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    • 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
    • Creating Teaching Materials

    • Creating Teaching Materials

    • Literacy; Language Training

    • My assignment was as a manager of a print shop. We created flanograph pictures to teach women about the natal process and others to teach men about a cooperative project to grow peanuts. I spoke French to the Nigerien and English to the Nigerian,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Free Hugs for Us Too

    • Free Hugs for Us Too

    • Youth

    • Most of the work in my village was centered with the local youth council. One day a year, on international youth day, they sponsored a village-wide "Free Hugs" event. This is some of the youth council members, with myself and my partner,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Opening - A day for Celebrating!

    • Opening - A day for Celebrating!

    • Youth; Architecture; Libraries

    • This is my partner and I on the day of the long-awaited opening of our Youth Resource Center. The building had been a library in Soviet times. The town gave us the building, and we worked - with many youth volunteers and PCPP funds - to convert...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Health Post Almost Done!

    • Health Post Almost Done!

    • Health; Architecture; Host community friends

    • This is a picture of the village Iman (center), my fellow Volunteer, Allyson (left) and myself (right) in front of the health post we were building in rural Guinea. The Imam was my partner in the project and became a very close friend despite our...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peace Corps Kyrgyz Republic and Habitat for Humanity Team Up

    • Peace Corps Kyrgyz Republic and Habitat for Humanity Team Up

    • Volunteerism; Small Project Assistance (SPA); Architecture; Host community friends

    • I took this photo on-site in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic on August 12th, 2006 during a joint project with the local Habitat for Humanity. The small project teamed Peace Corps Volunteers with local friends to encourage volunteerism within their own...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Last Day - Smile and Tears

    • Last Day - Smile and Tears

    • Host community friends

    • It was 2003 and the end of my service in Mlangeni, Malawi. I had worked hard, especially with the youth raising awareness regarding HIV/AIDS and facilitating a rural volunteer counseling and testing program. All of these faces were a part of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Reforestation Campaign

    • Community Reforestation Campaign

    • Environment; Forestry; Work; Host community friends

    • I had this photo taken of me and my friend, Jonnys, during a community reforestation campaign in Macuelizo, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua in August, 1997. We are shown planting a Mexican cedar tree. I had established a tree nursery and organized a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Child Welfare and Farms in Machakos

    • Child Welfare and Farms in Machakos

    • Youth development; Business development; Host community

    • A Volunteer is assigned to the Ministry of Social Services working on child welfare in Machakos, a town of 20,000 residents. Another Volunteer is assigned to the government farm cooperative of Machakos as administrative advisor.
    • Agency Photos

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