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    • Loko!!

    • Loko!!

    • Games; Children; Terrain

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, July 29th, 2011. “Loko!!” (fish!!). A children’s play. The children are playing “loko!!”. They are reenacting what they see their mother and/or sisters do. As for the little one in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dominican Morning

    • Dominican Morning

    • housing; host community friends

    • This photograph was taken during technical training in the small community of La Cumbre, Dominican Republic in 2008. A group of volunteers woke up early to embark on a hike with a host brother through the Dominican forest. This young boy was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Wait

    • The Wait

    • Terrain; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Environment

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Down in the dirt

    • Down in the dirt

    • Agriculture; Education

    • This photo was taken during PST by Rebecca. The photo is of PCV Sarah working with primary school students from Kilulu Primary School during a hands on lesson about permaculture. Rebecca and Sarah studied culture and Swahili together in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning through murals

    • Learning through murals

    • Art; World Map Project; Volunteers

    • Mari, a YD volunteer, created a cross sector project for her Dar cheebub (youth activity center) with the assistance of health volunteers and other YD volunteers. The project was to paint murals representing AIDS, world peace, Moroccan pride,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waiting on mom

    • Waiting on mom

    • Children; Community development

    • This picture was taken right outside the health clinic where I teach women health lessons. Some of the children were waiting on their mom while she talked to the nurse and listened to one of my health lessons.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Laugh a little

    • Laugh a little

    • Construction; Community development

    • I am in the middle of helping create bathrooms for the elementary school of 200 students. Here are a few of the volunteers in May 2011. Amazingly, 11 volunteers showed up that day and the roof was finished in one day!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • All together

    • All together

    • Health; Construction; Host community

    • I am in the middle of helping create bathrooms for the elementary school of 200 students in Elkassaba El Khir, Tata, Morocco. On June 2011 a lot of volunteers came out to work on the bathrooms. It was such an amazing feat that children stayed after...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Watching on

    • Watching on

    • Host community; Education

    • A bunch of kids from school were watching the Moroccan men (all volunteers) work on the elementary's school's new bathroom (June 2011) in Elkassaba El Khir, Tata, Morocco.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tokeras

    • Tokeras

    • Host families; Traditional dress

    • In Senegal West Africa, it is important to have a namesake; someone you are named after or someone who is named after you. You have a special bond with this person and they are like part of your family. In the Pulaar language, this is called...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jump for Morocco

    • Jump for Morocco

    • Volunteers; terrain

    • We, new Peace Corps Volunteers, were traveling up to our CBT Hub and took a little break. This picture represents our growing excitement and aw at the breath taking view of the hills in the background.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Kid is Kind and The Sun is Bright

    • The Kid is Kind and The Sun is Bright

    • youth

    • I was cutting down a new soccer field with some guys from my village. They told me to go grab my camera and take a few shots. The first person I saw when I got back was this boy named Richardo. He turned his head, sun blazing upon his gaze, and I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding Celebration

    • Wedding Celebration

    • Dance; Women in Peace Corps; Weddings

    • These women were so happy about their cousins marriage, they broke out into dance in the middle of the street while preparing for the celebration.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fighting the African Sun!!

    • Fighting the African Sun!!

    • Volunteers; Pre-service Training (PST)

    • Africa Swaziland Group 8 (PST) Pictured is Fred and Krista July 2010 Swaziland Cultural Center This photo was taken during PST. At the time we were only in Swaziland for less then a month, this was the first trip away from our training site and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • warriors

    • warriors

    • celebrations

    • this photo was taken in march 2004 in Nabukavesi VIllage, Fiji. They were putting on a ceremony to welcome the new computers to the school in my Village.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tangalala

    • Tangalala

    • children; host community friends

    • This little girl was in my training village. She was very very shy but loved to look at the pictures on my digital camera. If I brought my camera out she would peek out of her room. I took this in Navutulevu Village in November 2006.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Happy to see you

    • Happy to see you

    • children; host community friends

    • I took this photo in Fiji in September 2006. I had only been in Fiji for 1 day. I got up in the morning and walked to the beach to watch the sun rise, soon after these girls saw me down on the beach and started running towards me, so i snapped...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • morning coffee with the nana staras

    • morning coffee with the nana staras

    • Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken in July outside of my school the south west mountains of Bulgaria. In my community, which is 100% Bulgarian Muslim the women have a traditional dress that includes a head scarf and colorful pants called shalvary. Through out...
    • Volunteer Photos

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