I and other fisheries Volunteers were able to view Silver back Mountain Gorillas at Virunga National Park after language training and before starting our volunteer projects.
The Congo/Zaire River is in the background. I was visiting Kinshasa and Zaire for the first week when this photo was taken. The fisheries program director had birds that talked (African Greys) and great view of the river. 1980
Fellow Fisheries Volunteer at Peace Corps Headquarters in Kinshasa. We landed in Kinshasa and learned some basic details before leaving for a brief tour of fish ponds/villages and farmers in-country.
After breaking my ankle in a motorcycle accident, I was flown for surgery to South Africa. I visited the Voortrekker Monument while I was there. Pretoria, South Africa
Kinshasa, Zaire/Congo at Peace Corps headquarters. We were provided with new Yamaha 125 motorcycles, as fisheries Volunteers and we did cover a large area which required a bike. Later, I broke my ankle.
Fisheries Volunteers tour internal regions of the Congo, before language training. Here, we are visiting farmers, other Volunteers and villages for a short update, and then we were scheduled to start language training in Bukavu/Lake Kivu in eastern...
Fellow Fisheries Volunteer visiting the Mbuji-Mayi area before language training. Immediately after arriving in-country, we had a brief tour of fish ponds/farmers/villages. Composte was key to success with fisheries.
Howard Clemens at University of Oklahoma trained a group of us and this picture shows two of us during language training in Bukuavu, Zaire/Congo, with Lake Kivu.
Studying and reading while at Lake Kivu, Bukavu Zaire/Congo. With fellow fisheries Volunteers, we constructed ponds for tilapia. Ted has his arm up blocking his face.
Fisheries Volunteers in Zaire/Congo in 1980 upon arriving in country, took a quick tour of internal regions of the country in order to visit other Volunteers, farmers and fish ponds. The children in the villages always were smiling.