I took this picture on a visit to Hortelão, Sao Nicolau. The kindergarten is composed of one room. The teacher is a high school graduate who is very motivated and loves to teach. Due to her economic status she was not able to go beyond a high...
This picture was taken during a Christmas celebration my roommate and I organized for the less fortunate children of Tarrafal. Most of the children came from a zone called Campo Pedrada. The children from this zone have very little to eat or...
I took this photo at a "palestra" (event) promoting sports for disabled citizens of Sao Nicolau. In the picture are 3 teams. Each team has a blind person and a helper. The teams are getting ready to run a race. The participants are from all over...
This photo was taken during PST (August 16th, 2010) from the back door of my home stay on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. I took it after a brief rain, just before the sun was going down.
A mature loggerhead sea turtle is released on the beach of São Francisco on the island of Santiago. The turtle was rescued from poachers at the start of the nesting season (June 2011) by the Maritime Police at Gamboa beach in Praia, the capital...
A juvenile sea turtle, wrapped in a sleeping bag, is being transported to Pedra Badejo, a port town on the island of Santiago, to be released. The turtle was purchased from a fisherman by an environmentally conscious resident at the start of the...
PCV Jon E. Berg served as the project manager for the “Nha Terra” campaign, an island-wide campaign with the goal of reducing the consumption of sea turtle meat, on behalf of TAOLA (Cape Verde Sea Turtle Protection Network). Delta Cultura, a...
This photo was taken on August 11th, 2010 in Chã das Caldeiras on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde, only moments after our new friend snacked on some locally grown produce, with Mt. Fogo looming in the background.
This photo was taken on the island of Santo Antão, December 3rd, 2011. Located in the northern chain of islands, Santo Antão contains some of the most dramatically stunning landscapes in Cape Verde. In the distance you can see the island of São...
This photo was taken July 9th, 2010 near the beach of Costa Fragata on the island of Sal. One of Cape Verde’s relatively flat islands, the sand dunes that precede each beach are teaming with biodiversity.
This is a young girl on the island of Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands. Her brothers were very shy, but she was very adamant that she wanted her photo taken.
The volcano on the island of Fogo is sometimes visible from Santiago. These are two islands in Cape Verde. Because Cape Verde is normally quite dry, there is alot of dust in the air, and the sunsets can be quite spectacular.
I'm submitting this photo in honor of Valentine's Day approaching, and it shows my husband and I overlooking his beautiful hometown where I served my time in the Peace Corps. I met my husband in late 2004 when I was volunteering in Sao Nicolau,...
This photo was taken while visiting the (abandoned) village of Arbescadjau on the island of São Nicolau in Cape Verde, Africa. To get there I had to hike for about 3 miles over the biggest mountain on the island. My friend and his family were all...