The photo shows me reading a very simple English picture book to a group of elementary school girls in southern rural Nepal in the town of Bharatpur. The photo was taken sometime in 2001.
At the end of each of our teaching cycles the
basic training school would hold a celebration which consisted of a photograph, banquet, and entertainment. We Peace Corps Volunteers are seated with some of our students standing in Kurnool, Andhra...
Our Health Nutrition team taught at a Gram Sevika Basic Training School for young people who would become rural elementary teachers. One month we taught courses in health, nutrition, vegetable gardening, and making of a smokeless chula...
I took this photo on a clear day during my training in July 2010 in Cambodia. I went to this pagoda to study language with another Volunteer and we were captivated by the beauty. This photo depicts the roof of one pagoda.
The streets were papered before local elections. Each candidate had their own symbol that people could identify and vote for even if they were not literate.
Christmas was big in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh. There were a couple of christian churches in town and this particular one really put on a show around Christmas.
I took this picture on a visit to a students home in northeastern Cambodia. These are her two youngest sisters and he younger brother in the background.
I took this photo during a morning walk one day in my village in January, 2011 in Cambodia. Though I frequent the same roads daily on my walks/runs I am still bombarded with children yelling "Hello!" at me. This is my favorite group of children who...
This photo was taken in Sitio Banawen, San Felipe, Zambales, Philippines during a visit to the Aeta community on December 2010. This is a indigenous community that were affected by the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991. Yearly, my organization hikes...
This photo was taken in Sitio Banawen, San Felipe, Zambales, Philippines during a visit to the Aeta community on December 2010. This is a indigenous community that were affected my the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991. Yearly, my organization hikes...
This photo was taken after a week-long training of trainers on the topic of HIV/AIDS and behavior change communication, which included interviews of local sex workers, and a testimonial from a PLWH. This pictures is of Blake Van Fleteren, one of...