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    • Zahra, Mouhou, and Terra

    • Zahra, Mouhou, and Terra

    • Traditional dress; Food and meals; Counterparts

    • As a small business development Volunteer, I worked with carpet weavers in developing their organization. I also worked with cave dwelling nomads that lived in the hills surrounding the village. This is Zahra, one of the nomads who is a weaver,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Zahra Baking Bread

    • Zahra Baking Bread

    • Food and meals; Cooking

    • As a small business development Volunteer, I helped develop the local weaving association. Zahra was one of my host sisters and one of the most dedicated weavers. I spent a lot of time with her in her house as she baked bread every morning before...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Zahra at Cave Door

    • Zahra at Cave Door

    • Artisans; Terrain

    • As a small business development Volunteer, I worked with carpet weavers in developing their organization. I also worked with cave dwelling nomads that lived in the hills surrounding the village. This is Zahra, one of the nomads who is a weaver....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Zahra and Terra weaving in her cave

    • Zahra and Terra weaving in her cave

    • Artisans; Crafts

    • As a small business development Volunteer, I worked with weavers in a rural village in Morocco. The hills surrounding our village were filled with cave dwelling nomads. I became very close with one of these families, the Lahcen Eshu family, and I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young girl

    • Young girl

    • Children; Host families

    • This is a photo of a young girl posing for the camera. The photo was taken (using color accent) at a friend's house in Juan O'Leary, Alto Parana on December 25, 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yoga in the DR

    • Yoga in the DR

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken during a Chicas Brillantes conference in February 2011. Volunteer Phoebe is teaching 50 young Dominican girls how to use yoga to relieve stress, build self-confidence and stay healthy. It was part of a 3-day conference that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yemena Weaving

    • Yemena Weaving

    • Artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • June 2011- Yemena from the Cooperative Chorouk in Tounfite, Morocco weaves a traditional carpet.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map 2

    • World Map 2

    • World map project; Teachers and students

    • This picture has a volunteer and kids working on a world map in Paraguay on June 24, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map 1

    • World Map 1

    • World map project; Teachers and students

    • This picture includes a volunteer and kids painting a world map on the library in Paraguay on June 24, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia

    • World AIDS Day in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia

    • HIV/AIDS

    • In Georgia, where talking about HIV and AIDS is taboo, it can be difficult to raise awareness and spread accurate information about this important health issue. However, 14 high school students stepped up to the challenge in Akhaltsikhe as part of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2011 in Burkina Faso

    • World AIDS Day 2011 in Burkina Faso

    • HIV/AIDS; Celebrations; Art

    • Volunteers Luis, Scott, and Joey commemorate World AIDS day 2011 with their community in Burkina Faso. The mural was a great way to get the community interested in talking about HIV/AIDS. The Volunteers held multiple information sessions on...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working Hard...

    • Working Hard...

    • Work; Host community friends; Forestry

    • I took this photo in 2001, while working with a community member, and good friend, Miguel. He works in the forestry and cattle industries in Eastern Honduras.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Woodcutter in the Woods

    • Woodcutter in the Woods

    • Elders

    • While staying with two Slovak young men at a historic mill in the woods of the High Tatry of Northern Slovakia, I was invited to join them in walking to a cabin, the home of an old woodcutter. One of the young men had promised to take photos of his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Women Keeping Their City Clean!

    • Women Keeping Their City Clean!

    • Children; Water and sanitation

    • Another big part of the solid waste management project was the clean-ups organized at the neighborhood level. Generally in Senegal "cleaning up" is women's work. Men and children throw their garbage on the floor expecting women to clean it up. The...
    • Volunteer Photos

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