artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); business development
I met Chantal in a neighboring village and due to our shared connection in the arts, I focused some of my work as a small business development PCV on promoting her and her craft. When I met her she only dyed and sold the printed batik cloth she...
A young Zambian watched as I took photographs of the various surroundings of village life. When I turned and pointed my lens his way, he quickly turned away, pretending he had never been looking at me. His posture and serious face in front of...
Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture; Traditional dress
While serving in the village, Meri, in the Extreme North Region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in Village. To pass the time while we worked, the women would teach...
This was one of the buses that left twice daily from the central plaza in Cahuasqui at 5:30AM and 5:30PM (my assigned site) and traversed the old Inca Road to the town of Ibarra - a 50 km journey along one-way roads with steep drop-offs that...
This is a picture of one of the sisters of my host family, where I stayed during Pre-Service Training, outside of Garoua, in the Extreme North Region of Cameroon. I was always welcomed back to the house after a long day of training with the...
My neighbor’s family consisted of the previous mayor of the village, Meri, in the North Region of Cameroon, his 3 wives and countless children and grandchildren. I brought marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate to their house to make...
This picture was taken outside of my village, Meri, in the Extreme North Region of Cameroon. My friend Abel and I went to visit his sister who lived en brosse, in the bush, in a very small community. I helped his sister piler, pound, millet and...
Photo taken while visiting "Las Cajas" National Park near Cuenca, Ecuador. This highland paramo is almost always wet and the vegetation is truly one-of-a-kind in terms of it's surreal presentation.
This is a photo of myself and some of my favorite people in Meri, in the Extreme North Region of Cameroon! This picture was taken in 2010 at my friend/coworker, Alphonse’s house. He was the most honest, kind and hard working person I was...