Traditional dancers performed for trainees in South Africa in January 2011. The dance involved women in traditional dress stomping, clapping and parading around a set of traditional drums that were providing the music for the dance.
I took this photo with the Togolese youth soccer team I had started in the village Kpekpleme. This was the day we had finally recieved the soccer uniforms and equipment from the U.S Soccer Foundation. We played an inaugeral soccer match with the...
I took this photo in early June 2010 in the countryside of Tuv province. The driver stopped briefly when we were en route to our training site in Mongolia. It depicts my good friend and fellow Volunteer (Mongolia 2010-12), Alexandria picking up...
Cassie helps prepare pap by violently stirring it until it is thick in consistency, while a woman supervises the effort. Pap is a flavorless corn-based food popular in South Africa. February 2011.
This is my host mother from the village of Phoshiri in northern South Africa (Limpopo Province). The village just received electricity in late 2007 but many of the traditional means of life have not changed (I.e., cooking over a fire). My host...
Host families; Pre-service Training (PST); Cooking
The photo was taken in 2008 during my pre-service training. This was my training host mother and she was training me to make traditional "pap" or "bogobe" which is eaten throughout rural South Africa. It was a real treat for her to show me how to...
Host families; Cooking; Pre-service Training (PST)
This photo was taken during my pre-service training in 2008 in South Africa. My host parents were very happy people and lived alone without children (their children are grown). They were always joking and laughing. We spent a lot of time in...
Cathy (foreground) and Barb attended the funeral of a fellow trainee's host father in South Africa in February 2011. Women are traditionally required to cover their heads at funerals, which typically begin before sunrise.