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    • Kakheti Farmer

    • Kakheti Farmer

    • Terrain; Transportation

    • Visiting Peace Corps Volunteers in the east of Georgia, I took this picture on a lush, slightly cloudy spring afternoon. A farmer was driving his horse and wagon home through the low hills of the Caucasus.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Crushing Cost of Education

    • The Crushing Cost of Education

    • Transportation

    • This photo was taken in 2004 at the Botanical Gardens located in Roseau, Dominica. A parked school bus has been left undisturbed for decades after an adjacent tree had fallen on it and has since gained new use as a tourist attraction.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cordwood

    • Cordwood

    • Transportation

    • The train pulling this load would often have to back up and take multiple runs at the grade to make it out of Tarkwa to the coastal port of Takoradi.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peace Corps: the living legacy of John F. Kennedy

    • Peace Corps: the living legacy of John F. Kennedy

    • Volunteer recruitment; Wofford, Harris

    • Full text of a brochure featuring the recollections of several notable former Peace Corps staff members and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, including Harris Wofford, Donna Shalala, Maureen Orth and others. Although no exact date of publication is...
    • Brochures
    • Conversation in the General Store

    • Conversation in the General Store

    • Volunteers; Community development

    • While eating an ice cream, this Peace Corps Volunteer and the owner of the post office and general store talk about a coming meeting of the Hardburley Improvement Association.
    • Agency Photos
    • Crossing Bridge into Village

    • Crossing Bridge into Village

    • Water and sanitation; Community development

    • A group of Peace Corps Volunteers are pictured crossing a bridge, typical of those in the semi-tropical monsoon country of East Pakistan. The small river serves as bathing facility, sewage system, laundry area and source of water supply for the...
    • Agency Photos
    • Lamb on Donkey

    • Lamb on Donkey

    • Animals; Transportation

    • The sheep herders in the Bran area of rural Romania sometimes pick up and carry a lamb who is not keeping pace with the herd. This lamb got a ride on the herder's donkey.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Drying Wool

    • Drying Wool

    • Animals; Work

    • In the northeastern area of Romania, I came across this woman drying freshly-shorn sheep's wool on her fence and in her courtyard.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Don't Be a Litterbug!

    • Don't Be a Litterbug!

    • Celebrations; Environment

    • Peace Corps Volunteers partner with St. Kitts UNESCO each year during carnival celebration season to organize a "Carnival Clean-up Troupe." The troupe follows the carnival parade to clean up trash and raise awareness about environmental...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Students

    • Young Students

    • Children; Education; Schools; Women in Peace Corps

    • Students attending school every morning or afternoon. School sponsored by local Association to Aid Youth of Jequie.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Earth Day

    • Earth Day

    • Environment;

    • April 2010 - Grenada. The students of New Life Organisation (NewLO) celebrating earth day by picking up trash, planting flowers around their school and creating musical instruments from recycled items
    • Volunteer Photos

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