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    • The Audacity of Hope

    • The Audacity of Hope

    • Games; Children;

    • This was a birthday party in a neighboring village. This girl had never seen a balloon before. The awe and wonder in her expression of discovery are so inspiring and touching. Bringing this kind of hope to my community and a picture of a bigger...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fetching Water 1

    • Fetching Water 1

    • Children; Site

    • 2006 Botswana, Africa - I was in Seronga to meet with the Kgosi. I was leaning against a tree waiting for my ride when I noticed a group of children walking at the water pump. This series of three photographs capture the lifestyle of the pristine...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fetching Water 2

    • Fetching Water 2

    • Children; Site

    • 2006 Botswana, Africa - I was in Seronga to meet with the Kgosi. I was leaning against a tree waiting for my ride when I noticed a group of children walking at the water pump. This series of three photographs capture the lifestyle of the pristine...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Small Farmer Committee of Rucacura

    • Small Farmer Committee of Rucacura

    • Host community

    • As explained in a previous submission, the Chilean Government supported the creation of Small Farmer Committees during the 1960's to facilitate access to agricultural management and credit for small farmers. This photo was taken after one of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fetching Water 3

    • Fetching Water 3

    • Children; Site

    • 2006 Botswana, Africa - I was in Seronga to meet with the Kgosi. I was leaning against a tree waiting for my ride when I noticed a group of children walking at the water pump. This series of three photographs capture the lifestyle of the pristine...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Joyful Dancers

    • Joyful Dancers

    • Ceremonies; Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • 2006 Botswana, Africa. This photograph is one of my favorites.I had just arrived in the Okavango Sub-district and the District Officer invited me to go to an event in Shakawe. I was sitting on the edge of a stage when I took this photograph of Sans...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coming!

    • Coming!

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress

    • 2007 Botswana - I was in Seronga to help with a district affair. I was decorating the Kgolta when I captured this photograph of community members on their way to the event.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Calbayog Photoshoot

    • Calbayog Photoshoot

    • Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); Host community

    • I took this photo during my first week as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer in Calbayog, Philippines, on May 12, 2011. I was training a small group of staff members how to operate a video camera so they could document events at the orphanage where...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chilean farmers clearing brush for road grading

    • Chilean farmers clearing brush for road grading

    • Host community; Agriculture

    • One of the major obstacles to marketing potatoes from Mapuche farms on Isla Lllican in the Rio Tolten in southern Chile was that the oxcarts could not travel the muddy roads to get the potatoes to the train station in Hualpin. I worked with the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching Multimedia Workshops

    • Teaching Multimedia Workshops

    • Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); Host community

    • I took this photo on June 29, 2011, during one of my multimedia workshops I facilitated as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer in Calbayog, Philippines. I came to Calbayog to train staff members of the SOS Children's Village how to produce their own...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Children's Playbus Launching

    • Children's Playbus Launching

    • Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); Host community

    • On July 11, 2011, my counterpart and I interviewed the director of the SOS Children's Village we were working for on the launching of the new Children's Playbus run by the orphanage. My counterpart operates the video camera while I monitor in case...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cartuchos

    • Cartuchos

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • Tome' esta fota de una mujer del pueblo llamado, Chica'man, en el departamento del Quiche. Ella estuvo caminado desde su casa en los alredodores del pueblo al centro para vender sus flores durante el dia del mercado. Los flores, se llaman...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lunch Break

    • Lunch Break

    • Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); Host community

    • I take a lunch break with some men working on the docks in Laoang, the Philippines. It is a hot day outside and, after talking with the group of men for a long time, they invite me to sit down with them and share a few soft drinks out of plastic...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sunset Sillouette

    • Sunset Sillouette

    • Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); terrain

    • I took this photo while visiting a fellow PCV in Laoang, Philippines, on May 14, 2011. We had both just arrived in country as Peace Corps Response Volunteers two weeks before. My friend wanted to show me the beautiful white sand swimming beaches...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fishing at Dusk

    • Fishing at Dusk

    • Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); terrain

    • While visiting a fellow Peace Corps Volunteer in Laoang, Philippines, we take a break to relax on its white sandy beaches. In the distance a local fisherman quietly pushes along his boat in the evening twilight. It is May 14, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Science is Fun!

    • Science is Fun!

    • Schools; Children; Education; Volunteers

    • This photo was taken during a laboratory activity carried out by Peace Corps Volunteer Christine Boyer in Kenya during June of 2011. Students were given the opportunity to apply their knowledge of gaseous exchange in fish by dissecting and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • It's all about the friendships

    • It's all about the friendships

    • Volunteers; Close of Service (COS)

    • 2008 Botswana - I captured this photo of fellow PCV's at our COS. We were waiting in the lobby of the hotel for our ride to meet with His Excellency Festus Mogae, the President of Botswana. From left to right, Kevin, Pilar, Skye, Cathy and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Red Glow

    • The Red Glow

    • Children

    • 2006 Botswana - I was in Seronga for the World AIDS Day honorarium when I captured this photo of a young woman wearing a HIV/AIDS ribbon in her hair.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peek-a-boo

    • Peek-a-boo

    • Children; Volunteers; Site

    • 2008 Botswana. The Kgolta was filled with adults and children in anticipation of His Excellency Festus Mogae, the President of Botswana, visit to Gumare. I captured this photo while I was waiting in the receiving line to greet His Excellency, The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I'm In The Gobi Desert!!!

    • I'm In The Gobi Desert!!!

    • Volunteers; terrain

    • Date of Photo: 7-25-11; This is a picture of my friend, a fellow Volunteer, after a day long camel ride into the Gobi desert. It was the first time either of us had ever seen a desert and we played like children all day long.
    • Volunteer Photos

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