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    • More Bouille, Please

    • More Bouille, Please

    • food and meals; health; children

    • I took this photo during an enriched porridge demonstration on Aug. 6, 2010 at a school in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. Malnutrition is a very big issue here in Burkina Faso and many volunteers try to combat it by teaching mothers how to make enriched...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Full Load

    • Full Load

    • agriculture; children; host community friends

    • I took this photo on June 1, 2011 in the very small village I live in called Sourou, Burkina Faso. My neighbor was going out to the fields to plant crops in preparation to the rainy season. During this season the village seems like a ghost town...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • On Juggling

    • On Juggling

    • Pre-service Training (PST)

    • I took this photo during Pre Service Training for the 1st group back to Rwanda in 15 years. We had communal training, which, while difficult at times, did allow us to form close bonds with fellow volunteers and HCN trainers. We had a break between...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • These Smiles Are Rare

    • These Smiles Are Rare

    • elders; markets

    • I took this photo during a large market day in Sourou, Burkina Faso on the 14th of August 2011. There are three different ethnic groups within the small village I live in and the two women captured in the photo are of the Pheul ethnicity. This...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Final Lesson

    • A Final Lesson

    • health; host community friends; construction

    • I took this on my last day at site. I decided to grab a cup of tea and wait out the rain inside of the new general store that my health center built. The mamas were discussing how big the little boy was and what he had been fed to get that way. My...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fijian War Meke

    • Fijian War Meke

    • dance; traditional dress

    • This photo was taken in July 2010 with members of my host village in Natuvu, Fiji. We are performing a Fijian War Meke (dance) with a wau (club). It was done during in the past before the men went off to war with another tribe. If you look...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I've had it up to here with you!

    • I've had it up to here with you!

    • construction; children

    • After long day of working on our community hall digging up sand for concrete, we decided to bury some of the bothersome children in the sand on our beach. Pictured our Jo, who assisted in the burying and is holding the shovel, and the children...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Death by Yaqona

    • Death by Yaqona

    • host community friends

    • Although not really dead, these gentlemen decided to take a nap right outside our house on a hot day for the nice cool ocean breeze. It is common custom in Natuvu village that on Saturday the men drink yaqona or kava and then on Sunday spend the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Night

    • Night

    • housing

    • My husband, Peace Corps Volunteer, Matthew Wolf, took this picture of me, Alyssa Wolf, in our home in Natuvu Village Fiji. He took it one evening in 2010. The picture shows our usual night time lighting- kerosene lamp- as there is no electricity...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Talitali

    • Talitali

    • artisans

    • In this photo, I am weaving (talitali) a mat with two friends, Serema and Kata. We are weaving in their home in Natuvu Village, Fiji. The photo was taken in 2010. The mats are made out of a plant called 'voivoi' that the women grow and process...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Rubbish Pit

    • The Rubbish Pit

    • environment; youth

    • In this photo, some children from Natuvu Village, Fiji, are burying rubbish. The photo was taken in 2011, during 'Natuvu Clean-up and Fun Day.' The village is rural and must manage there own rubbish, as there is no removal service available. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lessons

    • Lessons

    • camps and clubs; girls' education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This was taken during our 1st annual Camp GLOW in Rwanda. GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) is a leadership, health education and empowerment camp for young women. PCV Kate Hulbert and I had an ambitious plan to create the next Annie Leibovitz. We...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Plastering Mole Pots

    • Plastering Mole Pots

    • food and meals; elders

    • Mole is a traditional Mexican sauce made from 20-30 ingredients, including chili and other peppers, nuts, seeds, fruits, spices, herbs, and various other items (often chocolate, tomatoes, etc). The recipe and process used by the woman in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cooking Mole

    • Cooking Mole

    • food and meals; elders

    • Mole is a traditional Mexican sauce made from 20-30 ingredients, including chili and other peppers, nuts, seeds, fruits, spices, herbs, and various other items (often chocolate, tomatoes, etc). The recipe and process used by the women in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mole Operations

    • Mole Operations

    • food and meals; elders

    • Mole is a traditional Mexican sauce made from 20-30 ingredients, including chili and other peppers, nuts, seeds, fruits, spices, herbs, and various other items (often chocolate, tomatoes, etc). The recipe and process used by the women in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Picking Chili Peppers

    • Picking Chili Peppers

    • agriculture; host community friends

    • The people seen here are part of large farming family from a small pueblito in Queretaro, Mexico. They go out together to their milpa in the country every Sunday to do whatever is needed to raise maize, peppers, beans, squash, and marigolds (for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working in the Milpa

    • Working in the Milpa

    • Food and meals; Agriculture

    • The people seen here are part of large farming family from a small pueblito in Mexico. They go out together to their milpa in the country every Sunday to do whatever is needed to raise maize, peppers, beans, squash, and marigolds (for religious...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Tortillas

    • Making Tortillas

    • food and meals

    • The people seen here are part of large farming family from a small pueblito in Mexico. They go out together to their milpa in the country every Sunday to do whatever is needed to raise maize, peppers, beans, squash, and marigolds (for religious...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Family Time in the Milpa

    • Family Time in the Milpa

    • food and meals; elders

    • The people seen here are part of large farming family from a small pueblito in Mexico. They go out together to their milpa in the country every Sunday to do whatever is needed to raise maize, peppers, beans, squash, and marigolds (for religious...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wood Fire Cooking

    • Wood Fire Cooking

    • Food and meals

    • Although tanks of natural gas are available in this small pueblito in Queretaro, Mexico, families here still cook on open wood fires to a large extent. Trucks selling gas make themselves noisily known as they drive through town with music blaring...
    • Volunteer Photos

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