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    • Madeline dances with kids, Lesotho

    • Madeline dances with kids, Lesotho

    • host community friends; children

    • In November of 2007, in our training village in Lesotho, I happened upon kids on a path, who wanted to dance. Kids live in the present, so now's as good a time for any to dance. I like this photo because in my three years as a Peace Corps...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pre-schoolers, Lesotho

    • Pre-schoolers, Lesotho

    • children

    • If you line up 4 year olds in just about any country in the world, you get as many poses - shy, silly, naughty, thumb-suckers. In the village of Mt. Moorosi (Quthing region of LESOTHO) in April 2007, though, my little neighbor was one of the kids....
    • 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
    • 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
    • Woman's Association

    • Woman's Association

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

    • Some woman attending a workshop in Kaala Saraghna, posing in front of 'Hotel Kaala' before lunch, Association Amal Developement, July.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mama on the Roof

    • Mama on the Roof

    • host community friends

    • Resident woman of douar, Jaboba, Kaala Saraghna asks me to take her photo on the roof of her home. She was gathering the carpet that was there to dry, Ramadan, August.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Three ladies Basotho blankets

    • Three ladies Basotho blankets

    • traditional dress

    • In Lesotho, the village paths on Sundays are lined with ladies walking to church, all with traditional Basotho blankets (mofu) over their shoulders. Each blanket pattern has a name, linked to symbols of tribes or crops. The center blanket...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Somewhere over the Rainbow

    • Somewhere over the Rainbow

    • environment

    • I took this photo outside my host family's house, in Tounfite, Morocco in March 2011. We live in the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains, have thunderstorms almost every afternoon, and sometimes rainbows too!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Henna Hands

    • Henna Hands

    • host community friends; celebrations

    • This photo was taken in Ait Hamza, Morocco, on my birthday, September 23, 2010. As birthday's are not celebrated here, we had a cross-cultural exchange birthday party, which consisted of mint tea, cake, dancing and henna!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pin the Tail on the Real Donkey

    • Pin the Tail on the Real Donkey

    • children; animals; games

    • This photo was taken in Ait Hamza, Morocco, on my birthday September 23, 2010. As birthday's are not celebrated here, we thought it would be fun to have a cross-cultural exchange and so we played pin the tail on the real donkey with local children.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PACA Tools at Work

    • PACA Tools at Work

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

    • This photo was taken as we completed PACA Tools during CBT, in Ait Hamza, Morocco, November 2010. Here you can see the women of Cooperative Atma, a weaving cooperative, drawing their community map.
    • 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

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