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    • Togo Falls

    • Togo Falls
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    • This photo was taken in October of 2003 at the Togo Falls in the Volta region of Ghana, and shows several members of my group playing in the water.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Trust Fall

    • Trust Fall

    • Youth development

    • This photo, taken on July 21, 2011, depicts Peace Corps trainee Jeff as he demonstrates "trust falls' with Peruvian youth at the local colegio in Peru during field-based training. Youth development Volunteers often use self-esteem and trust...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Two Old Ladies

    • Two Old Ladies

    • Elders; Children

    • I served as town photographer while teaching secondary school in Kolahun, Lofa County, Liberia, West Africa. This sitting was of an older woman and her grand daughter who were both called "Old Lady." Out of respect for her age, the woman was Old...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Unity

    • Unity

    • Pre-service training (PST)

    • This photo was taken at the top of Panderman Mountain near Batu, Indonesia. A group of Peace Corps trainees and the Peace Corps staff hiked together.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • View From the Front Door

    • View From the Front Door

    • Terrain; Housing

    • In this small village in East Java, Indonesia this was a common view at sunset from the front door of my home stay during training. The mountain in view is Panderman Mountain.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Health Team Training

    • Village Health Team Training
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    • Here, I'm teaching at a village health team training about diarrhea and dehydration and how to prepare oral rehydration solution (ORS). The village health team program is an initiative of the Ministry of Health to train local residents in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Neighbors

    • Village Neighbors

    • Children

    • Three neighborhood children looking through the fence at the photographer. The picture was taken in 2010 in a village on the east coast of Madagascar.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weaving Silk

    • Weaving Silk

    • Crafts; Artisans; Host families

    • This is a picture of my host mother's eldest sister weaving silk on the loom outside of her house. This practice is traditionally passed down to women from generation to generation. Women all over the village (mainly the elders) can be seen making...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Work Together, Play Together

    • Work Together, Play Together

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken in Andringitra, Madagascar. Two Peace Corps Volunteers, Kurt and Sonia, along with their sisters (visiting), met up with the Club Vintsy (an environment club). Kurt and Sonia did a lot of their work with Club Vintsy in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working in the soy field.

    • Working in the soy field.

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • While serving in the village of Meri, in the extreme north region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in the village. To pass the time while we worked, they would...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Malaria Activities

    • World Malaria Activities

    • Drama

    • This picture was taken in Cotonou Benin in June 2010 (late Malaria Day celebrations). A theatrical group form Allada Benin was hired to put on a skit about malaria. In this scene, the girl standing is acting as a mosquito and is showing how she...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Women in Contrast

    • Young Women in Contrast

    • Maternal and child health

    • This is a picture of a Peace Corps trainee and a Liberian farmer in Zorzor, Lofa County, Liberia, West Africa. The African woman had her son at about the age of 14, is pregnant again, and briskly walks from her farm balancing 50 pounds on her...
    • Volunteer Photos

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