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    • Malawi vs. America Scrabble Game

    • Malawi vs. America Scrabble Game

    • Host community; Games

    • I took this photo during my parents' visit to Malawi on Jan. 2, 2007. A previous Peace Corps volunteer at my site had taught this store owner to play Scrabble and left him this board when he finished his service. He was very good at the game when...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Nicaraguan Nacatamales

    • Nicaraguan Nacatamales

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • During my pre-service training (PST), an RPCV came back to Nicaragua to visit my host family, who was also his old host family from when he was in PST. We made over 20 nacatamales, a traditional Nicaraguan dish made of cornmeal, pork (or chicken),...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Landing Site

    • Landing Site

    • Fishing; Host community

    • This photo was taken at a landing site in Uganda. This landing site is a busy area on the shores of Lake Victoria where fisherman and fishing boats populate the area.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gallo Pinto, Peace Corps Style

    • Gallo Pinto, Peace Corps Style

    • Food and meals

    • This is my version of Costa Rica's most traditional breakfast, gallo pinto. Gallo pinto literally means "speckled rooster", and this dish gets its name from its speckled appearance of the two main ingredients, beans and rice. The dish also includes...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Happy Hour

    • Happy Hour

    • Food and meals; Host community

    • I took this photo during a walk through my village in Uganda. The gentleman are enjoying 'local brew'. A warm millet beer.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hai la masa!

    • Hai la masa!

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • This is a photo of the lunch my host mother prepared for me in Moldova. I was the only one eating. Moldovans love to share food and homemade wine and they expect you to eat EVERYTHING. The food is delicious and my waistline is expanding. Many great...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Akee Fruit

    • Akee Fruit

    • Food and meals

    • This photo is of the Akee Fruit eaten on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica. Careful, its poisonous until it opens! It is usually prepared with fish and vegetables, and tastes delicious!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pupusas

    • Pupusas

    • Food and meals; Celebrations

    • Pupusas are the national snack of El Salvador. They are made with corn or rice flour, and stuffed with cheese and other ingredients (beans, chicharron, ayote, etc.). Pupusas are eaten in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, but El Salvador claims...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fish-Fry at the Outdoor Market

    • Fish-Fry at the Outdoor Market

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • Daily life during my Peace Corps service included shopping at the weekly outdoor market. I came to know many of the vendors, and often had lunch at the fish-fry tent. When it got busy at the tent, I would help the vendor's sons fry the fish! This...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Accompanying Artisans to a Craft Fair

    • Accompanying Artisans to a Craft Fair

    • Markets; Artisans

    • My Peace Corps service included working directly with artisans to facilitate their understanding of basic marketing fundamentals. I accompanied them to a craft fair and suggested they put price stickers on products to facilitate sales to tourists;...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Furniture Vendor Taking a Break

    • Furniture Vendor Taking a Break

    • Artisans

    • During my Peace Corps service, I worked mostly with organized artisans; however, I also worked with individuals like this furniture vendor who needed to understand how to attract English speakers (I taught him English greeting phrases and numbers)....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Comida Tipica

    • Comida Tipica

    • Food and meals

    • In the Dominican Republic, the lunch time standard is rice and beans, possibly some meat. Tostones are fried plantains (shown on the back of the plate).
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Moroccan Carpet Display

    • Moroccan Carpet Display

    • Artisans

    • This is a display of assorted Moroccan carpets, showing different styles and designs; in the foreground is a terracotta tagine. During my Peace Corps service, I worked with many carpet-weavers, and they taught me to recognize designs from across...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Our Kitchen

    • Our Kitchen

    • Food and meals; Cooking; Housing

    • This was our kitchen in the rooms we rented in 1978-79 in Bonuan Blue Beach, near Dagupan in the Philippines. We took this picture before we added a burner top oven - what a step up that was! Still, we were ever so grateful that our rent included...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Koutialakaw

    • Koutialakaw

    • Traditional dress

    • Koutialakaw means people from Koutiala (a city in the region of Sikasso) in Bambara, one of the languages in Mali, West Africa. Here we are dressed up in Malian clothes to go to the mosque.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mali

    • Mali

    • Water and sanitation

    • A Fulani woman at a spring, carrying water back to her village. Mali, West Africa.
    • Volunteer Photos

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