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    • Squirts

    • Squirts

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in April 2007 in Tibati, Cameroon, in our compound. These boys came to live with the family who lived in the compound for several months. I call them little squirts for several reasons, one of which being the fact that the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bakary's Hat

    • Bakary's Hat

    • Host families; Children

    • I found my host brother sitting outside in our concession all by himself after finding, and clearly loving, this straw hat. I have not seen it worn by anyone since...!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ramadan Feast

    • Ramadan Feast

    • Host families; Cooking; Food and meals; Celebrations

    • My grandmother grilling up every possible piece of the goat that was just slaughtered for the big religious feast for Ramadan.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Karate Break on Laundry Day

    • Karate Break on Laundry Day

    • Life skills

    • Photo taken in February 2007 in our compound in Tibati, Cameroon. The family that lived in the same compound as my husband and I taught us so much about life in Cameroon, including how to do our laundry by hand like pros, and how to have fun while...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tomasita, with Love

    • Tomasita, with Love

    • Pre-service training (PST); Host families

    • This photo was taken in Nicaragua in September of 2010. The woman in the center is celebrating a birthday. The married couple are current Peace Corps Volunteers, Julie Westerman and Matthew Reid. Tomasita, the woman featured, was host mom to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Primary at Recess

    • Primary at Recess

    • Schools

    • I took this photo from the vantage point of the staff room of the Jinja Primary Teachers' College in July 2011. We are neighbors with a primary school and share the land. This picture shows some children playing dodge ball, while a cow grazes in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching in Samoa

    • Teaching in Samoa

    • Teachers and students

    • This was taken while I was reading a Winnie-the-Pooh story to my Year 6 students in Samoa, in June 2010. The story involved Winnie-the-Pooh pretending to be a rain cloud so he could get the honey in the tree. I made a buzzing noise to help bring...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Photo Class

    • Photo Class

    • Teachers and students

    • Volunteer Marisa helps students in her photography club critique their photos from the previous week's assignment. Community Youth Center, Zinder, Niger. January 8, 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Prom Planning Committee

    • Prom Planning Committee

    • Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • These students planned and hosted GuiYang Medical University's 3rd Annual Prom, "An Evening in Paris." The evening included American dances like the YMCA and country line dance, crowning of prom king and queen, and a performance by A Cappella group...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Northern Nicaragua from the Heavens

    • Northern Nicaragua from the Heavens

    • Terrain

    • This photo was taken in Nicaragua from the top of a mountain called ¨Cerro La Gloria.¨ It was taken in December of 2010. Peace Corps Volunteers hiked to the top of the mountain to capture the beauty of this part of the country in order to share...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sisters

    • Sisters

    • Traditional dress; Weddings

    • This photo was taken in January 2007 in Tibati, Cameroon. We had attended a wedding. Wedding attendees have the option of buying and wearing a specific patterned fabric. I obviously stand out for several reasons, one of which being that I was too...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Map

    • Community Map

    • World map project; Counterparts

    • Community and municipal development Volunteer Sean stands together with his counterparts at the unveiling of their new commune map. Sean and his counterparts worked togehter to fund and paint this map that is displayed at the mayor's office....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Challenge

    • The Challenge

    • Youth

    • The youth of Sierra Leone. These guys look like superheroes on a Hollywood movie poster. Stand in their way and you're going down. I met them at their house across from the mosque in town after school. A mixture of primary, secondary, and out...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Boys (Senegal)

    • Boys (Senegal)

    • Ceremonies

    • I took this photo in southern Senegal. It captures an important cultural event, the reintegration of boys into their community following a month in the "Bois Sacré" (Sacred Woods). The time spent in the forest was for learning survival skills...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Monsoon Rains!

    • Monsoon Rains!
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    • This is a picture of me (Linda Cunningham) walking through the flood waters during Monsoon season, January 1980 in Kota Bahru, Kelantan, Malaysia. A group of volunteers decided to walk/wade through our flooded town. As I think about it today I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Future Volunteers

    • Future Volunteers

    • Staging

    • This picture was taken on June 2, 2011. After finishing staging in Washington D.C, here are the Peace Corps Trainees taking a final picture before leaving to Mali, West Africa. The June staging has water sanitation and education Volunteers.
    • Volunteer Photos

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