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- Barbie in Islam
- Signs
- This photo was taken during pre-service training, and shows a street sign in the northern region in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It was remarkable given that it took a very traditional western image, the doll Barbie, and transitioned her into a...
- Volunteer Photos
- Just Landed
- Pre-service training (PST); Host families
- Taken during in the first week of May 2011 during the beginning of my Peace Corps training. This picture was taken using a timer, from the rooftop of my host-family's home in Guatemala. I'm taking in my new surroundings, contemplating the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Parachute Game
- Games; Children
- A group of Elementary School School students play the Parachute game in Guatemala. All of the elementary school students participated in a day of games and activities organized by the local municipality. Children in this part of Guatemala often...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Third Wise Man: Pase del Niño
- Celebrations; Ceremonies
- I took this photo on December 19th, 2008 in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. A local boy's mother is preparing him for the parade of the traveling child (niño viajero) through the city of Cuenca. The main parade in Cuenca takes place in the week...
- Volunteer Photos
- Swimming Lessons on St. Kitts
- Camps and clubs
- Volunteer Katie Powell teaches primary school children swimming lessons on Timothy Beach on St. Kitts for the Ministry of Education Summer Camp. The picture was taken in July of 2011.
- Volunteer Photos
- Brain Camp Karak
- Camps and clubs
- This photo was taken during a Brain Camp session I instructed in Karak, Jordan during July of 2011. The camp was focused on developing critical thinking skills for college age students who would, after familiarizing themselves with the curriculum,...
- Volunteer Photos
- Guinea Pig Festival
- Animals; Cooking; Celebrations
- I took this photo during the Guinea Pig Festival on April 4, 2010 in in Ecuador. The Guinea Pig Festival, or Festival del Cuy, is a fundraiser started by the local parish as a means to raise funds for social projects in the community. That year,...
- Volunteer Photos
- Bal'ama, Jordan Youth Center
- After we had just finished a team-building activity during pre-service training in December of 2010, the boys crowded around to have their photo taken.
- Volunteer Photos
- What the Tourists Didn't See
- Business development
- That’s Dirck Kuzatjike in the gray jacket. He stands in front of the white board he has borrowed from my office in order to host a meeting on the street corner. All the people gathered around him are members of his organization, the Young...
- Volunteer Photos
- Working with Orphans
- Art; Teachers and students
- This photo was taken at a health center in Ethiopia. The Volunteer is encouraging children who were orphaned by HIV to be creative and express themselves using art (paper and markers).
- Volunteer Photos
- Bringing Home Dinner
- Animals; Food and meals
- I took this photo while walking around the informal settlements in Namibia in early 2011. This man has just shot a warthog in the bush and is bringing it home to feed his family.
- Volunteer Photos
- Shuar Miga: Building a Community Water System
- Water and sanitation
- I took this picture with a tripod and timer, so that's why I'm in it too. The community work party from San Luis, a Shaur community located near Tiasha, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador, is constructing part of a 7 km potable water pipeline. Tiasha was a...
- Volunteer Photos
- Brokopondo Lake Sunset
- Terrain
- I took this photo while crossing the man-made Brokopondo Lake in Suriname in a motorized dug-out canoe on January 28, 2009. I was traveling with the local Boslanti drum band, Jung Djote Bala, to a performance for a burial ceremony. The lake was...
- Volunteer Photos
- Mark
- Pre-service training (PST)
- This photo was taken during my community-based training (March-April 2011). This picture is of my trainer at our water source standing next to our Dominican guide.
- Volunteer Photos
- Dental Clinic Sing-a-long
- Health
- This photo is from a dental clinic Mary organized last Feb. 5, 2011 in conjunction with AMPBD (Association Morocaine De Prevention Bucco-Dentaire). Approximately 400 children attended.
- Volunteer Photos
- Maipa Seeds
- Food and meals
- I took this photo during a maipa oil mashing session in Toemaipa, Suriname on March 2, 2009. Toemaipa is known for its plentiful maipa palm trees, the fruits of which the locals eat and then use the seeds to make cooking oil. The seeds in this...
- Volunteer Photos
- Maipa Seed Mashing
- Cooking; Food and meals
- I took this photo during a maipa oil mashing session in Toemaipa, Suriname on March 2, 2009. Toemaipa is known for its plentiful maipa palm trees, the fruits of which the locals eat and then use the seeds to make cooking oil. The seeds in this...
- Volunteer Photos
- Roasting Casaba
- Cooking; Food and meals
- This photo taken in Suriname, South America, depicts a Peace Corps Volunteer, Matthew Day, engaging in the traditional local activity of making Kwak. Kwak, a staple food of the Maroon Aukan diet, coming from the Casaba Root, and involves a long,...
- Volunteer Photos
- Every Day Smiles
- Children
- I took this photo on the day that I made portraits for all of the children in Boslantie, Suriname in November 2008. These children are some of the most positive and energetic who I have ever met. During my two years living in Boslantie, the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Stefano
- Children
- I took this photo on the day that I made portraits for all of the children in Boslantie, Suriname in November 2008. These children are some of the most positive and energetic who I have ever met. During my two years living in Boslantie, the...
- Volunteer Photos