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    • Casa 1

    • Casa 1

    • animals; housing

    • Houses are varied in this small pueblito in Mexico. Homes are sometimes left with walls unfinished and rebar exposed to avoid the higher taxes imposed on completed homes.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Casa 2

    • Casa 2

    • housing

    • Houses are varied in this small pueblito in Mexico. This is my neighbor to the front. It is not unusual to see dogs and even chickens on the top story or roof of a house. A major flood here during rainy season last year led many to build an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Child Herders

    • Child Herders

    • animals

    • Isah and Usman herd family goats through fields into the bush in San, in Mali. Piles of compost dot the fields in the background, waiting to be worked into the soil.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Choir

    • Choir

    • music; schools; counterparts

    • A teacher, and school choir conductor, takes a bow after her learners sing the national anthem at an inter-school cultural and art competition in South Africa on August 30, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Choir at Murager

    • Choir at Murager

    • schools; children; music

    • This is a photo of my 5th grade choir. Their debut performance was at the graduation ceremony for the 11th graders in May 2011. They did a fantastic job!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Christmas in Burkina Faso

    • Christmas in Burkina Faso

    • celebrations

    • A friend sent me a miniature Christmas tree, which no one there had ever seen. So I got the opportunity to share how Christmas is celebrated in America and learn about how they celebrate it there. This picture was taken in my village of Bagare,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Burial

    • Community Burial

    • funerals; traditional dress

    • Trainees witness the burial of Danielle's (second from right) host father in February 2011 in South Africa. There were more than a thousand people at the funeral because the deceased was a distinguished member of the community and closely related...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Water Project

    • Community Water Project

    • water and sanitation; host community friends

    • This photo was taken in my rural village after a long day of community analysis, and the decision to work collectively on a community water project. This included installing a water pump from the well, piping system, building a chateau, and two...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Concentrate

    • Concentrate

    • Pre-service Training (PST)

    • Ethan carefully trims the hair of Barb as fellow trainees look on one night during training in South Africa. February 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Constructing Basketball Court

    • Constructing Basketball Court

    • sports

    • Susy-s Sports Club constructing basketball court in the plaza of Quesada.The girls played weekly in town and sometimes visited other towns that had Peace Corps Volunteer initiated sports clubs during 1963-1965.
    • 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
    • Dance Party

    • Dance Party

    • youth development; dance

    • This photo is taken in my village. For over a year I have been working with a youth club which focuses on lifeskills education and girls' empowerment. To commemorate one year together as a group, we had a party complete with a talent show. In this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancers at the Completer's Farewell

    • Dancers at the Completer's Farewell

    • dance; youth

    • Every year at my school, we had a huge celebration for the Form C's and Form E's, who were completing their respective levels of education. This photo shows Form C boys dancing with their bookkeeping teacher in November 1989
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing Children

    • Dancing Children

    • Youth development; Dance

    • Primary school children participate in traditional dance during a culture and art competition in South Africa on August 30, 2011. The competition was held in the school's biggest hall and categories included modern and traditional dance, choir and...
    • 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
    • Donald

    • Donald

    • music; youth

    • An out-of-school youth spends his time making music how ever he can, in this case he uses a wire and an old deodorant stick to make a trumpet-like instrument. The caregivers seen in the background were doing a home visit in South Africa. June 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Donkey Race in Gurkovo, Bulgaria

    • Donkey Race in Gurkovo, Bulgaria

    • celebrations

    • This past weekend (September 4th, 2011) in a small village in central Bulgaria 21 PCV's came together to participate in the village's 23rd Donkey Race. Activities included a donkey cart race, donkey cart tug-of-war and donkey soccer. Three...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dubreka Drumming School Beginnings

    • Dubreka Drumming School Beginnings

    • music; children; traditional dress

    • I took this photo in October of 2010, in Dubreka, Guinea, at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, a school recently founded by UNICEF to teach both academic subjects & traditional music, dance & culture to primary school aged children. PC Guinea's training...
    • Volunteer Photos

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