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    • Citemene

    • Citemene

    • Agriculture

    • Villagers burning a firebreak in preparation for citemene, which is the traditional slash and burn agriculture system. The photo was taken in Mpelembe, Serenje, Central Province, Zambia in 2007.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Students Hard at Work in Ghana

    • Students Hard at Work in Ghana

    • Education; Children

    • Three of my best students studied long into the night preparing for their WASSCE (West African Secondary School Certificate Examination). The three students pictured are from Nakpanduri Business Secondary School in Nakpanduri, N/R, Ghana - where I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Errego Science Fair

    • Errego Science Fair

    • Education; Teachers and students

    • My colleague, a fellow Biology teacher, listens to an 8th grade Mozambican student as he presents his science fair project on plant growth, at the first ever science fair in Errego, Mozambique.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Health Post Almost Done!

    • Health Post Almost Done!

    • Health; Architecture; Host community friends

    • This is a picture of the village Iman (center), my fellow Volunteer, Allyson (left) and myself (right) in front of the health post we were building in rural Guinea. The Imam was my partner in the project and became a very close friend despite our...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • St. Martin’s Catholic Mission

    • St. Martin’s Catholic Mission

    • Schools

    • One of two school buildings that housed grades 1-7. The school eventually went to ninth grade. I taught a class of 55 students in grades 5 and 6. The school year was from March to the first of December. Gbarnga, Liberia, 1968.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Art; World Map Project

    • The photo was taken in March of 2008. My students and I were working on a World Map Project. We took a large wall that everyone walks past at the school and drew a mural of a world map. This photo shows us in the finishing stages of painting it. We...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Eighth Grade Blues

    • The Eighth Grade Blues

    • Teachers and students; Girls' education

    • Several of my students in the village of Tougouri, Burkina Faso are "hanging out" in front of their classroom - no electricity and no water. It is an amazing feat that there are three girls in the picture as only about 10% of my students were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saint Martin Saints

    • Saint Martin Saints

    • Teachers and students; Sports

    • Joe Jauregui pictured with the St. Martin basketball team. Basketball was introduced by Peace Corps Volunteers in upcountry Liberia prior to my arrival. It had been popular in the capital city of Monrovia for many years. Tubman Methodist Mission...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project

    • Teachers and students; World Map Project

    • My Associate Peace Corps Director (APCD) suggested me to do this project with my students. It was a huge success and the students and faculty loved the project.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Government Secondary School Tatum

    • Government Secondary School Tatum

    • Work; Schools

    • I took this photograph of my school in 2000 after I returned to Cameroon to continue to assist the students. G.S.S. Tatum, now Government High School, is located in Bui Division in the Northwest region of Cameroon.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • G.S.S. Tatum Donations

    • G.S.S. Tatum Donations

    • Work; Schools; Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • In 2001 I returned to Cameroon with 17 boxes of various donations for the students and the school. This photograph was taken during the reception of the donations at G.S.S. Tatum.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Visiting Students at Mbuluv

    • Visiting Students at Mbuluv

    • Work; Teachers and students

    • During the last year of my Peace Corps service I decided to visit many of my students in their villages. Except for one, we (delegation of students and I) went everywhere on foot and had a lot fun along the way too. Our visit was greatly...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fistula Center

    • Fistula Center

    • Women's movement

    • Mopti, Mali taken on August 07, 2008. I was giving a Moringa presentation as a part of a technical exchange with another Volunteer. The women at this center all had or were recovering from obstetric fistula.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Maratou's Dream

    • Maratou's Dream

    • Life skills; Girls' education; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo, Maratou creates her dream. During the summer of 2009, I co-facilitated a girl’s camp in Komteaga, Burkina Faso. We led the participants through nutrition, sexual education, good hygiene and goal-setting programs. For many of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Last Day - Smile and Tears

    • Last Day - Smile and Tears

    • Host community friends

    • It was 2003 and the end of my service in Mlangeni, Malawi. I had worked hard, especially with the youth raising awareness regarding HIV/AIDS and facilitating a rural volunteer counseling and testing program. All of these faces were a part of the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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