San Benito Poite is one of the most remote villages in Belize. It is about 40 miles from the nearest district town, and about 3 miles from the border with Guatemala. The town where I served was about 7 hours from here (on a good day in the dry...
The Bateyes, or Haitian migrant sugarcane-camps, are culturally isolated and the most impoverished communities within the Dominican Republic. In this photograph, four batey children play with an improvised toy while they run through the smoke...
I took this photo at Swayambunath in Kathmandu, Nepal. In the background is a Buddhist stupa, while the foreground shows smaller Hindu shrines. To me it represents the peaceful, beautiful combination of two major world religions in a single society.
This photograph is of coffee beans picked during the harvest in the mountains of the Dominican Republic where my husband and I worked with traditional coffee growers on an organic pesticide project. This photograph was taken in 2009.
This photograph was taken in Mata Grande, Dominican Republic where my husband Taylor Joyal and I worked on a organic pesticide project with local coffee farmers. Inthis particular shot, one of our best friends, Mecho Fernndez shows off her...
This photograph was taken during technical training in the small community of La Cumbre, Dominican Republic in 2008. A group of volunteers woke up early to embark on a hike with a host brother through the Dominican forest. This young boy was...
This photo was taken in mid-March, 2006, somewhere a little more than halfway between Rosso and N'Diago, Mauritania. We were transporting 60 improved cookstoves, each weighing 30 kg, 128 kilometers from the regional capital, Ross, to N'Diago, on...
This photo was taken in May, 2006, at the garage in Saint-Louis, Senegal, from inside an ancient taxi about to head north. The official term for the boys at my window, young students sent out by their religious teacher to solicit alms, is...
Photo was taken outside the clinic in Liro, Paama in the Republic of Vanuatu. Volunteer Amy Chan and Peace Corps staff Excellent Toka are showing off the free condoms that are available to the community.
Thiis photo was taken the day we swore in as Peace Corps Volunteers. Peace Corps Guinea Volunteers frequented the beach bar which sat in the sand overlooking the islands, and was surrounded by avid soccer players and lots of children. This...
Guineans love to hear about America and meet Americans, but they were especially proud to show thier support for President Obama during the campaign. This picture was taken in October 2008 before the presidential election, as a parade of...
This photo was taken in April of 2006, in the primary school garden in Jidr El Mohghuen, Mauritania. The students in the picture, all in grades 3-6, planted tree nurseries earlier in the year, and we were transplanting the plucky surviving Moringa...
This photo was taken at the Kaedi lycee in southern Mauritania, in July 2007. The girls in the photo are participating in EcoHealth Camp, a week of activities organized by Peace Corps volunteers focused on health, AIDS, and environmental...
This is one of my favorite pictures! My neighbor, Hawa, took the photo. As one notices, her finger is in part of the picture because it was the first time she took a picture. Nonetheless, she did a fantastic job. She was a neighbor in my village of...