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    • Weaving Mats

    • Weaving Mats

    • Crafts; Host families

    • This photo was taken in September 2009 during Peace Corps training while I was staying with my host family. My host mother and auntie were teaching me how to weave mats on the weekends. I (Bina Contreras) am on the left, my host mother "Mama...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • First Computer

    • First Computer

    • Children

    • I took this photo in 2004 at the Point Hill Diagnostic Reading Centre in Point Hill, Jamaica. We only had one computer that was powered by an extension cord running to the house next door (the power wouldn't be connected to the centre for another...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volunteer Michael Falletti

    • Volunteer Michael Falletti

    • Children

    • Me, shortly after my arrival in-country, with the village children in Ouahigouya (Why-E-Goo-Ya), a village in northern Burkina. Shortly after, I relocated to my permanent teaching assignment in the western city of Bobo-Dioulasso.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional Houses

    • Traditional Houses

    • Housing; Architecture

    • These are hand made homes outside of Eldoret, Kenya. they are made with "Rammed Earth" style cob construction and roofed in thatch. Generally this is how most Kenyans live in the rural areas.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tea Siame

    • Tea Siame

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken one Sunday morning in Kanye, Botswana. I was still living with the Sengalo family during my first two months of training. Because Sunday morning was my only free morning of the week, I would always stay in my pajamas a little...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Leagang

    • Leagang

    • Children; Host families

    • This was my first day meeting my host family niece, Leagang. She was eager to see the camera and get acquainted with me as she pulls at my dress.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girls Playing on Front Porch

    • Girls Playing on Front Porch

    • Games

    • This photo was taken in Banyo, Adamaoua Region, Cameroon on June 2, 2010 of the neighborhood girls who attended my weekly Thursday meeting. They are playing hop scotch on my front porch. They had just learned this game for the first time and were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Donkey Cart

    • Donkey Cart

    • Agriculture; Transportation

    • This picture was taken on January 18, 2008 along the road that connects the villages of Lotima and Mrabani near Taveta, Kenya. The boys were taking maize stalks to Lotima to sell as livestock feed. At the time this picture was taken, most of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tire Swing

    • Tire Swing

    • Games; Children

    • I took this photo after building a tire swing for the children in my village. This was in May, 2009 in Dialafara, Mali. The photo shows a Malian child taking his turn on the tire swing as children stand around waiting anxiously for their turns. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chocolate

    • Chocolate

    • Host families

    • I took this photo in February of 2010, during tea with my host family in Kazakhstan. The woman I knew only as "Azhe" or "Grandmother" and she is the great-grandmother of the baby, Rachman, who was about 7 months old at the time. We had tea every...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Smile

    • Smile

    • Celebrations; Youth

    • I took this photo on May 24th, 2011 in Bulgaria. On this day, Bulgarians celebrate Alphabet Day. In this town, also the site of my pre-service training, children from each school paraded down the city center, each group uniquely celebrating the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Glimpse of historical innocence

    • Glimpse of historical innocence

    • Elders; Youth; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken on May 9th, 2011 in celebration of Victory Day in Ukraine. The parade took place in the city and ended atop the hill of the eternal flame. This photo was taken as I was walking through a crowd with an elderly woman who had been...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rush Hour

    • Rush Hour

    • Animals; Camps and clubs

    • Heading back into town during a kids summer English camp. This was our usual traffic jam en route.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Playing With Slippers

    • Playing With Slippers

    • Games; Children; Host families

    • This photo was taken in the home of my host family. My host brother, Paul, introduced me to the wide array of games that children play using their sandals. This photo features Paul throwing his sandal into the line of sandals, attempting to knock...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Biodigestor

    • Biodigestor

    • Technology

    • This photo was taken during a biodigestor capacitacion held on June 10th, 2011. It was done in conjunction with EOS, a sustainable technology organization that was created with a past Volunteer. My community counterpart, the community leader, and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Judith and her Fishponds

    • Judith and her Fishponds

    • Fishing; Host community friends

    • This photo is of Judith, more often known as BanaEster, at her farm near Kazembe, Zambia in 2007. She's standing in front of two of her fishponds. As an aquaculture Volunteer, I worked with BanaEster on expanding her fish ponds and improving...
    • Volunteer Photos

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