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    • It's Just Too Hot

    • It's Just Too Hot
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    • This was taken in Antigua, Guatemala. It was probably 95 degrees that day, which is pretty hot for Antigua, and these boys were taking advantage of the large fountain by one of the monasteries. I just loved the colors.
    • Staff Photos
    • Teaching Deaf Students

    • Teaching Deaf Students

    • ACTION; Knight Foundation; Education; Health

    • This Action Peace Corps Volunteer was a teacher at the Austine School for the Deaf in Brattleboro, Vermont. She now works with the Ministry of Education in Belize City, Belize. She is at the Stella Maris School for the Physically Handicapped, where...
    • Agency Photos
    • Chatting before the conference begins

    • Chatting before the conference begins

    • Affiliate groups

    • PC Mexico CD talking to local municipal president before a local environment conference begins. The conference was organized by Peace Corps. Photo taken in Amealco in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. People in photo: Dan (Mexico CD) and Amealco...
    • Staff Photos
    • Preparing the soil

    • Preparing the soil

    • Agriculture

    • A group of volunteers preparing the soil before putting the seeds in it. The soil should be divided in equal parts so harvesting can be easier at a later time. Photo taken in a small rural community in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. People in...
    • Staff Photos
    • Aldea La Hacienda

    • Aldea La Hacienda
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    • This photo was taken in 1979 along a newly planted ridge north of the school house in Aldea La Hacienda. I had planted several hundred pine trees with the school children and their teacher. The teacher made it clear to the children that they...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Apiculture

    • Apiculture

    • Agriculture; ACTION; Knight Foundation

    • This Volunteer, without a protective veil or gloves, examines a beehive with a Mayan apiarist. Mulzac, He is serving in Belize, Central America. 1974
    • Agency Photos
    • School Garden in Costa Rica

    • School Garden in Costa Rica

    • Agriculture; Community development; Food and meals; Schools

    • I worked with 12 schools in Costa Rice from 1980 to 1982. This was at the school called San Francisco. The teacher and students were wonderful and worked hard on their vegetable garden.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • San Jose Village Pepper Farmers

    • San Jose Village Pepper Farmers

    • Agriculture; Host Community

    • I took this photo at the end of a long day of harvesting and preparing the first crop of habenaro peppers. The peppers are in and on the two vehicles parked behind the villagers packed in reused mesh onion bags. The peppers had been the project...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Snake Kill

    • Snake Kill

    • Animals

    • Peace Corps Volunteer Jerry Perkins, left, checks out a dead snake killed near the stick hut where he lived. With him are residents of the agrarian reform colony Los Angeles, where Perkins served as "assessor tecnico" in 1971.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Carreras de Caballo

    • Carreras de Caballo

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken September 2006, for the patron saint festivals of San Miguel in the community of San Miguel Ingenio, Metapan, Santa Ana, El Salvador. There is a Catholic church in the background, which is the host of the festivities. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tiky's Birthday Party

    • Tiky's Birthday Party

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • This is a photo of Tiky, my dog, with the children of Zacapa, Guatemala on his birthday in November 2002. Tiky and I had been living in Zacapa for almost nine months. After biting a child who had come into our backyard while I was away, Tiky had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Omar, My First Buddy

    • Omar, My First Buddy

    • children; Culture shock and adaptation

    • Like most Peace Corps Volunteers, my first friend in my community was a three year old. His name was Omar and he kept my spirits high during those first few awkward months of transition into a whole new lifestyle. Panamá, 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • David Griggs andWith

    • David Griggs andWith

    • children; environment

    • Forestry Peace Corps Volunteer David Griggs happened upon a neglected Indian reservation of the Ache/Guaiyaki in the forests of eastern Paraguay in April 1971. This first encounter led to my service working with the Ache/Gaiyaki. Ultimately, Peace...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Close of Service (COS)

    • Close of Service (COS)

    • Close of Service (COS)

    • This photo was taken in El Salvador during our COS conference, September 2006. Out of the original 15 in our Agroforesty/Environmental Education training group (2004-2006), these are the only ones who COS'ed, although two others were still in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Higinio and Tomas Toast Coffee

    • Higinio and Tomas Toast Coffee

    • Cooking

    • In a project directed at increasing revenues by fully processing the local, high-altitude coffee, Tomas and Higinio toast coffee inside an old building built by the government and mining companies. The Ngäbes have recently protested the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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