A mother & child, bathing at a hot springs resort at the base of an active volcano, Bulusan, in Baranguay San Benon, Irosin, Sorsogon, Philippines. The hot springs were developed as a tourist attraction, but too far off the the beaten path to draw...
This rural waterfall called Basin Zim was a local place to bathe, gather water and relax. As Volunteers, we would visit often. We swam and bathed there, too.
For two years I lived in the most beautiful town in the world. Sure, it didn't have running water, the roads weren't paved, and there were occasional scorpions and tarantulas in my house, but it was beautiful. In one direction I could see the...
Volunteers shows a girl a book with illustrations of several birds similar to the ones that live in that community. Photo taken in a small rural community in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. People in photo: Ana (Volunteer) and a girl from the...
The Republic of Kiribati is made up of 33 island atolls, and many of the Volunteers served on different islands. For our Close of Service, the remaining members of my group took a trip to a small islet off the capital island of Tarawa and spent...
This photo was taken at the camel farm outside of my village in Botswana on April 29, 2011. During colonial times, camels were used by police to patrol remote villages because there were no paved roads. Today, they are used for tourism purposes and...
This is a photo of workers from the indigenous communities that my counterpart organization collaborated with making repairs to the Visitors' Center in the wildlife reserve we managed, as part of an infrastructure development project we coordinated.
This is a picture taken in July of 2008. The Peace Corps volunteer, Leanne Polachek, poses with members of the Likpe Todome community. The community members are creating steps to their ancestral caves and waterfall which are part of a...