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    • Installing bamboo outflow pipe in fish pond

    • Installing bamboo outflow pipe in fish pond

    • agriculture

    • Inland fisheries program in Sierra Leone was implemented by working with rural farmers to build ponds and raise Tilapia nilotica as a source of protein. A pond was constructed during training and a piece of bamboo was installed to serve as the...
    • Traditional Sierra Leonean village

    • Traditional Sierra Leonean village

    • housing

    • While traveling to the southern part of Sierra Leone to experience marine fisheries harvesting, I went through the village of Sulima, pictured here. Homes and surrounding grounds were made of all natural materials and emaculately kept.
    • Tilapia nilotica

    • Tilapia nilotica

    • agriculture

    • Tilapia nilotica is the fish raised in the Inland Fisheries program in Sierra Leone. I took this photo while Skip DuFour, a fellow fisheries volunteer, held it for me following a pond harvest in early 1982.
    • Muslim Writing Board

    • Muslim Writing Board

    • religion; youth

    • I had wanted to get an Islamic writing board to bring home and show American children what is used in Muslim schools in Sierra Leone to teach Arabic and learn passages from the Qur’an. No one was willing to part with theirs so I bought a new one...
    • Installation of Bamboo Pipe for Pond Drain

    • Installation of Bamboo Pipe for Pond Drain

    • fishing; agriculture

    • In December 1981 during in-country training in Sierra Leone for the Inland Fisheries Program, trainees (including myself) contructed a fish pond with volunteers who had served before us and local Sierra Leoneans. This photo was taken as a bamboo...
    • Science is Fun!

    • Science is Fun!

    • Schools; Children; Education; Volunteers

    • This photo was taken during a laboratory activity carried out by Peace Corps Volunteer Christine Boyer in Kenya during June of 2011. Students were given the opportunity to apply their knowledge of gaseous exchange in fish by dissecting and...
    • Gallo Pinto, Peace Corps Style

    • Gallo Pinto, Peace Corps Style

    • Food and meals

    • This is my version of Costa Rica's most traditional breakfast, gallo pinto. Gallo pinto literally means "speckled rooster", and this dish gets its name from its speckled appearance of the two main ingredients, beans and rice. The dish also includes...
    • Statue of Lenin on Lenin Street

    • Statue of Lenin on Lenin Street
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    • I took this photo on September 1, 2009 in Comrat the capital of Moldova's semi-autonomous region of Gagauzia. This statue stands at the entrance to the Gagauzian Assembly's offices on Lenin street. Gagauzia is a predominantly Russian-speaking...
    • Gagauzian Painted House

    • Gagauzian Painted House

    • Housing; Architecture

    • This photo was taken in August 2009 in Comrat, the capital of Moldova's semi-autonomous region of Gagauzia. Moldovan villages are full of similarly brightly painted houses. Given the harsh winters that Moldova is known for, some Moldovans use...
    • Brightly Painted Moldovan House

    • Brightly Painted Moldovan House

    • Housing; Architecture

    • This photo was taken in August 2009 in Comrat, the capital of Moldova's semi-autonomous region of Gagauzia. Moldovan villages are full of similarly brightly painted houses. Given the harsh winters that Moldova is known for, some Moldovans use...
    • Promoting a Clean Environment

    • Promoting a Clean Environment

    • Youth; Environment; Secondary projects

    • I took this photo during an Ecological Campaign on May 6, 2010 next to the St. John's Cathedral park in Comrat the capital of the semi-autonomous region of Gagauzia in Moldova. Much of my work as a Volunteer involved coordinating social actions...
    • Moldovan Easter Eggs

    • Moldovan Easter Eggs

    • Art; Celebrations

    • This photo is of the painted Easter Eggs my host family and I decorated in March 2009. Moldova is an Orthodox country that follow both the Romanian and Russian Orthodox calendar. Religious holidays are of great importance in Moldova including...
    • St. John's Cathedral in Comrat, Gagauzia

    • St. John's Cathedral in Comrat, Gagauzia

    • Religion; Architecture

    • This photo is of St. John's Cathedral on Lenin Street in the center of Comrat the capital of Moldova's semi-autonomous region Gagauzia. This photo was taken August 2009. Gagauzia is a predominantly Russian-speaking part of Moldova and its Orthodox...
    • Bread at a Summer Camp Graduation

    • Bread at a Summer Camp Graduation

    • Camps and clubs; Food and meals

    • In the summer many young Moldovans take part in summer camps. These camp focuses range from games and summer activities to informative seminars. In the August of 2009, I worked as a team-building trainer for a group of youth from Moldova's...
    • Shopping in the Art Market

    • Shopping in the Art Market

    • Markets

    • This photo was taken August 2009 at the art mark on Stefan cel Mare street in the center of Moldova's capital Chisinau. This art market is widely known around Moldova for its handicrafts including the Moldovan designed stacking dolls that can be...

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