This picture was taken on April 16, 2008 in a rural village in Guatemala. I developed a reforestation project using Macadamia Trees to benefit rural farmers. The picture shows a father and son who recently planted one of the trees.
Full text of Who's Who in the Peace Corps--Washington, which includes staff bios of many of the founding staff members of the Peace Corps. Approximate date of publication is 1963.
This photo was taken at St Joseph’s College in Alafua, Samoa in 2004. The Samoans take great pride in the fact that they have maintained a rich cultural heritage in the face of many adversities. These students at St Joseph’s College are...
This photo was taken in Alafua, Samoa at Joseph’s College in 2004. Daycare is a luxury in Samoa, so on occasion, the teachers have to bring their children to work with them. It is hot and humid in Samoa and sometimes the best thing to do is...
This photo was taken in Siufuga, Samoa in 2003. This is the family I lived with while training in Samoa. The man is Fa’alava’au Semi and his two grandchildren, Lowa and Paulo.
This photo was taken in 2005 at St Joseph's College in Alafua Samoa. It was the weekly staff meeting of the teachers at the school. One of the teachers had her new born child with her and decided to place her on the table for a little nap while...
This photo was taken in Alafua, Samoa in 2005. This is the rugby team for St Joseph’s College. David would have loved to have been a rugby player, but unfortunately he was about 150 lbs too small, so he became a very enthusiastic water boy for...
This photo was taken at St Joseph’s College in Alafua, Samoa in 2004. The school was having a cricket match between various teams within the school. An impromptu haka was preformed before each match.
This photo was taken in Siufuga, Samoa in 2003. As with most Samoan families, my training family included a large extended group of people who were always around to provide support and to get in on the fun. Traveling with my family usually...
In this photo is Volunteer Julia during our collaborative Girls Empowerment HIV Awareness Summer Camp. Julie is centered around a number of the girls during one of our community building exercises.
I took this photo of a fellow Volunteer, Julie, helping her counterpart, Suzi (shown), demonstrate a tofu making class to the women at an orphanage in my village of Baham, Cameroon. In the photo, Julie and Suzi are straining the soy milk before...
This photo was taken during the West Regional Project in Bafoussam, Cameroon on World AIDS Day 2010- an event working with 22 Peer Educators. Volunteers and host country nationals met in the regional capital and paraded, passed out condoms (male...
In this photo is Volunteer Liz Anderson teaching a class of 30 girls a session on the biology and transmission of HIV during a Girls Empowerment HIV Awareness Summer Camp in Baham, Cameroon, August 2010.
Three young boys stand in the window of a small library in Catacamas, Honduras. Taken during a photo tour of Peace Corps Volunteer projects in the area. April, 1969.
A Peace Corps Agriculture Co-op Volunteer gives a neighbor his monthly haircut outside the Agricultural Co-op's tienda in Ajuterique, Honduras. The Co-op was featured in the Peace Corps USAID half-hour documentary film "Don Tomas." December, 1970.
Campesinos build a mountaintop airstrip - by hand - near the remote pueblo of Concepción, Intibucá, Honduras. Concepción is cut off from the rest of Honduras by swollen rivers during the rainy season. The airstrip was to be long enough to...