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    • Appreciate Our Modern Conveniences

    • Appreciate Our Modern Conveniences

    • children; host community friends

    • I wanted to bring home how much we take for granted. In Kolila, Liberia where I was the first Peace Corps Volunteer from 1971 to 1973 I learned that every one of my students (about 20 4th, 5th, and 6th graders) all had to wash their own laundry -...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Apple Pie

    • Apple Pie

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

    • This photo was taken of Sarah, an environmental education PCV in Senegal, while she teaches middles school girls how to make apple pie during the food cultural exchange session of our girls' leadership camp July 2011 in Ndioum, Senegal.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Another One Shaved

    • Another One Shaved

    • Pre-service Training (PST)

    • Barb gets her hair trimmed to a buzz one night in February 2011 in South Africa. Shavings became a nightly ritual for trainees during the first week in-country. In the background, from left to right, are Lanna, Stephanie Martone, and Shaelyn.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Above the Horizon

    • Above the Horizon

    • Games; Youth

    • On August 23, 2011, a girl plays a game in which you must leap and successfully get your feet over an elastic string. Two children were holding the ends of the string and moved it higher and higher with each jump. Orphans and vulnerable children...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A wai and a smile

    • A wai and a smile

    • Dance; Traditional dress; Youth

    • This photo was taken on January 5, 2011 of three young girls who are about four years old. It is Children's Day in Thailand, where all over the country communities organize fun activities for the children and their families. These three girls are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Mozambican in South Africa

    • A Mozambican in South Africa

    • elders; community development

    • A Mozambican migrant waits in line on September 3, 2010 at the organization that I work for in order to register for identity documents. In South Africa there are a large number of mobile and undocumented persons, which has implications on...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Moroccan Earth Day Celebration

    • A Moroccan Earth Day Celebration

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

    • I took this photo on March 22nd, 2011 during an Earth Day celebration with the women of the cooperative I was working with as well as many of the communities' children. We picked up trash from a local creek, discussed waste management options and...
    • 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

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