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    • Tilapia nilotica

    • Tilapia nilotica
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    • Tilapia nilotica is the fish raised in the Inland Fisheries program in Sierra Leone. I took this photo while Skip DuFour, a fellow fisheries volunteer, held it for me following a pond harvest in early 1982.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Building Tilapia pond during training

    • Building Tilapia pond during training
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    • For the Inland Fisheries Program in Sierra Leone, training took place at Makali Fish Station. A site was selected by the earlier group of fisheries volunteers and a pond was built by those volunteers and trainees and local residents of the country.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Brother and Sister by the River

    • Brother and Sister by the River
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    • This picture was taken April 28, 2011 along the banks of the Niger river in Mali. I was out on the banks with my women's association dyeing bazaan material, and caught this brother and sister pair resting under the shade of a pirogue. A pirogue is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PCV Piñata Look-alike

    • PCV Piñata Look-alike
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    • This photo was taken on June 11th of 2011 in my village in the Republic of Panama at my farewell ceremony the day before I left to begin my close of service proceedings. These are the daughters of my friends/counterparts Nori and Eloi . Neither...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tea Time in Mali

    • Tea Time in Mali
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    • This photo was taken March 2011 during my pre-service training homestay, in a village about 1 hour outside of Bamako, Mali. My host brother, Madou, was spinning the tea fourneau to activate the coals to make tea. Tea is a major part of the Malian...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional Sierra Leonean village

    • Traditional Sierra Leonean village
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    • While traveling to the southern part of Sierra Leone to experience marine fisheries harvesting, I went through the village of Sulima, pictured here. Homes and surrounding grounds were made of all natural materials and emaculately kept.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Muslim Writing Board

    • Muslim Writing Board
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    • I had wanted to get an Islamic writing board to bring home and show American children what is used in Muslim schools in Sierra Leone to teach Arabic and learn passages from the Qur’an. No one was willing to part with theirs so I bought a new one...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waiting for the Footballer

    • Waiting for the Footballer
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    • I joined another Volunteer for her malaria and sports came on the border town of Ribaou. Each day as we walked to the the camp two women would sit soaking in the morning air and chatting away. She was neither wearing the green scarf nor the stern...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Market Storm

    • Market Storm
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    • This image was taken as I rushed home during my Monday market, hoping to avoid the rains. During the rainy season in my village in Togo every Monday market turned into a muddy scene as rain washed out the stalls in the afternoon. This day the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Caucasus

    • The Caucasus
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    • View of the foothills of the eastern portion of the greater Caucasus, in the town of Lagodekhi, Georgia, approximately 5 kilometers from the Azerbaijani border. A typical cow herder leading the cows home at the end of the day (most cows know how to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mural

    • Mural
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    • This pictures includes youth painting a mural on the wall in Juan O'Leary, Alto Parana on July 14, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The new sign

    • The new sign
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    • PCVs Sharon Keld and Brian Kremer present a sign to the Azrou rug cooperative president, Azrou, Morocco. Also in the picture is a metal artisan at the Azrou Ensemble Artisanal.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waiting to March

    • Waiting to March
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    • This photo includes young girls before marching in their school parade. The event was the Paz del Chaco. The photo was taken on June 11, 2011 in Juan O'Leary.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Two girls and a bird

    • Two girls and a bird
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    • I took this photo in Juan O' Leary, Alto Parana while in the backyard of a friend's house on February 13, 2011. It's a photo of two girls posing while one is holding a bird.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hilagro

    • Hilagro
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    • This picture includes volunteers accompanying a group of students on a field trip. The field trip was at Hilagro, a factory that produces pastas, flour, wheat products, etc. It took place in Campo 9, Caaguazu, Paraguay on June 12, 2011.
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