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    • Dominican Morning

    • Dominican Morning

    • housing; host community friends

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coexisting: Hinduism and Buddhism

    • Coexisting: Hinduism and Buddhism

    • Religion; Architecture

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Good Guest

    • The Good Guest

    • host families; Culture shock and adaptation

    • This photo was taken in November of 2005, in Jidr El Mohghuen, Mauritania. As a new volunteer, one of the most difficult things to adjust to was how to be a "good guest" when getting to know new families. The midwesterner in me demanded that I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Remember to stretch!

    • Remember to stretch!

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); sports

    • This photo was taken in July of 2007 at the Kaedi lycee in southern Mauritania. The girls in the picture come from villages all over the country, and are participating in an EcoHealth Camp organized by Health and Environmental Education...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Little, but still good

    • Little, but still good

    • schools; agriculture

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Eye Contact

    • Eye Contact

    • culture shock and adaptation

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making mosquito repellant

    • Making mosquito repellant

    • health; camps and clubs; girls' education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Over she goes!

    • Over she goes!

    • camps and clubs; sports; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • They said she couldn't do it in a mulafa. This photo was taken at the Kaedi lycee in southern Mauritania, during EcoHealth Camp 2007; one week in July where 2 girls from each Peace Corps village and their chaperones came together for sports,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dum Dums in the desert

    • Dum Dums in the desert

    • food and meals

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2007 in Galilaya, Uganda

    • World AIDS Day 2007 in Galilaya, Uganda

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Galilaya is a fishing village located on Lake Kyoga at one of the northern most points in Kayunga District. Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP) collaborated with a Peace Corps Volunteer, Katherine Peters to do HIV education in Kayunga...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Free Condoms

    • Free Condoms

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos

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