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- Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification, Fiscal Year 2006
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Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 2006. - Congressional and Legislative Materials
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- Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification, Fiscal Year 2007
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Congress; Budget -
Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification from fiscal year 2007. - Congressional and Legislative Materials
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- Cruisin'
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This photo was taken when our training group took a boat ride in Gazipur. - Volunteer Photos
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- Dhaka
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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
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- Door-to-Door Salesman
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This is a photo of a man selling pots and pans door to door. I took this in December 2005 in a town outside of Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh. - Volunteer Photos
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- Eid Market
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I took this photo in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, in 2001 at a market for the Muslim festival of Eid. - Volunteer Photos
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- Election Night
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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
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- Family
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Me with my host grandpa, grandma, and mom. - Volunteer Photos
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- Ferry crossing in Khulna Bangladesh
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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
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- Fishing Boats
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This is a photo from a short vacation trip that a number of Volunteers took to the Sunderbans in southwest Bangladesh. - Volunteer Photos
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- Ground Breaking Ceremony
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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
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- Group of Friends
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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
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- Hindu child in Bangladesh
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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
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- How many Bangladeshi Children Can Fit in a Rickshaw?
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Bangladeshi children love to have their picture taken. I was walking down the street one day with my camera and all of these neighborhood children jumped in a rickshaw with big smiles requesting that I take that picture. I couldn't resist. - Volunteer Photos
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- It's Not Cool to Smile in the Desh
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Host families; Traditional dress -
Me sitting between my two host sisters in Netrokona. They dressed me up to take pictures. - Volunteer Photos
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- Jubbo Mellah
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The annual fair in the Lalmonirhat stadium always draws a big crowd. - Volunteer Photos
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- Khulna for America Week
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A number of Volunteers came to Khunla for America Week in 2005. This was the view from my hotel. - Volunteer Photos
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- Kolas
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Harvesting bananas. - Volunteer Photos
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- Looking Gigantic with My Tiny Host Family
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This photo was taken on my first night with my family in Gazipur. - Volunteer Photos
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- Making Rice Flower
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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
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