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- Artisan at Work
- Artisans
- I found this man in a tiny village, an oasis dried up by years of drought. If not for the few wires one could see hanging outside some adobe homes, the sensation was of entering a warp to a time when history began. The man's potter wheel was run...
- Volunteer Photos
- Henna Tatoos
- Artisans
- Small Business Development RPCVs Morocco, Showing off new henna tatoos with an artisan friend in Marakesh in 2005.
- Volunteer Photos
- Furniture Vendor Taking a Break
- Artisans
- During my Peace Corps service, I worked mostly with organized artisans; however, I also worked with individuals like this furniture vendor who needed to understand how to attract English speakers (I taught him English greeting phrases and numbers)....
- Volunteer Photos
- Moroccan Carpet Display
- Artisans
- This is a display of assorted Moroccan carpets, showing different styles and designs; in the foreground is a terracotta tagine. During my Peace Corps service, I worked with many carpet-weavers, and they taught me to recognize designs from across...
- Volunteer Photos
- Stari Zanaeti (Old Crafts) Macedonia Artisans
- Artisans; Crafts
- Artists and Artisans at Stari Zanaeti along with Peace Corps Volunteer, Tracy Sparks, are studying methods of 3D sculpting and Adaptation of Traditional Artisan Motifs with plans to develop market ready functional objects, such as housewares and...
- Volunteer Photos
- Zahra and Terra weaving in her cave
- Artisans; Crafts
- As a small business development Volunteer, I worked with weavers in a rural village in Morocco. The hills surrounding our village were filled with cave dwelling nomads. I became very close with one of these families, the Lahcen Eshu family, and I...
- Volunteer Photos
- Sadia and Mohamed on her New Carpet
- Artisans; Crafts; Youth
- As a Small business development Volunteer in a rural village in Morocco, I worked with the local weaving association. One of my projects was creating a carpet catalog for the weavers. This took me into all the houses of the weavers where I...
- Volunteer Photos
- Craft Time
- Artisans; elders
- I have been serving in Belize for the past two years. My primary assignment is working with a small mayan womens group that runs a craft center. Part of the way I decided to integrate better was to learn how to make the crafts just like them. This...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Ain Leuh Cooperative
- Artisans; Host community; Traditional dress
- The Ain Leuh Cooperative, rug weavers in the Middle Atlas mountains, with PCVs Jessica and Sharon after a training in July 2008.
- Volunteer Photos
- Carpet Weaver's Hands
- Artisans; Host families
- This is the hands of my host family's grandmother who is a carpet weaver; her hands are stained and tattooed with patterns from the Middle Atlas of Morocco. Photo taken November 4, 2005.
- Volunteer Photos
- Moroccan Yarn Vendor
- Artisans; Markets
- During my Peace Corps service, I worked primarily with organize artisans but also worked with individuals like this Moroccan yarn vendor. I took this photograph to help promote his business by showing the colors and textures of his collection. This...
- Volunteer Photos
- Zahra at Cave Door
- Artisans; Terrain
- As a small business development Volunteer, I worked with carpet weavers in developing their organization. I also worked with cave dwelling nomads that lived in the hills surrounding the village. This is Zahra, one of the nomads who is a weaver....
- Volunteer Photos
- The new sign
- Artisans; Volunteers
- PCVs Sharon Keld and Brian Kremer present a sign to the Azrou rug cooperative president, Azrou, Morocco. Also in the picture is a metal artisan at the Azrou Ensemble Artisanal.
- Volunteer Photos
- Leave it to Weaver
- Artisans; Volunteers
- This photo was taken on November 12, 2010, a month into the training of the 23rd group of Volunteers to serve in Burkina Faso. The Small Enterprise Development Volunteers took a field trip to visit a local artisan group in Koudougou, and pictured...
- Volunteer Photos
- PACA Tools at Work
- artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
- This photo was taken as we completed PACA Tools during CBT, in Ait Hamza, Morocco, November 2010. Here you can see the women of Cooperative Atma, a weaving cooperative, drawing their community map.
- Volunteer Photos
- Marche Maroc Sustainability Meeting
- artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
- Volunteers lead a meeting on 'how to maintain direct access to markets' for artisans attending Marche Maroc Essaouira, a national craft fair organized by Peace Corps Volunteers in the Small Business Development sector in Morocco
- Volunteer Photos
- Sales Data Collection Workshop
- artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
- A Volunteer leads a workshop for artisans on the collection and use of sales information as part of Marche Maroc Essaouira
- Volunteer Photos
- Yemena Weaving
- Artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
- June 2011- Yemena from the Cooperative Chorouk in Tounfite, Morocco weaves a traditional carpet.
- Volunteer Photos
- Voila!
- artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); business development
- I met Chantal in a neighboring village and due to our shared connection in the arts, I focused some of my work as a small business development PCV on promoting her and her craft. When I met her she only dyed and sold the printed batik cloth she...
- Volunteer Photos
- Creative Center Grand Opening
- celebrations; artisans
- To mark the grand opening of the Centre de Creativite d'Adeta, a center funded by the donors of Peace Corps Partnership and community members of ADEC-Togo, I marched to the doors for the ribbon cutting with village chiefs and members of the...
- Volunteer Photos