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    • Approaching Storm

    • Approaching Storm

    • Weather; Site

    • I took this picture during a relaxing day at the Negril Beach. The sky turned from brilliant blue and sunny to dark and cloudy in a matter of minutes. One wonders as the fate of the 'Reef Princess' as she lies quietly upon the tranquil sea awaiting...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • futbol

    • futbol

    • Traditional dress; Children; housing; Games

    • I love introducing my children to friends I made when serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala. In this photo my son Alberto is playing soccer with Enrique Reynoso, the son of a friend I met during community base training in Santa Cruz del...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Creative Sports

    • Creative Sports

    • sports; youth

    • Volunteers play American football with a soccer ball with local youth. It was the first time the kids had played American football.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • See through to me

    • See through to me

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • While serving in Jamaica (05-07) I worked at Mocho Primary School (what we would call an elementary school). I went through the school when I was first there and took many photos of the students, including several striking portraits. In this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Piercing Stare

    • Piercing Stare

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • This is a photo of an elementary school boy. In the afternoons some students would come to my house, which was across from the school. In this photo this fourth grade boy is standing in front of my door, looking directly and probingly at me. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Triptych

    • Triptych

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • This photo was taken in a little alcove in the yard of the primary school where I served. The enclosure is made by heavy foliage overgrowing a barbed-wire fence. The students had taken in some chairs, in various states of disrepair, to sit on and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sunset in Semenivka

    • Sunset in Semenivka

    • Pre-service Training (PST); terrain

    • This was taken in the May of 2010 in a Ukrainian village. This lake meant a lot to me. After the intense daily routine of PST, it was very relaxing to walk past this lake on the way back home everyday.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The next generation

    • The next generation

    • Host community friends; Counterparts; Children

    • I returned to visit my counterparts at AFEDES in Santiago Sacatepequez Guatemala March 24, 2010. My counterpart and dear friend, Milvian Aspuac was married and had a baby since I returned to my site in 2008. This photo is of my son, Milvian, her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hollowed our Jicaro (Hee-ka-ro) for Coffee!

    • Hollowed our Jicaro (Hee-ka-ro) for Coffee!

    • host community friends

    • This is a picture of a very dear friend of mine, Felicia, hollowing out a dried Jicaro Fruit, in order to use it as a mug for coffee drinking! They live in Costa Rica in the small fishing village on the golf of Nicoya, Colorado de Abangares. Her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Casa 3

    • Casa 3

    • housing

    • Houses are varied in this small pueblito in Queretaro, Mexico. Although many seem similar at first glance, all have their own unique touches.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Casa 4

    • Casa 4

    • housing

    • Houses are varied in this small pueblito in Mexico. They are, however, normally functional, practical and made from readily available materials.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Casa 5

    • Casa 5

    • housing

    • Houses are varied in a small pueblito in Mexico. These are my neighbors to the back. The “ditch” in front is the major river here during rainy season. This house will never survive another flood as occurred the previous year.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing the Garden for Planting

    • Preparing the Garden for Planting

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

    • At risk women in Finote Selam, Ethiopia are tilling and watering the garden in preparation for planting. They are given two years of communal training in gardening and then given their own plot to raise their own food.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Matthew and the keyboard

    • Matthew and the keyboard

    • technology; education

    • I took this photo on September 6th, 2011 in the newly completed computer lab at Ramotshinyadi HIV/AIDS Youth Guide in South Africa. This was the first computer class in the lab, and was provided to seven local youths, most of whom had never used a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tenderness from a Mentally Ill Street Girl

    • Tenderness from a Mentally Ill Street Girl

    • Health; Volunteers; host community

    • A mentally ill street person was provided treatment by the Peace Corps volunteer in Finote Selam. The community did not believe mentally ill people could be treated. The success from treating this girl led the community to treat more than 30...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Trust Fall

    • Trust Fall

    • youth development

    • Photo taken in 2010 during a peer education workshop in Tubmanburg, Liberia. The students are demonstrating the trust fall...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Washing Dishes

    • Washing Dishes

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

    • Village girls learn by watching their mothers. This photo was taken in the early winter of 2011 in the North West Region of Cameroon.
    • Volunteer Photos

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