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    • Children of the Batey

    • Children of the Batey

    • youth

    • The Bateyes, or Haitian migrant sugarcane-camps, are culturally isolated and the most impoverished communities within the Dominican Republic. In this photograph, four batey children play with an improvised toy while they run through the smoke...
    • 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
    • Christmas dance competition LESOTHO

    • Christmas dance competition LESOTHO

    • dance; celebrations

    • A wonderful Christmas tradition in hot December LESOTHO were dance competitions, where teens of two towns competed against one another for a title of best dancers. In 2008, these teens in Ha Makebe, not too far from the capital city of Maseru, had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Class 1 sits on paint cans

    • Class 1 sits on paint cans

    • schools; children

    • I snapped this photo of first graders sitting on paint cans in Masia Primary School, Tsatsane Valley of Quthing Region, Lesotho, as I traveled as an Education Volunteer in April 2007, doing teacher observations. Their cute smiles show they are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coffee Beans

    • Coffee Beans

    • agriculture

    • This photograph is of coffee beans picked during the harvest in the mountains of the Dominican Republic where my husband and I worked with traditional coffee growers on an organic pesticide project. This photograph was taken in 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coffee Harvest

    • Coffee Harvest

    • agriculture

    • This photograph was taken in Mata Grande, Dominican Republic where my husband Taylor Joyal and I worked on a organic pesticide project with local coffee farmers. Inthis particular shot, one of our best friends, Mecho Fernndez shows off her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Creation

    • Creation

    • environment

    • South Sea sunsets are great, but the sun rises are spectacular as the rising sun hits the various layers of clouds. There is no better way to start your day than to witness a sun rise like this. Picture taken from the Village of Iva on the island...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Daily Routine

    • Daily Routine

    • water and sanitation; host community friends

    • Woman from the douar, Ouargui shows me how to fill a water pouch during the morning, part of daily routine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing with Girls of Strength

    • Dancing with Girls of Strength

    • dance; youth development

    • In a village Cameoon, fifteen girls come together once a week for youth development activities. This photo captures me teaching the girls how to dance “The Electric Slide.” The group’s name, “Bikkoy Robe Beesembe,” means “Girls of...
    • 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
    • Duck, Duck, Goose with Girls of Strength

    • Duck, Duck, Goose with Girls of Strength

    • youth development

    • In a village in Cameoon, fifteen girls come together once a week for youth development activities. This photo captures PCV Samatha Atkins teaching the girls “Duck, Duck, Goose.” They weren’t too impressed though as they showed us their own...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Environmental Trash Pick-up

    • Environmental Trash Pick-up

    • youth; environment

    • Despite of the rain, the students’ eager to collected as much trash as they could in order to help promote a cleaner environment and raise environmental awareness throughout the community of Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco. This photo shows the students...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Face painting anyone?

    • Face painting anyone?

    • traditional dress; celebrations

    • This photo was taken at a Masai celebration right outside Kibaya, Tanzania. My wife and I were invited to attend a Masia celebration were we got to real get up close and personal with everyone there. This photo is of the warriers (as they call...
    • 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
    • Full of Excitement

    • Full of Excitement

    • youth; education

    • The students at Imlil Primary School are full of excitement and anticipation of all the activities and gifts provided by the Casablanca’s Rotary Club.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Future Women's Cooperative Leader

    • Future Women's Cooperative Leader

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

    • This photo was taken roughly in February 2011. My husband and I work with a mostly women's apple cooperative in a nearby town in the Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Gorda de Guanajuato (central Mexico). We are working with them to develop business...
    • Volunteer Photos

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