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    • Return To Taza, Morocco

    • 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
    • Rice Paddies, Gasy Style

    • 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
    • Rice Paddy Training

    • Rice Paddy Training

    • Counterparts

    • In conjunction with my neighbor (also a Volunteer), we are training our counterparts how to construct and plant rice paddies in the rural areas of Panama, 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roasting Casaba

    • 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
    • Selling Vegetables with Mom

    • Selling Vegetables with Mom

    • Markets

    • Taken while visiting the ancient town of Zhong Shan, Chongqing Municipality, China, Sunday, March 27, 2011. The vegetables, including fiddlehead ferns, were gathered in the nearby countryside.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing Donated School Supplies

    • Sharing Donated School Supplies

    • Teachers and students; Schools

    • This photo was taken of me while distributing supplies that were donated by an elementary school in the U.S. to a rural Mayan school in Guatemala. As an agricultural extentionist from '99 - '01, I often worked in schools such as this one, helping...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing My Experience

    • 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
    • Shuar Miga: Building a Community Water System

    • 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
    • Songkran in My Village

    • Songkran in My Village

    • Celebrations

    • I took this photo during the Songkran Festival on April 14, 2011, in Thailand. Songkran celebrates the traditional Thai New Year and is a national holiday. One of the hallmarks of Songkran is the throwing of water - people flock to the streets to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stanley and Tarlue

    • Stanley and Tarlue

    • Children

    • These are two neighbor boys in Ziahtown (Zwedru County, Liberia) with a tow money bus that they made themselves from bamboo. The windshield was made from the plastic wrap from tee shirts my parents had sent to me. The photo was taken in 1976.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stefano

    • 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
    • Summer Girls of Wu Long

    • Summer Girls of Wu Long

    • Children

    • I took this photo during a summer project in Wu Long, the poorest corner of Chongqing Municipality, China. The girls were hanging out on a tennis judging stand outside the Wu Long Experimental Middle School teaching building where 17 of us were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tafao

    • Tafao

    • Health

    • This is the high chief's wife with me. We have just finished a health training session where i weighed some of the village ladies. Mena is the most genuine person I have met in this country and I admire her strength and pride.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Taking Notes in English Class

    • Taking Notes in English Class

    • Teachers and students

    • In this photo, Peace Corps Volunteer Mark Fullmer is teaching English vocabulary and pronunciation to 4th year (16-year old) high school students. The photograph was taken by a student, who had been assigned to be the class photographer, a way of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Joy of Being a Woman

    • 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
    • The Message Behind the Game

    • The Message Behind the Game

    • Camps and clubs

    • The message behind the game that is pictured is this: Everyone must work together so that the goal of placing the stick on the ground can be achieved. Even though it is just a game, I feel as though it is very similar to our Peace Corps service. ...
    • Volunteer Photos

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