PCVs visited the Village of Buteni, Romania on September 8, 2008 to assist a skills training workshop for Roma Girls funded by Peace Corps GAD Romania. They met this wonderful Romania lady who gave information about the life of the Romas in the...
This picture was taken at one of the New Seven Wonders of the World and Jordan's most popular tourist spot: Petra. 4 volunteers met up for a little excursion out of site. I was walking around Petra on the hot day, and decided to take a picture with...
This is a young girl on the island of Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands. Her brothers were very shy, but she was very adamant that she wanted her photo taken.
Fishing is a large source of income for the people who live on the shores of Lake Victoria. Many volunteers living near the lake often try their luck at fishing, though they are usually less successful than the locals.
Here, a small-enterprise...
My wife and I surprisde our host mom in Morocco with an American type birthday celebration, complete with cake and balloons.S he was very touched by this and admitted (a little tearfully) that this was the first time her birthday had been...
Madagascar in June 2011. This is just another sleepy afternoon in a fishing village in Madagascar . The days haul has been brought in, all that remains is for the children to play amongst the canoes.
This photo was taken in my first village, a small Bulgarian Muslim community in northeastern Bulgaria. I was playing in my yard one day with three of my girls, and we just enjoyed one another's company through games, eating apples, and air...
I took this picture of Alvaro, who found a cart and turned it into a walker. Before this, he crawled on the ground. Just another example of how I got more than I gave in the Peace Corps.
Location: Ambavani'Djangoa River, Djangoa, Madagascar; August 2011; A traditional Malagasy fishing canoe on the freshwater river that leads to the Mozambique Channel.
I took this photo on a trip with my host family to Dujiangyan, a 2000 year old irrigation project in Sichuan, China. Even though the irrigation system had not been damaged, the pagodas had been affected by the 2008 earthquake. Fortunately, this...
Nine local high schools in the Tiznit province performed skits to promote SIDA awareness at the Dar Shabob (City Center). Groups of 6-10 students came up with a skit addressing different SIDA topics. Topics of the skits included: modes of...
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...
This picture was taken at Ara-Bel Valley near Barskoon, Kyrgyz Republic in July 2011. The PCV, Brandon, is looking at one of the Jashyl Kul Lakes. Brandon and other PCVs were helping a local tourism organization write itineraries for hikes near...