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    • Awards

    • Awards

    • Ceremonies; Agriculture

    • This photo was taken in Jabalpur, MP, India in 1969. Indian farmers received numerous awards for thier outstanding agriculture and poultry farms. I was thier friend, poultry outreach worker and camera owner. They were very pleased with the ceremony...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Isabi

    • Isabi

    • Cooking; Food and meals

    • My neighbors (Enna Bunda, Irene Chibwe, and Rose Mkupa) fry fish using a newly completed fuel efficient stove near Kazembe, Zambia in 2007.
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • T'schila Woman Cooking

    • T'schila Woman Cooking

    • Elders; Pre-service training (PST); Cooking

    • I took this photo during training in April of 2008 while visiting the T'schila tribe in El Poste, Ecuador. The photo shows an elderly woman of the tribe traditionally cooking food in a hut.
    • 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

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