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    • Raising Chickens

    • Raising Chickens

    • agriculture; animals

    • I am checking on our young chickens as part of our in-country training in the summer of 1966. We built the coops and raised the chickens from chicks.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • At home with Captain Butalia

    • At home with Captain Butalia

    • host community friends

    • This is my husband Terry, also a PCV, and Captain Butalia. We are visiting in their home in India. The Butalias welcomed us into their home like we were family. We learn much of their culture and they were so curious about America and President...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Indian Woman in San Martin de Porres, barriada

    • Indian Woman in San Martin de Porres, barriada

    • host community friends

    • It was common practice for people to put a blanket on their back and go through garbage/litter for anything useable. The dress is typical of a Quechua woman recently arriving in the barriada outside Lima from high in the Andes. Photo taken in 1963...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Children on Trumble's rooftop

    • Children on Trumble's rooftop

    • host community friends; children

    • The only ventilation in the home was through an open hole in the roof, covered by an iron grate. The neighborhood children loved to climb up the one story to the roof and see what the Trumbles were doing in their home in Barriada San Martin de...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Nursery School

    • Nursery School

    • schools; children

    • This is a photo of me reading "The Three Little Pigs" in English to Punjabi and Hindi speaking pre-schoolers. In our village of Nilokheri, Haryana, INDIA, the community wanted an English/Pubjabi/Hindi Speaking Nursery School for their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Usha and myself

    • Usha and myself

    • host community friends; schools

    • This photo is of Usha, a young girl in the town who assisted me in the Nursery School, and myself. We spent many hours together as friends and teaching young children. Nilokheri, Haryana, INDIA. Fall 1966.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Vegetable Garden

    • Vegetable Garden

    • food and meals; agriculture

    • Unicef furnished us vegetable seeds so we could help the women in the villages learn to plant and maintain vegetable gardens to have a variety of vegetables all year long. Nilokheri, Haryana, INDIA. Winter 1967
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cattle Plowing

    • Cattle Plowing

    • host community friends; agriculture; animals

    • This is a photo of one of the farmers my husband worked with plowing his field with his cattle. One of the ways my husband, Terry, helped the farmers was to educate them on using more than one fertilizer on their land. Punjab, India. Fall 1966
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Terry and our Home

    • Terry and our Home

    • volunteers; animals

    • This is a photo of Terry, my husband, outside our home in Nilokheri, Haryana, India. He is holding our dog, Ginger. Ginger was given to us by the Butalia family. They said we needed a dog to alert us to any snakes nearby. Winter 1967
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Riding in a Bus

    • Riding in a Bus

    • transportation

    • We traveled by bike almost everywhere we went. But if we had to travel more than 10 miles, we traveled by bus or train. This was a typical bus ride. There were lots of people wanting to ride the bus, so everyone got on that possible could -...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chief's Chair

    • Chief's Chair

    • children; animals

    • I took this photo during my first year of service while some family members were staying with us. The boy, Baboucar, is a nephew named after my host father, the district Chief. The puppy under the chair is one I had recently adopted, and would...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Latin Locks of Love

    • Latin Locks of Love

    • youth;

    • I took this photo July 19, 2011 in Ecuador. After school, this 12 year old girl and her mother visited their local hair salon and chopped off more than 12" each. They had been planning to donate their hair for months - the little girl had seen an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Familia

    • Familia

    • children; Host families

    • It was on my site visit, seeing for the first time the town of that would be my home for the next two years back in August 2009 while I was sitting and chatting with my host familia and neighbors. My neighbors' were holding their friends' baby in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Draft Board

    • Draft Board

    • children; games; Host families

    • This photo was taken in 2010 at my hut in Fimpulu Village, Luapula Province, Zambia. Using spray paint, I made a "draft board" on my porch for the children to play on. Draft is a game similar to Checkers and is seen being played throughout Zambia.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • To The Sky

    • To The Sky

    • children; climate

    • This photo was taken in April 2010 on the Cheif's palace island on the Zambezi Floodplains in Mongu, Western Province, Zambia. Traditionally, around Easter each year, the Paramount Chief of the Lozi tribe travels from his palace residence on his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 2007 Thank You Joy!

    • 2007 Thank You Joy!

    • Swearing-in ceremonies

    • I took this photo of Joy during a swearing in ceremony for Group 78. She was a beloved member of the Peace Corps Jamaica Staff for 35 years. Peace Corps lost her in August of 2011 following an illness. She was, indeed, a joy for the hundreds of...
    • Volunteer Photos

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