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    • Riding in a banka

    • Riding in a banka

    • transportation

    • Another volunteer an dI riding in a banka (small boat) in a rice fireld during our orientation as Nutrition/Community Development volunteers in the Philippines Sept. 1975.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Operation Timbong

    • Operation Timbong

    • health; children

    • I tool this photo in the Phulippines in 1976 of the Health & Agriculture Extension Agents we worked with in the nutrition program. They are identifying and weighing malnourished children who were then eligible to receive supplemental nurtition...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sunet on the beach

    • Sunet on the beach

    • environment

    • I took this phot in the capital city of Boac, on the island province of Marinduque, Republic of the Philippines. 1976. 5 volunteers were assigned to the 6 towns on the island of Marinduque. We were having beach R & R with some of our neighbbor...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Long Walks on the Beach

    • Long Walks on the Beach

    • environment

    • January 16, 2011, on a beach in Rabat, Morocco during the PC Niger evacuation conference. A woman wears traditional clothing for a walk along the beach as the waves crash into the jetty by the lighthouse.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Eyes on the prize

    • Eyes on the prize

    • celebrations

    • This photo was also taken one week into my Peace Corps service. During the Patron Saint Festival it is tradition in my host site to have the "bolos", or Salvadoran Spanish slang for drunkard, race. Here the bolos are running to see who can win the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I heart El Salvador

    • I heart El Salvador

    • host community friends; children

    • In this photo I was teaching the little girls, my neighbor's grandchildren, how to both count to ten in English and strengthen their quadraceps and gluts by forming a human chair. This is one of my favorite photos because I loved every minute...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Long Distance Relationships

    • Long Distance Relationships

    • technology; host families

    • Volunteer Cate Crandall shares the magic of the Internet with her 97-year-old host great-grandmother during Easter brunch in Moldova. The Internet didn’t work in the house that rests within her remote village deep in a valley, so the twosome went...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Marche Maroc Sustainability Meeting

    • Marche Maroc Sustainability Meeting

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

    • Volunteers lead a meeting on 'how to maintain direct access to markets' for artisans attending Marche Maroc Essaouira, a national craft fair organized by Peace Corps Volunteers in the Small Business Development sector in Morocco
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Help

    • Help

    • elders; food and meals

    • I live in a small village where everyone says they know everyone else, but the truth is at one point in time that may have been true, but now, as time is passing and people are getting older, they don't really know everyone anymore. Except Vasile....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Small Taste of Costa Rica

    • A Small Taste of Costa Rica

    • Celebrations; traditional dress

    • I took this photo during a weekend trip in March 2010 to a "Feria" in Copey de Dota, Costa Rica. "Ferias" usually include soccer games, a rodeo, music, dances, and food and bake sales in order to raise money for local community groups. The photo...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Box!

    • The Box!

    • celebrations

    • There was a lot of fanfare for this "moment" during Pra Tamnittave's cremation day ceremonies. A representative (and many others) from His Majesty The King of Thailand arrived with the "box" for the Pra's ashes. The attendees at the ceremony...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • An apple for you!

    • An apple for you!

    • Elders

    • This has to be one of my favorite people I have met in Moldova. He is a man that can be found almost every day-rain or shine- working in the art piața (or art plaza) in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova. In addition to his bright clothing, he is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Can We Help?

    • Can We Help?

    • host community friends; children

    • Two of the village children, Kanom and Manau (Dessert and Lemon) want to help PCV Volunteer Carla Arnold move into her new house.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Borkeza School Kitchen Construction

    • Borkeza School Kitchen Construction

    • children; construction

    • The Borkeza Public School was located just outside the village and many of the students returned to village kitchen for lunch. Most of the time, the village kitchen served as a shade area for resting cows and goats. With material left over from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Through Rain or Rain........

    • Through Rain or Rain........

    • host community friends

    • This was the first mail delivery to my new house! No matter how much rain (and we get a lot) during the rainy season or how many dogs (and we have a lot), the mail gets delivered. This picture was taken by me (PCV Carla Arnold) in May 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos

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