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- A Celebration of Life
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For the Muslims in my town in Cameroon, a week after a baby is born they have a naming ceremony. In March, 2011, the eighth child of my village chief's first wife was born. I went to their home to celebrate the naming. I had the opportunity to hold... - Volunteer Photos
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- Mujeres Poderosas
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This photo that I took in January, 2011, shows young teenage girls from the Andes mountains in Shilla, Peru on their first day of the club Mujeres Poderosas (Powerful Women) in which they participated in a 6 week workshop where we talked about... - Volunteer Photos
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- Coming Home from the Chacras
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Walking around my site during my second month there in October, 2009, I happened to have my camera on me taking pictures of all the new and beautiful things Shilla, Ancash, Peru had to offer, when I came upon my host sister (20 years old at the... - Volunteer Photos
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- READ!!!
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This photo was taken at Saint Monica's Primary School located along the Upper Pomeroon in the country of Guyana in March of 2011. It was taken during the reading lesson of the day, where the students would share the stories they read to the rest... - Volunteer Photos
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- Long View of a Country House
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This photo was taken during my first month in site, in July of 2009, at my host family's residence. Johnny is standing in the foreground, Angel is running with a truck, Jose Carmen is standing, and in the background Eduardo and Gisy are braiding... - Volunteer Photos
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- Celebrations!
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This photo was taken in Southeastern Liberia in the middle of the rainy season. We were on our way from Greenville to Zwedru after a WFP training. Our driver thought we could make it through a huge mud hole if he went fast enough.. but he was... - Volunteer Photos
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- Mardi Gras in the Campo
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This was taken in February of 2010 in my community in Panama. During Carnaval I spiced up my English class by talking about Mardi Gras, our carnaval. The students made masks to celebrate. Dixon, my landlandy's son, is actually wearing the mask his... - Volunteer Photos
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- David Griggs andWith
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Forestry Peace Corps Volunteer David Griggs happened upon a neglected Indian reservation of the Ache/Guaiyaki in the forests of eastern Paraguay in April 1971. This first encounter led to my service working with the Ache/Gaiyaki. Ultimately, Peace... - Volunteer Photos
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- Fruits of our Labor
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I took this picture of a fellow Volunteer in my village on September 17, 2010. This was a celebratory picture because the eggplant that Kris is holding is the first vegetable to come from the garden in our compound. The children pictured are my... - Volunteer Photos
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- Smiling Students
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I took this picture of elementary school students on January 10, 2011 in my village. The staff, students, and family members were holding a local cleaning exercise at the Lower Basic school, and I was walking around taking pictures when the... - Volunteer Photos
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- Neem Cream
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I took this photo of my friend while I was teaching her and her family how to make neem cream. Neem cream is a local insect repellant made by boiling leaves of the neem tree and then mixing the neem water with soap and oil. It is very simple and... - Volunteer Photos
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- Cleaning Beans with Friends
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This photo was taken a fellow Volunteer on August 13th, 2011, in the Choco's cocine/kitchen. They are all laughing as they talk about when they were first dating their future husbands and how nervous they were to eat or even get a Coke in front of... - Volunteer Photos
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- Henna
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I took this photo of fellow Volunteer in her village on June 17, 2010. Her host family was helping her apply henna, a local beauty treatment that many women apply in the village before wedding and naming ceremonies. A paste of crushed roots and... - Volunteer Photos
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- London Calling
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I took this picture of a fellow Volunteer in my village during a wedding ceremony on March 4, 2011. This picture is a contrast because of the traditional clothing worn in the ceremonies, usually matching among friends, and the cell phone that... - Volunteer Photos
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- Bombali
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I took this picture while visiting a Fellow Volunteer in his village on March 10, 2010. We are standing beside a large stream flowing from the Gambia River, which runs up to his village. The fish he is holding is one caught by a local fisherman.... - Volunteer Photos
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- Kids Market at Camp Hope 2009
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Camp Espoir (Hope) is a camp for kids infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. It is organized in collaboration between Peace Corps and local HIV/AIDS care organizations. At the 2009 centrale camp, each cabin learned how to make something they could sell... - Volunteer Photos
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- the Griot
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Every spring, classes at the public schools in Tchamba, Togo stop for Cultural Week. Students from different tribes have a chance to showcase their traditions, dances, food and more. It's a big festival organized for and by the students. In this... - Volunteer Photos
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- Making Play-doh with the Kindergarten
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In Togo, almost no one speaks French, the official language, at home. They speak their local tribe languages. In kindergarten in Togo all the kids learn is French so that they can go on to school. I worked with the kindergarten class at Ecole... - Volunteer Photos
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- Mother and Child
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Once a month, I traveled to Nadjoubi with the medical assistant from the Tchamba hospital to give vaccines. I helped with his record keeping and answered basic health questions from the mothers. We also brought a scale to weigh babies and monitor... - Volunteer Photos
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- Tanasho Community Schoool
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Volunteer Susan Poore opened a new community school in a village in Zambia. In this photo, we see her teaching mathematics while community teachers watch in the back. - Volunteer Photos
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