Dan & Donna sitting with the host family mother and father (Sina & Faiva) at the party the night we were sworn in as Peace Corps Volunteers for Tuvalu. The white around the necks is baby powder; it is a custom in Tuvalu to show appreciation during...
Sina, Dan, Faiva, Donna, Vave and Olepa waiting outside the government building as Dan & Donna headed out to assignment after training in Nukulaelae, Tuvalu. October 1982
Luta and Donna Ryherd in a boat crossing the lagoon of the atoll of Nui, Tuvalu. Luta stayed close to Donna, because she had a life presrever and Luta did not know how to swim. July 1983
Collage of Liberian Family and Nancy Kumba, born in a refugee camp. the Friends of Daniel
created in Denver to support friendship, peace, and faith to one former RPCV student in need.
Daniel. The Friends of Daniel, a church outreach, encouraged and...
Taken in 1990. Here I am planting a garden in my backyard with a village girl, Lois (who is a grown woman now). With the dry desert climate of the island of Antigua, West Indies, this turned out to be a challenging project and ultimately did not...
This photo is located in at the main mosque in a town in Indonesia. The Volunteer, Paige, was required to have her head wrapped to show respect to the muslim community who has entered prayer. The mosque was completely full so people filled the...
July 2008. This photo was taken in the town of Rio San Juan. My friend and I got creative to compensate for the difference in our height. I thank my small group of friends in Los Chiles who taught me how to dance to salsa, merengue, bachata, and...
January 16, 2011, on a beach in Rabat, Morocco during the PC Niger evacuation conference. A woman wears traditional clothing for a walk along the beach as the waves crash into the jetty by the lighthouse.
This photo is of a team building activity during the week of Camp UNITE. The team of seven girls must work together to cross the "dangerous waters" to find food and save their village. Pagui is the intimidating figure with the tail to the right...
June 2008. This photo was taken at our Project Design and Management workshop at Selva Negra, near the city of Matagalpa. Three Nicaraguan colleagues and I are perfecting "el baile de pollo", or the chicken dance, that we had been practicing...
Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress
February 2011. I got my hair braided in Cinkasse in northern Togo. I had a great time talking and laughing with these two ladies, two wives of the same husband, while they did their work. Braids and wigs are the style there, as women often have...
November 29, 2010. A mother holds tight as her baby receives an MMR vaccination during a campaign. You can see the nurse's hands. Many children came to the campaign with incomplete vaccination records.