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    • Tiwonana

    • Tiwonana

    • Pre-service training (PST); Host families

    • Peace Corps health trainee, Shelly, explains to her Dedza Malawian host parents, Salamus, left and Nalisafu, right, in the local language, Chichewa, that she is going to her afternoon technical training class and will return in the evening on March...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Passover

    • Passover

    • Religion; Celebrations

    • Matt, 2nd-year environmental Peace Corps Volunteer, explains Matzah, unleavened bread, a part of the traditional Passover meal, to Alfred Tembo (left) a local health worker in Nyungwe, and Nya Manda, a neighbor to Matt's sitemate, Ben, a 1st-year...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Night on the Square

    • Night on the Square
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    • The Djemaa Al-Fna square in Marrkech, Morocco is world famous for its snake charmers, performers and food stands serving local dishes. This picture is taken at the edge of the square looking out at the main road and the Koutoubia Mosque. If you...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mankwala

    • Mankwala

    • Art; Ceremonies

    • Second year Peace Corps health Volunteer, Duncan, observes as his Dzoole, Malawian counterpart, Baxter, gets a traditional tattoo on May 11, 2011. The traditional healer burns herbs and places two small cuts on Baxter’s hands, chest and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Maji

    • Maji

    • Agriculture

    • Alyssa, a returned education Peace Corps Volunteer from Malawi, Africa, carried a twenty-liter bucket of water to her Malawi home, on April 1, 2011. Since Morley didn’t have running water, water had to be collected for bathing, drinking, washing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Life Skills

    • Life Skills

    • Life skills; Education

    • These girls take turns sewing during Village Apprentice Day at a secondary school in Malawi. As a first-year health Volunteer, Briana Scroggins arranged for her life skills class to pair with a local trade smith to teach students about basket...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kichwa Warmikuna

    • Kichwa Warmikuna

    • Dance; Celebrations

    • These high school girls just finished dancing a typical kichwa dance representing their culture at an exposition in Tena, Ecuador. The dance competition was between rural and urban high schools in the region with categories such as original and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jiga

    • Jiga

    • Dance

    • Peace Corps health trainee, Matt, dances the Jiga with his home stay village, Dedza, Malawi neighbors. Peace Corps Health trainee Shelly, waits her turn to dance down the line on March 9, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Independence to All Youth

    • Independence to All Youth

    • Celebrations

    • Photo was taken at Vergenoegen Secondary School, in Region 3 of Guyana. This student, Christopher, was throwing a ball to another student. The school was having a student appreciation day in conjunction with the week long celebration of Guyana's...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • In the Spirit of International Volunteerism

    • In the Spirit of International Volunteerism

    • Celebrations; Teachers and students; Volunteerism

    • In conjunction with the Peace Corps 50th Anniversary and the Pinyasan (Pineapple) Festival in the Philippines, Peace Corps Volunteers conducted an "Adopt-a-Classroom" event on June 16, 2011, in which 60 out-of-school youth were taught about the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Family Madness

    • Host Family Madness

    • Host families; Children

    • This photo is a picture of me and some of the kids living on my host family's homstead in northern Swaziland. It was taken during a 'silly faces' photoshoot when I returned to my host family homestead from PST for a visit in early August 2011. We...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girl Guides

    • Girl Guides

    • Camps and clubs

    • “Peace Corps is all about trying different things because we come here and have access to grants and different ideas and we have the luxury to fail. That’s something that’s pretty unique for anyone to have,” Alyssa, a Returned Peace Corps...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Donkey Parking

    • Donkey Parking

    • Animals

    • In the central Albanian mountain town of Gjinar, you will find numerous donkeys tied up to random trees or rocks as their owners stock up on fruits and vegetables at the weekly market. Picture taken in July of 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Don't Forget to Brush!

    • Don't Forget to Brush!

    • Health; Camps and clubs

    • At a day camp held in Massa, Morocco, campers brought toothbrushes and toothpaste everyday to ensure that they were brushing their teeth after lunch as part of a health campaign during the camp. Another part of this was to bring in health...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Couscous For Sale

    • Couscous For Sale

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • This is a photo of six members of the "Golden Fingers" association in Massa, Morocco, leaving to sell six plates of couscous. Couscous is a local delicacy in Morocco and traditionally eaten on Friday, their holy day. "Golden Fingers" uses the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chitipa

    • Chitipa

    • Sports; Celebrations

    • Peace Corps Volunteers in the Chitipa District of Malawi host an annual Halloween event, including a volleyball game against the Chitipa District Police Department. First-year health Volunteer Ben, goes, up to spike the ball. The Chitipa Police...
    • Volunteer Photos

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