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    • Omar, My First Buddy

    • Omar, My First Buddy
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    • Like most Peace Corps Volunteers, my first friend in my community was a three year old. His name was Omar and he kept my spirits high during those first few awkward months of transition into a whole new lifestyle. Panamá, 2008.
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    • Yaneth Weaving

    • Yaneth Weaving
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    • This was taken in 2011 (post-service) while visiting the Emberá community Ella Drua in Colón, Panama. Yaneth was weaving a traditional Emberá basket while her daughter, Vianca, and my son, Adrián, played on the floor.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Vielka

    • Vielka
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    • This was taken in my site Caño Quebrado, Colón, Panamá during my service in 2009. I was buying a few things from this store before going out for the day to harvest coffee with Vielka and her parents (she was on summer break from school). Many...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dance Lessons

    • Dance Lessons
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    • This photo was taken in a village near my post. I was invited to a wedding there- my first time attending a wedding in Cameroon. Everyone was dancing around the bride and I was just spectating until some of the dancers called me to join them. I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The End of a Successful Trip

    • The End of a Successful Trip
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    • I work at a youth center in Ukraine, and one of the big events for the small children is the annual trip to the regional center for a visit to "Dendropark" to play at the amusement park. It takes about 1 1/2 hours each way on a bus to get there and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Capacity building training

    • Capacity building training
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    • This photo was taken in a village in Fiji. The woman in the forefront was the Ministry of Woman office for the province of Navua. We were visiting the woman's group in the village as they wanted to embark on an income generating project.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Video workshop

    • Video workshop
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    • This photo was taken during a participatory video training session at the Navua Rural Women's Telecentre Group in Fiji. The women's group wanted to create a promotional DVD that showcased who they were as an organisation. The women all received...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Phagwah

    • Phagwah
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    • This photo was taken during a Phagwah celebration in the spring of 2007. This holiday is mainly celebrated by the Hindu Indo-Guyanese population in Guyana to celebrate the trumiph of good over evil. On this day the village people of Canal #1,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Hilltops Kids

    • My Hilltops Kids
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    • This photo was taken of me with the children/students in my village after playing a little bit of guitar for them in Hilltop, Amelia's Ward, Linden, Guyana 2007.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Joy

    • Joy
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    • This photo of two local children was taken while walking down the road from my home in Amelia's Ward, Linden, Region 10, Guyana in 2006.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wakapoa

    • Wakapoa
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    • I took this photo while visiting another Volunteer in her remote Amerindian village, Wakapoa, in Region 2, Guyana. In this photo a young boy is seen walking to his home surrounded by palm trees; a hidden view to another way of life.
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    • Hanging in There

    • Hanging in There
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    • This picture was taken in the Rastafarian community of Linden, Guyana. In this photo a baby is found relaxing in a hammock as many in the local community do.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Monk Begging for Food

    • Monk Begging for Food
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    • I took this photo at the gate of the compound I lived in on Soi Petchburi, Bangkok, Thailand. This monk visited our compound every morning with his begging bowl. Monks in Thailand beg for their food and people generously fill their bowl. It...
    • Volunteer Photos

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