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    • Aissatou Roasting a Marshmallow

    • Aissatou Roasting a Marshmallow

    • Cooking; Host community friends

    • My neighbor’s family consisted of the previous mayor of the village, Meri, where I was posted, his 3 wives and countless children and grandchildren. I brought marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate to their house to make s’mores and the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Alphonse and his Family

    • Alphonse and his Family

    • Host community friends; Counterparts

    • This is a photo of myself and some of my favorite people in Cameroon! This picture was taken in 2010 at my friend/coworker, Alphonse’s house. He was the most honest, kind and hard working person I was honored to meet. In the picture are his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baby Weighing

    • Baby Weighing

    • Maternal and child health

    • Melissa Kadzik is weighing a baby at a monthly baby weighing and education session for mothers in Toweta Benin. January 2008. Babies are weighed hanging from the scale. Most babies were more scared of the white girl then hanging from the scale.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Benny and her Baby Brother

    • Benny and her Baby Brother

    • Children

    • Benny is a village child who is holding her baby brother on her back. Sweat is pouring down her face as it is hot and it is a lot of work to carry around a child. This picture was taken in a village on the east coast of Madagascar. This picture was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bucket Bath

    • Bucket Bath

    • Children; Water and sanitation

    • Here in East Java, Indonesia most of the little kids take bucket baths. I saw this little guy as I was visiting a wedding in our village. When he saw me he started to smile so I walked toward him with my camera soon he realized he was alone and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Building with Bottles

    • Building with Bottles

    • Environment; Schools

    • This photo was taken on June 3, 2011 in Guatemala. The community is comprised of people who were displaced during the Guatemalan Civil War and were given this land as a part of the Peace Accords. It is five hours from its municipal capital and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Casting His Net

    • Casting His Net

    • Fishing; Host families

    • I took this picture at a picnic that I went to with my host family. We went out to the forest and there was a small pond. In that pond, to my amazement, was a variety of aquatic life. Shrimp, crab, snails, catfish, and small white fish were among...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Christmas in Peam Chikang

    • Christmas in Peam Chikang

    • Children; Celebrations

    • In December 2010, I asked my students if anyone celebrated Christmas in the village. They replied, "No teacher, we know Santa Claus, but he doesn't stop in Cambodia." It was such a sad response that I decided we would have to change that during my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Croc

    • Croc

    • Animals

    • Africa. Mlilwane Game Reserve, Swaziland, July 2010. This was taken during our first trip away from our training village during pre-service training, having been in Swaziland less then a month. We took a trip to the Mlilwane Game Reserve to see...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dhaka

    • Dhaka

    • Transportation

    • I took this photo in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2001. The photo shows the typical hustle and bustle of Dhaka's streets filled with rickshaws.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dogon Dance

    • Dogon Dance

    • Dance

    • This photo was taken on December 24, 2010 in Dogon Country, Mali. These men were beginning to do a traditional dance. I didn't realize that they would be coming down from the rocks and caught this picture after looking up from tying my shoe.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dressed like a Moroccan

    • Dressed like a Moroccan

    • Traditional dress; Host families

    • I love Moroccan clothing and so I couldn't wait to try them on. I was thrilled when one of my host relatives suggested that I wear a Kaftan at a dinner party. My aunts and cousins dressed me up in this fabulous dress that was a bit long for me, but...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Education's Path

    • Education's Path

    • Celebrations; Teachers and students; Schools

    • This photo was taken on May 20, 2009 at the independence day celebrations in Lagdo, Cameroon. I had been working with this small parent's school located in an Mbororo village near where I was living. The Mbororo are traditionally nomadic...
    • Volunteer Photos

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