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    • 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
    • Four Examples of Georgian Happiness

    • Four Examples of Georgian Happiness

    • Children; Youth development

    • This photo was taken within the first few days of my arrival for pre-service training in the Republic of Georgia. The children were extremely excited for my arrival, and getting them to pose for a photo took much time and patience. I think they...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Manuela Condori shearing her sheep

    • Manuela Condori shearing her sheep

    • animals; host community friends

    • The Aymara of the Bolivian Altiplano are often considered to be dour and unsmiling. Nothing further from the truth, as can be seen by Dona Manuela ready to have a try at shearing one of her sheep with hand shears. Instructing people in the local...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Morning Break at the EPP, Public Primary School

    • Morning Break at the EPP, Public Primary School

    • Children; Health; Medicine

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, July 1st, 2011. It’s Friday, it’s about 10:30am. The break should soon be over at the EPP, the Public Primary School. It usually starts at 10:00am and last 20 minutes to half an hour. Some children are...
    • 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
    • Mount Kahuzi-Biega Summit

    • Mount Kahuzi-Biega Summit

    • fishing

    • Portion of our fishculture training group on top of Mt. Kahuzi-Biega near Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo 12/31/1978. Kahuzi-Biega is the home of a group of mountain gorillas. Our objective that day was to get to the top and although...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • P and Z Dancing the Horo

    • P and Z Dancing the Horo

    • Dance; Traditional dress; Host families; Swearing-in ceremonies

    • This photos was taken shortly after the Peace Corps swearing-in ceremony in Bulgaria on June 10, 2011. After the ceremony volunteers new and old and their host families and friends went out to the Plaza for music and dancing. As a brand new Peace...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Prayer beads

    • Prayer beads

    • Religion; Clothing

    • I took this photo in 2006 at my site in Santou, Téleméle prefecture in the Republic of Guinea. It shows a woman from my village with her prayer beads and mat. Guinea is a predominantly Muslim country, so prayer is a big part of daily life.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing the Fish

    • Preparing the Fish

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

    • 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

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