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    • Mukobo's First Harvest

    • Mukobo's First Harvest

    • Fishing

    • Sylvain Mukobo was among the first to build his pond in the Manga Fish Farmer's Association. With this harvest, he motivated a second group to invest in fish farming.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Over the River and Through the Woods

    • Over the River and Through the Woods

    • Transportation

    • This photo is from the late 1970's in the Kasai Occidental region of DR Congo (then known as Zaire). I'm behind the wheel and fellow Volunteer is helping line up the planks. We were both Peace Corps Regional Representatives which was a 3rd year...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • South Africa

    • South Africa

    • Medical evacuation

    • I had 2 operations in Pretoria and was able to visit Johannesburg over a few months of recovery. This photo is from Pretoria, South Africa, 1981.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Three Musketeers ZairianStyle

    • Three Musketeers ZairianStyle

    • Host community friends; Fishing

    • Taken in 1988 as we waited on the pond bank for the first harvest of fish for this group of farmers. They showed me how to make hats out of big forest leaves for protection from the hot equatorial sun.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Visit to Voortrekker Monument

    • Visit to Voortrekker Monument

    • Statues and monuments; Medical evacuation

    • After breaking my ankle in a motorcycle accident, I was flown for surgery to South Africa. I visited the Voortrekker Monument while I was there. Pretoria, South Africa
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yamaha Motorcycle 125

    • Yamaha Motorcycle 125

    • Transportation

    • Kinshasa, Zaire/Congo at Peace Corps headquarters. We were provided with new Yamaha 125 motorcycles, as fisheries Volunteers and we did cover a large area which required a bike. Later, I broke my ankle.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Zaire Fisheries

    • Zaire Fisheries

    • Work; Agriculture; Fishing

    • Inspecting a pond with other aquaculture (fisheries) volunteers. We grew Tilapia. This was part of our orientation to farming in Zaire, prior to language training at Bukavu, Lake Kivu. 1980
    • Volunteer Photos

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