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    • Meeting in the middle

    • Meeting in the middle

    • children

    • A man on stilts bends down to hand a flier to a girl as her father lifts her up to reach it. The stilt walker was promoting a nearby circus on a Sunday afternoon in the Plaza de Armes in Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico, home of Peace Corps Mexico...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Moroccan Yarn Vendor

    • Moroccan Yarn Vendor

    • Artisans; Markets

    • During my Peace Corps service, I worked primarily with organize artisans but also worked with individuals like this Moroccan yarn vendor. I took this photograph to help promote his business by showing the colors and textures of his collection. This...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Carpet Weaver's Hands

    • Carpet Weaver's Hands

    • Artisans; Host families

    • This is the hands of my host family's grandmother who is a carpet weaver; her hands are stained and tattooed with patterns from the Middle Atlas of Morocco. Photo taken November 4, 2005.
    • 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
    • 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
    • Water Color

    • Water Color

    • Anniversaries; Celebrations

    • I took this picture at the Peace Corps 50th anniversary celebration in Stefan cel Mare park in Chisinau, Moldova in August 2011. The photo shows decorations of balloons on the right hand side, with the Peace Corps logo displayed on the stage in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rainy Days

    • Rainy Days

    • Weather; Agriculture

    • A Kapsiki man in the Far North of Cameroon watches as one of the rainy seasons first storms passes through his village. Though it may do damage to his home, it's a welcoming sign that the rains will soon be steady enough for him to begin planting...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Diversity Days

    • Diversity Days

    • Music

    • In Panama on July 19, 2012, the students of the local school put on a series of skits and musical performances to show appreciation to Padres de Familia.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tea Time in Mali

    • Tea Time in Mali

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken March 2011 during my pre-service training homestay, in a village about 1 hour outside of Bamako, Mali. My host brother, Madou, was spinning the tea fourneau to activate the coals to make tea. Tea is a major part of the Malian...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Marching for HIV Awareness in Ghana

    • Marching for HIV Awareness in Ghana

    • HIV/AIDS; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken on Independence Day, 6 March 2012. The LAWRA YOUNGSTERS ASSOCIATION is an organization open to boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 24. The objectives of the Association are to educate youth, improve the community, train...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • AIDS Awareness in Mural in Burkina Faso

    • AIDS Awareness in Mural in Burkina Faso

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo on our last day of painting an AIDS awareness mural at a local CSPS in Burkina Faso, May 26th 2012. The mural was painted with the help of a secondary school girls group. The girls also came up with a skit and presented it at...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Standing Up Against HIV

    • Standing Up Against HIV

    • HIV-AIDS; Drama

    • This photo was taken during a workshop on female sexual health in the primary school of a rural farming community. The photo shows Selena Martinez as an HIV virus, surrounded by crouching girls, whom demonstrated white blood cells letting down...
    • 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
    • Dance in Costa Rica

    • Dance in Costa Rica

    • Dance; Youth; Traditional dress

    • The school kids in Costa Rica, 1981, taught me the national dance of Costa Rica. Since I didn't have the dress, they taught me the guy's part - so I got to have a mustache. Then I taught them square dancing to John Denver's music.
    • Volunteer Photos

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