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    • 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
    • 3 of a kind

    • 3 of a kind

    • traditional dress; celebrations

    • This photo is taken of my wife, PCV Melinda, a 15 year old Masai boy, and myself. My wife and I are at a Masai celebration. We were invited to this celebration from our Masai friend. The boy in the picture was very timid and didn't say a word. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Lifestyle Personified

    • A Lifestyle Personified

    • Environment

    • This photo was taken in a mountain village in Azerbaijan in the summer of 2011. The landscape, harsh and unyielding, personifies the lives of those in its midst. The mystery and beauty of the place personify the culture in itself.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Teacher's Work

    • A Teacher's Work

    • Schools; Children

    • While observing the Spanish class of fellow Volunteer Andrea Derocco, I found this the perfect opportunity to take a photo of her teaching 3rd graders. On this day of September 19, 2010, she teaches to a classroom of more than 50 students.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • An Unexpected Language Lesson

    • An Unexpected Language Lesson

    • Language training; Host families

    • I took this photo in our host home during our Pre-Service Training period in Azerbaijan. My husband and I had just bought a few books in Azeri to send home to nieces and nephews. When we sat down at the table to try to translate the books into...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Art and Craft Activity

    • Art and Craft Activity

    • youth; environment

    • After an environmental trash pick-up activity, we planned an art and craft activity to teach the students/youth to enhance their creative mind through making tables and chairs from recycle goods like soda cans. As the students explored their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Art and Craft Activity

    • Art and Craft Activity

    • youth; environment

    • After an environmental trash pick-up activity, we planned an art and craft activity to teach the students/youth to enhance their creative mind through making tables and chairs from recycle goods like soda cans. As the students explored their...
    • 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
    • Bibi and her Grand kid

    • Bibi and her Grand kid

    • traditional dress; celebrations; elders

    • This photo was taken at a Masai celebration outside of Kibaya, Tanzania. This shy grandmom puased for a split second to have her picture taken. This was taken on August 8th 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Building a Health Clinic

    • Building a Health Clinic

    • health; host community friends; construction

    • I helped my town, Nueva Esperanza, secure a grant from Pfizer Pharmeceutical. Pfizer donated all the building materials for a health clinic and sent doctors and medicine for the opening. We had to build it. The response from my town was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Carlita Hunts for Easter Eggs

    • Carlita Hunts for Easter Eggs

    • host community friends; celebrations; children

    • During Holy Week I did a culture exchange with my women's group in Pino Dulce, Guatemala. We dyed Easter eggs and hid them for the kids to find while I explained to them the history of this tradition in America. This photo shows kids searching...
    • 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
    • Chicas Poderosas

    • Chicas Poderosas

    • celebrations; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); youth development

    • I took this photo at a sleep over with the graduating Chicas Poderosas (Powerful Girls) group that I started in my town, Nueva Esperanza de Cano Negro, Los Chiles, Alajuela, Costa Rica. After two months the girls had completed a workbook, service...
    • 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

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