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- Latin Locks of Love
- youth;
- I took this photo July 19, 2011 in Ecuador. After school, this 12 year old girl and her mother visited their local hair salon and chopped off more than 12" each. They had been planning to donate their hair for months - the little girl had seen an...
- Volunteer Photos
- First Indigenous Women's Ascent Volcano Cotopaxi, Ecuador
- Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Women's movement
- EMPOWERMENT, LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH THE ANDEAN WOMEN’S MOUNTAINEERING MOVEMENT In our “progressive” modern world, women continue to be discouraged from pursuing many of their hopes and dreams, especially in the developing...
- Volunteer Photos
- Hot Body, Cool Tile
- Secondary projects; Teachers and students
- Volunteer Stories
- It Takes a Village (And a Whole Lot of Aluminum Cans)
- Secondary projects
- Volunteer Stories
- My Journey to Peace Corps: 1961-2011
- Kennedy, John F.
- Volunteer Stories
- The (Concrete) Jungle
- Host community; Urban sites; Youth
- Volunteer Stories
- Passing the Time Bonding
- Host community friends
- This photo was taken July 10, 2011 in my house in Ecuador. It was taken in the afternoon after lunch time, when most of the people in my rural town are resting and staying out of the hot sun. The two girls in the photo are sisters, Juana (6), and...
- Volunteer Photos
- Back Home: How Peace Corps Ecuador Changed Me
- Cross-cultural transition;
- Volunteer Stories
- The Third Wise Man: Pase del Niño
- Celebrations; Ceremonies
- I took this photo on December 19th, 2008 in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. A local boy's mother is preparing him for the parade of the traveling child (niño viajero) through the city of Cuenca. The main parade in Cuenca takes place in the week...
- Volunteer Photos
- Otavalo: a Technicolor Assault of the Senses
- Artisans; Markets
- Volunteer Stories
- Guinea Pig Festival
- Animals; Cooking; Celebrations
- I took this photo during the Guinea Pig Festival on April 4, 2010 in in Ecuador. The Guinea Pig Festival, or Festival del Cuy, is a fundraiser started by the local parish as a means to raise funds for social projects in the community. That year,...
- Volunteer Photos
- A Day in the Barrio
- Youth; Teachers and students;
- This photo was taken in my barrio in Ecuador. This photo shows two of my students and me walking to our girls' youth group meeting. January 2010
- Volunteer Photos
- Women in the Peace Corps
- Women in Peace Corps
- Full-text of an early Peace Corps marketing brochure--copyright date is unknown but it appears to be from the 1960s.
- Brochures
- Women in the Peace Corps
- Women in Peace Corps
- Full-text of an early Peace Corps marketing brochure--copyright date is unknown but it appears to be from the 1960s.
- Brochures
- Director of the Mother's Club
- Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Maternal and child health
- A prominent figure of the town of Tigualo, this woman is the director of the mothers’ club and owner of the only store in the town.
- Agency Photos
- Water Systems Technician
- Water and sanitation
- This Volunteer is a water systems technician in Mancheno, Ecuador.
- Agency Photos
- Stove Inspection
- Technology; Environment; Pre-service Training (PST)
- This Peace Corps Volunteer is inspecting a stove constructed by Peace Corps volunteers at training at Chaltura, Ecuador.
- Agency Photos
- Stove Technology
- Technology; Environment; Pre-service Training (PST)
- This Peace Corps Volunteer is inspecting a stove constructed by Peace Corps volunteers at training at Chaltura, Ecuador.
- Agency Photos
- Constructing Methane Gas Generators
- Technology; Environment; Construction
- This Peace Corps Volunteer constructs methane gas generators around the cities of Loja and Saraguro. During the past two years, he has constructed three such generators, each being a huge success. Here, he works with Ecuadorians to install storage...
- Agency Photos
- Methane Gas Generators
- Technology; Environment; Construction
- This Peace Corps Volunteer constructs methane gas generators around the cities of Loja and Saraguro. During the past two years, he has constructed three such generators, each being a huge success. Here, he works with Ecuadorians to install storage...
- Agency Photos