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    • Making solar ovens in Dapaong

    • Making solar ovens in Dapaong

    • Technology

    • This photo was taken March 31, 2009 in Dapaong, Togo. I taught health classes at this domestic science school once a week and one day taught them to make solar ovens out of card board and tin foil and baking bags. They were all very impressed...
    • 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
    • Snack Break

    • Snack Break

    • Camps and clubs; Schools; Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken at an educational institution known as "La Escuelita Que Yo Quiero" (The School That I Want). The school is held on Saturday mornings, and provides non-traditional instruction in personal development, health and hygiene for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Little Host Sister

    • Little Host Sister

    • Children; Host families

    • This is a picture of one of the sisters of my host family, where I stayed during pre-service training in the extreme north region of Cameroon. I was always welcomed back to the house after a long day of training with the beautiful smiling faces of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Taking a Break

    • Taking a Break

    • Construction; Volunteerism

    • I am in the middle of helping create bathrooms for an elementary school of 200 students in Morocco. A boy who stayed after school to watch the volunteers work and a volunteer are sitting together on a wooden beam.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gaining Perspective

    • Gaining Perspective

    • Terrain

    • In this picture I am overlooking my Sierra/mountain community in Peru. I would climb up to the Cerro Miramar (Mountain Looking out to the ocean) typically at a bi-weekly rate to gain perspective of my work, see the outer perimeter of my district...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tabaski Prayer Day

    • Tabaski Prayer Day

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • I took this photo during the village-wide prayer for Tabaski in 2006. Tabaski is a Muslim celebration in which a goat is normally sacrificed, and people all come to pray together. I came to pray with my family and it was an incredible experience to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Song-Kol Sunset

    • Song-Kol Sunset

    • Terrain

    • A group of Volunteers visited Song-Kol, a beautiful lake located in the mountains and wilderness of Kyrgyzstan. Both tourists and locals travel here during the summer to stay in yurts and have a more traditional Kyrgyz experience. I took this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Imagining Victory

    • Imagining Victory

    • Games; Youth; Host families

    • The day after I arrived at my pre-service host family's home, I was taken to the town of Borjomi, Georgia. Twelve year old Vasha competed in this chess tournament. I snapped this picture and within 2-3 moves, Vasha had won this game and with this...
    • 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
    • The Spirit of Volunteerism

    • The Spirit of Volunteerism

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken in December 2010 in Mozambique. My girls youth group was reaching out to vulnerable children in our villa who were living with and/or affected by HIV/AIDS. We made up care packages as an encouragement; stuffing hand sews sacks...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Nothing But Cement

    • Nothing But Cement

    • Construction; Volunteerism

    • I am in the middle of helping create bathrooms for the elementary school of 200 students. This is one of the volunteers that came to help out. Amazingly, 11volunteers showed up that day and the roof was finished in one day!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Having fun

    • Having fun

    • Construction; Volunteerism

    • I am in the middle of helping create bathrooms for the elementary school of 200 students. This is one of the volunteers that came to help out (June 2011). Amazingly, 11 volunteers showed up that day and the roof was finished in one day!
    • 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

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