in the Kolda Region of Senegal. These two little rascals, Ibu and Mama, were my little brothers during my service. They always wanted to share with me what they were doing in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sylvia and baby Leslie

    • Sylvia and baby Leslie

    • Children

    • Peace Corps Volunteer Sylvia Zellers bathing her new born baby, Leslie. Leslie was born in the University Hospital, Cali Colombia, on 4-25-67 to Peace Corps Community Action Volunteers Jim and Sylvia Zellers.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dance Lessons

    • Dance Lessons

    • Dance; Traditional dress

    • I took this picture of my wife while she was learning traditional dances with some local children. We are serving together in Costa Rica.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Boys and Their Bird Out for a Stroll

    • The Boys and Their Bird Out for a Stroll
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    • While taking a walk, I met these boys excitedly meandering their way in the opposite direction. They saw I had my camera and asked for a snap. I saw their bird with its foot tied to a string and made a deal: a snap for the bird's freedom. With a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Story Telling

    • Story Telling

    • Camps and clubs; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Volunteers Marisa and Ashley pass some free time telling stories to their Young Girls' Empowerment Camp participants. Zinder, Niger. 3/24/2010
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Trick or Treat!

    • Trick or Treat!

    • Celebrations

    • About mid-way through pre-service training was Halloween. A lot of people in our group really loved the holiday, and we knew we wanted to celebrate it with Macedonians in country. We decided to each go as a US holiday, including: Valentines Day,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Whoa There!

    • Whoa There!

    • Celebrations; Animals

    • This photo was taken in May 2008 in Tibati, Cameroon, during the town's annual Independence Day parade. This horseman was getting a bit out of control with all of the crowd's oh's and ahh's.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • First Pumpkin

    • First Pumpkin

    • Celebrations; Children

    • Host kids Hadiza, Kader, Balki, and Rakia help Volunteer Laura Ballard carve a pumkin to celebrate Halloween. Zinder, Niger. October 29th, 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fourth of July in Ukraine

    • Fourth of July in Ukraine

    • Children; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken on the 4th of July in the yard of my apartment building. I cooked some traditional American fried chicken, macaroni and cheese and potato salad. I also painted my neighbors faces with American symbols. The little girls kept...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Marching

    • Marching

    • Children; Celebrations

    • This primary school student was taking part in the independence day celebrations in town - Sierra Leone's fiftieth year of independence. Her eyes say more than I could write here. So much about her life, about her country, about the world. April...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Creating Friendship Over Coffee

    • Creating Friendship Over Coffee

    • Counterparts

    • This photo was taken in a community in the mountainous region of Nicaragua. Featured in the photo are Volunteer Julie Westerman, and her Nicaraguan counterpart, Melba Perez. We are getting to know each other out on a farm her family owns. She is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Getting Off On the Right Foot

    • Getting Off On the Right Foot

    • Dance; Host families; Celebrations

    • In this picture I am dancing the Macedonian traditional dance, the Oro, for the first time with my host father. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, but thankfully he was able to tell me the dance steps. Too bad I didnt understand enough...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Day's Catch

    • A Day's Catch

    • Fishing; Children

    • This photo was taken in November of 2006 in between Tibati and Meng, in the Adamaoua province of Cameroon. My husband, friend, and I were attempting to fish in the river, but a thunderstorm came upon us suddenly. These boys offered us their catch,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Puppet Show

    • Puppet Show

    • Games; Teachers and students

    • My wife took this photo of me during a puppet show at her center. The sun was shining through the back door and happened to hit the book. Performing in the Philippines is culturally popular, and puppet shows provide young people the opportunity...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ugandan Teachers Have Fun with Math

    • Ugandan Teachers Have Fun with Math

    • Games; Teachers and students

    • At a workshop of the new Primary Five Curriculum Rollout, I took this picture of our participants (P5 teachers) engaging in some of the stations I had set up. The new P5 curriculum is focus on learner-centered teaching. This station is a math...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • "I've Never"

    • "I've Never"

    • Games; Teachers and students

    • April 2011, GuiYang, GuiZhou, China Peace Corps Response Volunteer Laura Ballard plays "I've Never" with her freshman English class.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Scrabble Buddy

    • Scrabble Buddy

    • Host community friends; games

    • Yuan Xiao Lu, a graduate student at the univeristy where I served teaching English, became one of my favorite Scrabble buddies. April 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos

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