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    • Carolina Boats

    • Carolina Boats

    • transportation

    • Boats resting on the sandy banks of the Suriname river when the tide is out. I took the photo one a journey back to my village of Redi Doti (About 2 kilometers down river and 2 kilometers into the jungle) as I waited for a Ferry Boat to take me...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Puru Blaka

    • Puru Blaka

    • funerals; traditional dress

    • This is an Ingi Puru Blaka, a traditional ceremony taking place in my village, Redi Doti, in Resortt Caroline, Para District, Suriname. The idea behind this ceremony is that while a family is in mourning following the death of a loved one, they...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PECHEEK

    • PECHEEK

    • celebrations

    • This photo is taken from a 3 day long health related camp a volunteer, Dara Lipton (seen in background wearing Angel wings) organized around Halloween. She used her fellow Volunteers and the American holiday to promote the 1st and 2nd Goals of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girl in Blue

    • Girl in Blue

    • children

    • A girl in Mexico paused to look at me for a moment while watching a performance at a Caravan de Cultura near the mercado where her mother works. I was enchanted by her posture, intense gaze, and the colors of her turquoise blue dress and silver...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girl in Meat Market

    • Girl in Meat Market

    • children

    • A young girl enjoyed an ice cream cone in the doorway of a carniceria, or meat market, in Mexico while waiting for her mother. I took this photo during a break from a Caravan de Cultura, where the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Meeting in the middle

    • Meeting in the middle

    • children

    • A man on stilts bends down to hand a flier to a girl as her father lifts her up to reach it. The stilt walker was promoting a nearby circus on a Sunday afternoon in the Plaza de Armes in Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico, home of Peace Corps Mexico...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mourning the Loved

    • Mourning the Loved

    • death; health; disease

    • In 2011 a well known young male from Kato became ill. He left his family in high hopes and headed to work in town. Unfortunately for his family he never returned. His family and community mourn the loss of a cherished one because of Malaria.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Family

    • Family

    • death; health; disease

    • In 2011 a well known young male from Kato became ill. He left his family in high hopes and headed to work in town. Unfortunately for his family he never returned. His family and community mourn the loss of a cherished one because of Malaria.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Six Teeth Minus One

    • Six Teeth Minus One

    • host community friends; children

    • I took this photo during my three months of training in a village called Koudougou, Burkina Faso. My training was from the months of June to August of 2010. Bringing out a camera always caused a lot of attention, more than usual, and lots of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • First Day Fans!

    • First Day Fans!

    • schools; children

    • This was taken on September 5th, 2011 on the first day of school in Guyana. I spent the day with the Department of Education making sure schools were ready, had their lesson plans and attendance records in order, and checking to see if any repairs...
    • Volunteer Photos

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