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    • Women Walking With Pails

    • Women Walking With Pails

    • Construction

    • Building a new home in rural Zambia takes a lot of time and effort. On May 30, 2008, in the small village of Chiposa in the Luapula province, much of the community helped to build a home of mud bricks and dried grass for a struggling family in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water Color

    • Water Color

    • Anniversaries; Celebrations

    • I took this picture at the Peace Corps 50th anniversary celebration in Stefan cel Mare park in Chisinau, Moldova in August 2011. The photo shows decorations of balloons on the right hand side, with the Peace Corps logo displayed on the stage in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Watching

    • Watching

    • Children; Celebrations; Sports

    • This picture was taken during a village holiday celebration on August 7, 2011 in Ukraine. Each year there is a big celebration for the village of 3500 people. There is a concert, games for children, shaslik (Ukrainian style bbq) dancing, and a...
    • 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
    • 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
    • The Competitors

    • The Competitors

    • Celebrations

    • In this photo, my students competed in a mummy-wrapping competition during our Halloween party. These students are the competitors. October 29, 2010.
    • 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
    • TB Vaccination Korea 1973

    • TB Vaccination Korea 1973

    • Health; Medicine

    • Ralph Echols, K24, gives a TB vaccination to a middle school studentat a Seul middle school, winter of 1972. This was part of our training practicum. Photo by Richard Trinrud.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • TB Control at a Middle School, Seoul, Korea

    • TB Control at a Middle School, Seoul, Korea

    • Health; Medicine

    • Richard Trinrud examines results of TB test for a Korean middle school student. This was a field trip practicum during our (K24) training. After the vaccinations and tests were done, the school principal treated the half dozen volunteers to a lunch...
    • 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
    • Start of the Annual Horse Race in Georgia

    • Start of the Annual Horse Race in Georgia

    • Celebrations; Sports

    • This photo was taken August 19, 2010 at the start of the annual horse race in a mountainous village only inhabited in the summer due to its 2050 meters above sea level status. Every year this village hosts a horse race, drawing thousands of people...
    • 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
    • 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

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