This picture of me was taken by another Peace Corps Volunteer, Mallory, while we worked on the World Map Project in her village on June 9,2011. The little boy with me is Yaya Tourey, and helped us organize our materials as we worked on the...
I took this picture of a fellow Volunteer in my village on September 17, 2010. This was a celebratory picture because the eggplant that Kris is holding is the first vegetable to come from the garden in our compound. The children pictured are my...
I took this picture of elementary school students on January 10, 2011 in my village. The staff, students, and family members were holding a local cleaning exercise at the Lower Basic school, and I was walking around taking pictures when the...
I took this photo of my friend while I was teaching her and her family how to make neem cream. Neem cream is a local insect repellant made by boiling leaves of the neem tree and then mixing the neem water with soap and oil. It is very simple and...
I took this photo of fellow Volunteer in her village on June 17, 2010. Her host family was helping her apply henna, a local beauty treatment that many women apply in the village before wedding and naming ceremonies. A paste of crushed roots and...
I took this picture of a fellow Volunteer in my village during a wedding ceremony on March 4, 2011. This picture is a contrast because of the traditional clothing worn in the ceremonies, usually matching among friends, and the cell phone that...
I took this picture while visiting a Fellow Volunteer in his village on March 10, 2010. We are standing beside a large stream flowing from the Gambia River, which runs up to his village. The fish he is holding is one caught by a local fisherman....