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    • Mami and Sara Resting

    • Mami and Sara Resting

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in January 2005 in Koumantou in southern Mali. The photo is of Volunteer Sara Passman and her "best friend" Mami. Sara and Mami were resting after lunch in their favorite hammock in Sara's host family's concession. The photo...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Market Day

    • Market Day

    • Markets

    • On market day in my town, Kirikhan, in southeastern Turkey, villagers sold produce like dried beans or eggplant, fresh tomatoes, onions, and green beans. I had never seen an open market like this with women wearing colorful shalvars, baggy pants...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Students with Projects

    • Students with Projects
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    • My teaching was a bit more interactive than the traditional Turkish teachers'. I'd ask students to act out what vocabulary they were learning. Here was a day's lesson on prepositions. Most of my orta okul (middle school) students were from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Alejandro and Porfirio with Radishes

    • Alejandro and Porfirio with Radishes

    • Host community friends

    • Bolivia, fall (our spring), 1968. Alejandro (l) and Porfirio (r) checking out some radishes from a little demonstration garden plot. The altitude, cold and dryness of the Altiplano are not conducive to many food crops. However, some cold-climate...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • As American As Apple Pie...

    • As American As Apple Pie...

    • Sports; Youth

    • A typical softball practice in the western region of Azerbaijan...Peace Corps Volunteers in Azerbaijan have been working for the last few years to build a national youth softball league in the country. The teams practice weekly and compete with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ladies in Waiting

    • Ladies in Waiting

    • Traditional dress; Dance; Celebrations

    • My husband and I snapped this shot at our city's annual Novruz celebration. Novruz dates back to Azerbaijan's Zoroastrian roots, and builds with weekly celebrations, culminating in a festival filled with food, art, and dance. These young ladies are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Laundry Time

    • Laundry Time

    • Life skills

    • Taken in 1990. I worked as a nurse on the island of Antigua, West Indies. I handwashed my white uniforms by first soaking them in soapy bleach water in a 5-gallon bucket overnight before scrubbing them by hand, then placing them in another...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Planting a Garden in the Village

    • Planting a Garden in the Village

    • Gardens

    • Taken in 1990. Here I am planting a garden in my backyard with a village girl, Lois (who is a grown woman now). With the dry desert climate of the island of Antigua, West Indies, this turned out to be a challenging project and ultimately did not...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Writing in my Journal

    • Writing in my Journal

    • Housing

    • This photo was taken in 1990. Sitting at my dining table, I wrote in my journal daily during my Peace Corps service in Antigua, West Indies. On the wall above me is a map of the Eastern Caribbean where I called home at this time in my life. On...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • First Day in my New Village and Home

    • First Day in my New Village and Home

    • Housing; Children; Transportation

    • May 1989. Crabb Hill Village, Antigua, West Indies (Eastern Caribbean) My husband took this photo. All of the children came out to see the new Volunteers who just moved into the village. They were very excited, and we were happy for the warm...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kratovo vista

    • Kratovo vista
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    • Built in an extinct volcano on the western banks of the Osogovo mountains, Kratovo was originally Roman and was built up by the Ottomans as a way station and mining town. It became famous for precious metal crafting, and hosted Turkish families...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Goat and a Mule

    • A Goat and a Mule

    • Animals; Elders

    • Near Zeleznica in the foothills of the Osogovo Mountains in Eastern Macedonia, a woman on the road to Kratovo walks her goat and mule. I took this during a walk outside my site, Kratovo, in March 2003. The woman is from a village and going to town...
    • Volunteer Photos

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