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    • Wild Horses

    • Wild Horses

    • environment

    • Not only one of the Rolling Stones greatest hits, but great subjects for this photo. this was taken in 1990 on a hike with a road engineer named Jeff. It was without a doubt the coldest hike I have ever been on in my life.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tumisi and Gary

    • Tumisi and Gary

    • counterparts

    • Early on at my site I made it a point to socialize with my colleagues. I figured if I was to spend two years of my life here, I may as well enjoy it. Tumisi was one of those guys who could make even the most dull situation joyous. This photo...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Son of the Soil

    • Son of the Soil

    • counterparts

    • Clement taught Religious Studies and Bookkeeping at our school for many years. He absolutely loved gardening and spent untold hours tilling his plot by hand until the soil was as fine as course sand. Son of the Soil was a real term of endearment...
    • 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
    • Feast Preparation

    • Feast Preparation

    • food and meals; counterparts

    • This photo was taken in November of 1989 before our Completer's Farewell mokete. Some of the women preparing food were my colleagues.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Swearing-In

    • Swearing-In

    • Swearing-in ceremonies

    • This photo was taken in January 1988 after our Swearing-In Ceremony. Many of our trainers are in this photo as well as PCV's. These gatherings were always a good time.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tree Planting Day

    • Tree Planting Day

    • environment

    • This photo was taken in 1990 during our tree planting day. Many of these tree are now twenty feet tall or higher. The kids really felt they were doing something good for their environment.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sylvie at the Waduk

    • Sylvie at the Waduk

    • children

    • This photo was taken during my first few weeks at site (June 2011). It's an incredibly difficult transitional time but the children in my village embraced me and took me in like one of their own best friends. We went exploring by bicycle, children...
    • 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
    • The Play Devil and Liberian Ingenuity

    • The Play Devil and Liberian Ingenuity

    • dance; traditional dress

    • Music and dance are part of Liberian life. In 1972 some of the people in Kolila, Liberia where I was the first Peace Corps volunteer from 1971-1973 surprised me with a visit from the Play Devil. The sounds of one musician soon called many of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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
    • End of School Year Production

    • End of School Year Production

    • youth; music

    • Liberian students loved to sing, dance and prepare the sets and props for the end of the school year production which took place in December. I rewrote songs with lyrics more meaningful to my 4th, 5th and 6th grade students - like 'This Land is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Candy Colored Paint Buckets

    • Candy Colored Paint Buckets

    • youth development; construction

    • This photo is of Peace Corps Volunteer, Kathlyn Paananen on July 7, 2011. The volunteer organized a playground design-build skills training, in which community volunteers built playground equipment for five different Child Community Development...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Playground Technical Training

    • Playground Technical Training

    • youth development; construction

    • I took this photo on July 4, 2011. The photo shows two trainers on the left from a Bangkok based NGO explaining how to build playground equipment with used seatbelts. Surrounding the trainers are community members who have volunteered their time to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sittin Pretty

    • Sittin Pretty

    • youth development

    • This photo was taken on July 25, 2011 of children playing on the new playground equipment installed at the Child Development Center. The Peace Corps volunteer and her Thai counterparts organized a playground building project with volunteer...
    • Volunteer Photos

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