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    • A Western Dinner

    • A Western Dinner

    • Food and meals; Anniversaries; Celebrations; Women's movement

    • Women from my women's group are enjoying a western dinner while attending a celebration marking the 50th Anniversary of Peace Corps.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rice Distribution

    • Rice Distribution

    • Host families; Food and meals

    • This photo was taken on November 25th, 2010 in the Philippines. My Filipino host family and I decided to buy a bunch of rice, put them in a decent sized bags, and distribute them to the poor people on the street. Nearby a cathedral, there are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ultimate Frisbee

    • Ultimate Frisbee

    • Sports

    • Girls from the three southern-most provinces of Mozambique incorporate HIV-prevention methods while learning to play ultimate frisbee at the 2011 Southern Regional REDES (Rapariga em Desenvolvimento, Educação e Saúde--Girls in Education,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Project Development

    • Project Development

    • Training

    • In this photo, Peace Corps Volunteer Hunter is working with his counterpart, Peng Liu, to brainstorm ideas for projects to do with their university-aged English students. Taken April 9, 2011 at the Peace Corps office in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • City High School's World Map

    • City High School's World Map

    • World map project; Teachers and students

    • The photo was taken on November 1st, 2010 at a high school in the Philippines. During the semester break, I worked with four artistic Filipino students on this world map mural. This wall is located at the entrance of the school, where students...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tazekka

    • Tazekka
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    • This photo was taken shortly after my arrival at my site in Taza, Morocco. The work of several Volunteers is evident throughout the park, with the creation of an eco-tourism center, "green" education classes for children, and maintenance of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Dinner

    • Village Dinner

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • In this photo, I am with the mother of the family who took good care of my when I was working deep inside Tazekka National Park. Here we are getting ready to prepare this goat for the Aid L'Kabir celebrations held about a month after Ramadan. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Planting a tree in Nicaragua

    • Planting a tree in Nicaragua

    • Children

    • This photo was taken during a tree planting event in Macuelizo, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua in 1997. I helped Macuelizo establish a tree nursery and the trees were planted around town, on farms and riverbanks, and in degraded areas. The boy planting...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cultural Pride

    • Cultural Pride

    • Children; Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • This is a photo of the annual town fair that I took in July of 2009. In this picture one of the local school children is dressed in traditional Mayan clothing, as a celebration of Mayan culture.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Return To Taza, Morocco

    • Return To Taza, Morocco

    • Counterparts

    • This was taken at the end of my service as a Parks, Wildlife, and Environmental Educator in the Spring of 2000. In this photo I am enjoying the hospitality of Aziz Rhamouni and his family. Aziz was my counterpart at the Eaux et Foret office in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching Nutrition

    • Teaching Nutrition

    • Health; Nutrition

    • In this photo that was taken in August of 2010, I was teaching women in my community how to eat a balanced diet and explained to them which foods support growth, keep the body healthy, and provide energy. As part of a wood efficient stove project...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pink Umbrella

    • Pink Umbrella

    • Host families

    • This is my host sister Indy Jean. We were walking to a lunch invite at our friends house. I did not know where it was so she was the leader. It was raining, therefore the umbrella. Photo was taken in March, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • At the Foothills of the High Atlas Mountains

    • At the Foothills of the High Atlas Mountains

    • Pre-service training (PST)

    • Here you will find myself and fellow trainee, Mike, along with two of our language instructors (from left to right - Wahi and Ishou), enjoying a break outside a village at the foot of the High Atlas Mountains in the summer of 1998. This was part...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Goat Games

    • Goat Games

    • Animals; Games

    • Every year, when the herders would come back around June, they would host a celebration in my village, Goudoude Diobe, Senegal. The younger men would lead their herd of goats and sheep around in a large circle, performing small tricks for the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • It's not 4th of July, It's Diwali

    • It's not 4th of July, It's Diwali

    • Celebrations

    • Diwali is the festival of lights, and each year Guyanese decorate their houses with hundreds of small votive like candles and sparklers. This picture is of myself and my neighbor during Diwali celebrations in 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Halloween in Guyana

    • Halloween in Guyana

    • Celebrations

    • A fellow Volunteer and myself decided to have a Halloween party for the neighborhood kids in Guyana. We made the costumes, which included a pirate (pictured), a mouse, a cat, a bumblebee, a ladybug and a basketball player.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Always Laughing

    • Always Laughing

    • Children

    • I took this photo one very hot afternoon after lunch in my village, Goudoude Diobe. All the adults typically slept after the meal, but the girls and I would continue to talk and laugh. As soon as I took my camera out, there was a frenzy to see...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cartes Postales

    • Cartes Postales

    • Children; Art

    • Children love using art as a way of expression. In my tiny village in northeastern Senegal, these two little boys were selected by their teachers to participate in an art club that I held once a week after classes. The children had a unique way...
    • Volunteer Photos

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