This is a picture of Volunteer Victoria Browne with her family at the farm during Christmas 2008. On the right of the Volunteer is Emelita Rivera, and to her right, host father Carlos Rivera. This is the picture of the immediate family and friends,...
Location: Mangabe, Madagascar; March 2011; This is one of many endemic chameleon species found in Madagascar. Malagasy people are terrified of chameleons, with their googly eyes and stutter-step walk, and have been known to run screaming in the...
Madagascar in June 2011. This is just another sleepy afternoon in a fishing village in Madagascar . The days haul has been brought in, all that remains is for the children to play amongst the canoes.
Location: Maromandia, Madagascar; April 2011; This photo was taken on the day I hosted a large fuel-efficient cookstove project at my local EPP (Public Elementary School). Nearly two hundred students attended and participated in the construction of...
Location: Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar; May 2011; A group of PCVs were enlisted to help design and paint a new interactive center for Ranomafana National Park, one of the most popular parks in Madagascar. I took this photo on an...
Location: Ambanja, Madagascar; April 2011; In the evenings in Ambanja- a fairly large city on the coast of Northern Madagascar- people congregate on the bridge over the Sambirano river to watch the sunset and socialize. In the photo, a traditional...
Location: Ambatoloaka, Nosy Be, Madagascar; June 2011; When the tide recedes from the beach in Ambatoloaka, the sand flats extend out hundreds of yards.
Location: Ambavani'Djangoa River, Djangoa, Madagascar; August 2011; A traditional Malagasy fishing canoe on the freshwater river that leads to the Mozambique Channel.
Location: Marovato Sud, Madagascar; February 2011; Annually Sahamalaza National Park (where I work as an environment volunteer) hosts a massive mangrove reforestation project. This year the project was conducted on the tail end of a cyclone, though...
Location: Djangoa, Madagascar; August 2011; I took this photo in Northern Madagascar, which boasts a significant Muslim presence, during the month of Ramadan. The two little boys, while not fasting, were demonstrating their participation in holy...