Mark Shriver visits Peace Corps to pay tribute to his father and first director of the Peace Corps, the late Sargent Shriver, on the one-year anniversary of his passing in a speech to special guests and staff at Peace Corps headquarters.
This picture was taken on January 18, 2008 along the road that connects the villages of Lotima and Mrabani near Taveta, Kenya. The boys were taking maize stalks to Lotima to sell as livestock feed. At the time this picture was taken, most of...
In the central Albanian mountain town of Gjinar, you will find numerous donkeys tied up to random trees or rocks as their owners stock up on fruits and vegetables at the weekly market. Picture taken in July of 2009.
This past weekend (September 4th, 2011) in a small village in central Bulgaria 21 PCV's came together to participate in the village's 23rd Donkey Race. Activities included a donkey cart race, donkey cart tug-of-war and donkey soccer. Three...
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.
In a small village outside of Essaouira, Morocco in 2010 a small boy greats us at the local hanout (shop). He offers us a ride on his donkey in exchange for candy.
My good friend Slavi took me and some other volunteers for a walk to his cottage in the countryside, and on the way we encountered his mother's donkey. Being a normal mode of transportation in and around my town, Slavi proceeded to show us how to...
Every year for the village holiday in Gurkovo, Bulgaria there is a Donkey Race, this year it took place September 4th, 2011. 21 volunteers from around Bulgaria came to the village of about 3000, located in Central Bulgaria, to watch three of our...