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- Moving Day
- Transportation
- Halfway through our time in Bangladesh, my site mate and I moved to a different apartment down the road. We transported all our household goods by rickhsaw. Moving day in our town looked very different than it may have in the United States.
- Volunteer Photos
- Broken Bridges
- Transportation
- Dumptruck full of sand fell through the bridge that divides the two sides of our village.
- Volunteer Photos
- How many Bangladeshi Children Can Fit in a Rickshaw?
- Transportation; Children
- Bangladeshi children love to have their picture taken. I was walking down the street one day with my camera and all of these neighborhood children jumped in a rickshaw with big smiles requesting that I take that picture. I couldn't resist.
- Volunteer Photos
- Best Wishes!
- Weddings; Youth
- My students held up a message for me to photograph. It wished my brother and his wife good luck in their marriage. The children loved being photographed and having a different activity then their normal drill. It took many tries.
- Volunteer Photos
- The Joy of Being a Woman
- Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Women's movement
- This photo was taken on National Mozambican Women's Day, April 7th, 2010. This is a day where all women are commemorated in Mozambique, which is important in Mozambique's struggle to gain gender equality. Pictured is a young woman teacher trainee...
- Volunteer Photos
- Human Trafficking Project
- Youth development
- This is a photo of a group of students in Ukraine who had a debate in English about Human Trafficking and learned about different programs within their country used to fight the trafficking battle.
- Volunteer Photos
- Sharing My Experience
- Anniversaries
- Each year during the Peace Corps Anniversary Week, I bring in artifacts, share pictures, and tell stories about my Peace Corps service in Morocco as a Parks, Wildlife, and Environmental Education Volunteer with my students. Since my return to the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Return To Taza, Morocco
- Host families
- I returned to my Eaux et Foret counterpart's (Aziz Rhamouni) home to visit him and his wonderful family in 2006. The last time I saw them was before I left Morocco in April of 2000. From right to left is...Aziz, myself, his wife Fatima, his mother...
- Volunteer Photos
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Libraries; Children
- This is a photo of a Guatemalan boy enjoying a copy of "Donde Los Monstruos Viven" or "Where the Wild Things Are." His rural school received over 100 books as part of a library donation from the USA.
- Volunteer Photos
- Learning to Compost
- Teachers and students
- This photo was taken May 26, 2009 at the multi-grade school in the community of San Ramon, on the island of Ometepe, Nicaragua. In this photo the 5th and 6th grade students and their teacher are practicing how to make organic compost after first...
- Volunteer Photos
- Rice Paddies, Gasy Style
- Terrain
- I took this photo July 4th, 2011, while hiking on the outskirts of Andringitra National Park in Southern Madagascar. I was hiking with a guide and porter, both of whom I work and live with in a small village, and two French tourists. I remember...
- Volunteer Photos
- Volcán Pacaya
- Terrain
- I took this photo in March of 2009, and it is of Volcán Pacaya within the department of Escuintla, Guatemala. This photo shows a Guatemalan man taking in the beauty of the natural landscape surrounding him at Pacaya.
- Volunteer Photos
- Western Highlands of Guatemala
- Terrain
- This photo was taken on a hike leading up to the summit of Volcán Tacaná, the second highest peak in Central America, at 13,320 feet. Volcán Tacaná is located in the department of San Marcos, Guatemala, which I visited in January of 2010. I...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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