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    • Tiky's Birthday Party

    • Tiky's Birthday Party

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • This is a photo of Tiky, my dog, with the children of Zacapa, Guatemala on his birthday in November 2002. Tiky and I had been living in Zacapa for almost nine months. After biting a child who had come into our backyard while I was away, Tiky had...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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