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    • Furniture Vendor Taking a Break

    • 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
    • Gotchoo and the Snuff Bottle

    • Gotchoo and the Snuff Bottle

    • Elders; Traditional dress; Artisans; Crafts

    • This man is a woodcarver and his name is Gotchoo. The little carved snuff bottle in his hand is one of the most beautifully carved objects I have ever seen-entirely covered with intricate and symbolic carvings. It is used in a little greeting...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hand-dying Threads

    • Hand-dying Threads

    • Artisans

    • The process to make Corte, the traditional Indigenous wrap worn by the women of all ages, has many steps and takes several weeks. Hand-dying the thread is done outside in big buckets year-round since corte is made daily here in San Andres Xecul,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kalinago Basketweaver

    • Kalinago Basketweaver

    • Artisans; Crafts

    • This is a photo of a Kalinago Ondian. They are the only indigenous people of the Caribbean left and they only reside in Dominica. They still make many of the same things they once made hundreds of years ago, including baskets and canoes.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning the Trade

    • Learning the Trade

    • Camps and clubs; Artisans

    • In this photo, taken on July 29th, 2010, at a GLOW camp in Mohammedia, Morocco, the facilitator is leading a natural dye workshop for the camp participants, showing them how wool can be colored using natural products in the environment. Using...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Make Carpets

    • Learning to Make Carpets

    • Artisans; Crafts; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • A friend took this photo of me during training in 2007 in Godkepe, Turkmenistan, at a women's carpet-making "factory," a collective warehouse where women came together to weave large carpets. The knot-making was not complicated, but time consuming,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Weave Buttons

    • Learning to Weave Buttons

    • Art; Artisans; Crafts

    • The photo was taken in Bhalil, Morocco, at the home of an artisan that works at the nearby Sefrou Artisana Complex. In this picture, Volunteer Joy is getting a lesson on weaving the region's famous handwoven buttons from a young girl. Since the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Leave it to Weaver

    • 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
    • Lucila on Paint

    • Lucila on Paint

    • Art; Artisans

    • This photo portrays an elder woman painting the Peace Corps Volunteer with a temporary paint from the juices of a fruit called Jagua.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Marche Maroc Sustainability Meeting

    • 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
    • Master Basket Weaver at Work

    • Master Basket Weaver at Work

    • Artisans

    • This is a photo of the most talented basket weaver of the Artisan's Cooperative of Mayo-Ouldeme in Northern Cameroon. I worked closely with this coop group to get established and run a shop selling the wares of all the artisans in the village.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mohammed with Clients

    • Mohammed with Clients

    • Art; Artisans

    • Mohammed Essabi (center) with me (right) and clients who were traveling from America. This was taken at the home of the rais of Tamesloht, who was Essabi's first patron. This was the first sale of Essabi's work.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Moroccan Carpet Display

    • 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
    • Moroccan Yarn Vendor

    • 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
    • Mouhou and Me

    • Mouhou and Me

    • Traditional dress; Artisans; Counterparts

    • As a small business development Volunteer in a rural village in Morocco, I helped develop the local weaving association. One of my projects was re-introducing high quality traditional materials through skill building workshops for the artisans. My...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Muñecas

    • Muñecas

    • artisans; crafts

    • Muñecas are colorful cloth dolls made and sold by indigenous Mexican women in a style traditional before the conquest of Mexico by Spain.
    • Volunteer Photos

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