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    • Moving Day

    • Moving Day

    • Transportation

    • Halfway through our time in Bangladesh, my site mate and I moved to a different apartment down the road. We transported all our household goods by rickhsaw. Moving day in our town looked very different than it may have in the United States.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dhaka

    • Dhaka

    • Transportation

    • I took this photo in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2001. The photo shows the typical hustle and bustle of Dhaka's streets filled with rickshaws.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Comilla Outreach

    • Comilla Outreach

    • youth development; community development; health

    • Pinky, my student at the Department of Youth Development, is teaching a hygiene class in a poor part of Comilla. One part of our class involved a community outreach project.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hindu child in Bangladesh

    • Hindu child in Bangladesh

    • youth; religion

    • This little girl is a devout Hindu at a temple in Gopalganj Bangladesh. As a Peace Corps Volunteer, I walked by this temple every day and could not help to notice her beauty and dedication to taking care of her family, which is so normal for all...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ferry crossing in Khulna Bangladesh

    • Ferry crossing in Khulna Bangladesh

    • Transportation; Host community

    • In Bangladesh there are many rivers to cross in order to get from one district to another. It is a fact of life for a country that lies below sea level and is crisscrossed with thousands of waterways. Most ferries like the one in Khulna pack on as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ground Breaking Ceremony

    • Ground Breaking Ceremony

    • Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • This is a photo that I took of the groundbreaking ceremony in April 2004 for the new Youth Training Center in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh. It was a grand ceremony with everyone getting dressed up for the local member of parliament.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Election Night

    • Election Night

    • Celebrations

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Group of Friends

    • Group of Friends

    • Host families; Traditional dress

    • A photo of me with a group of friends after everyone was dressing up for some photos before I went home for a vacation (I was sort of extended family) eating most of my meals and spending a lot of free time with this group and their husbands and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Rice Flower

    • Making Rice Flower

    • Cooking; Food and meals; Host families

    • Everyone in our family compound takes a turn pounding rice into flour to make pastries. It's hard work, but really fun. I took this picture at my host family's courtyard area and my host mother is sitting supervising while the neighbors all come...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Our Bull

    • Our Bull

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • This photo shows my host family's bull. Every year my host family buys a bull for Korbani Eid. I took this photo at my host family's stable area in Thakurgaon, Bangladesh.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • School Girl Dancing

    • School Girl Dancing

    • Dance; Teachers and students; Youth

    • While visiting my colleagues in Rajshahi we spent some time at this High School (grades 6 - 10) and here is a picture of one of the girls performing a traditional dance in the school courtyard.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional School Girl Dance

    • Traditional School Girl Dance

    • Celebrations; Dance; Teachers and students; Youth

    • While visiting my colleagues in Rajshahi we visited this High School (grades 6 - 10) to help one of the English Teachers. The girls and headmistress were so happy they took time before leaving for the afternoon break to give us a demonstration of...
    • Volunteer Photos

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