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    • Mosquito Nets

    • Mosquito Nets
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    • This picture was taken in a small village outside of the town of Ambalavao, Madagascar. A private donation had been made in the U.S. for the distribution of mosquito nets at a subsidized cost by PSI. The health leaders of this village showed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Taking a Rde through the Sahara Desert

    • Taking a Rde through the Sahara Desert
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    • This photo was taken in Agadez, Niger, in the Sahara desert, in February 1990. Some fellow Volunteers and I were sitting in the back of a pick-up truck on our way to start our one-week trek through the Sahara desert at the end of our Peace Corps...
    • 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
    • To Pasture

    • To Pasture

    • Animals; Agriculture

    • This image was taken during my site visit in Peru on August 12, 2011. A new friend in my community, an 11 year-old boy named Toni, took me on a walk around the outskirts of town to show me the beautiful surrounding scenery. On the way back home, we...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Little Man's Adventure

    • Little Man's Adventure

    • Terrain; Host community friends; Children

    • This photo was taken in Kazakhstan on May 20, 2011. The little boy is the youngest son of a family I am close to here. Even though he was the smallest of our explorers on this mountain picnic, he was always at least 50 meters ahead of us, scoping...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girls' Summer Math and Leadership Camp

    • Girls' Summer Math and Leadership Camp

    • Camps and clubs; Youth; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • I took this photo during the summer camp that I organized and led during the summer between my two years of service. I invited girls from my 8th and 9th grade classes to participate in a week-long camp that consisted of math and science review,...
    • 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
    • The First Cuy Sighting

    • The First Cuy Sighting

    • Food and meals; Markets

    • This photo was taken on July 17, 2011 in the market of Huaraz, Ancash, Peru during my Peace Corps training. Guinea pig, or rather Cuy, is a delicacy in Peru that I had wanted to try since I first arrived in the country. I took this photo because I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I Am

    • I Am

    • Host families; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken in beautiful Belize in spring 2011. My sister is the girl in the photo. She is a strong girl with strong opinions and in this photo she is stating a statement about her life.
    • 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
    • Recess

    • Recess

    • Children; Schools; Teachers and students

    • In Nacaome Honduras 1994 teaching games to the kids so they could play with each other at recess.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fish Fête

    • Fish Fête

    • Fishing; Celebrations

    • I took this photo during fish fête, an annual festival in the desert of Haute Guinea. These festivals take place after the dry season, when there is a lake left where the river usually flows during rainy season. These lakes are not fished until...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Playing Omweso

    • Playing Omweso

    • Games; Host community friends

    • Here, I'm playing Omweso, a local board game, with a local farmer in the nearby trading center of Mpatta village in Mukono District. As was typically the case, in addition to playing Omweso, we exchanged news, upcoming village events, and even the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Home Cooking

    • Home Cooking

    • Cooking

    • This photo was taken while I was still in training near Swedru, Ghana and shows my next door neighbor Sarah Gyeswa and her friend pounding casava root to make foo foo for dinner. Foo foo is a gourmet favorite in Ghana but it took me a while to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning Geography

    • Learning Geography

    • Teachers and students; Schools

    • This photo was taken in a village on the west coast of Madagascar, July 1st, 2011, at the Classe de CM1 at the EPP, the Public Primary School. It’s hard to teach and to learn with a class of almost one hundred students. 94, to be precise, were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Mother and Baby

    • Host Mother and Baby

    • Host families

    • I took this photo on the day of the celebration of Tabaski, 2006 in Brouwal Tappe, Guinea. This is my host mother at my site with her baby. My host mother had 5 of her own children, plus me made 6. I love to remember her this way because she was...
    • Volunteer Photos

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