This photo is taken on the Rio Napo in Ecuador. A leaf called 'barbasco' is traditionally used as a fishing technique, as it consumes the oxygen in the water through its natural toxins and the fish die. The crushed leaf is released in the water...
This Volunteer is an agricultural extensionist and works with small farmers improving crop production through the use of fertilizers and better cultural practices. Here, she (right) and village residents prepare to clean guinea pigs.
This photo was takening in April 2001 in the little town of Lita, Ecuador. It is where I had stayed for Community Based Training. I was on a farm in the photo with my fan club from the town as they were showing me their parents' farm and I was...
This was one of the buses that left twice daily from the central plaza in Cahuasqui at 5:30AM and 5:30PM (my assigned site) and traversed the old Inca Road to the town of Ibarra - a 50 km journey along one-way roads with steep drop-offs that...
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities in the fields of agriculture, animal husbandry, horticulture, and forestry. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.
The children spent a lot of time in my house, so I kept crayons and paper around. When they asked me about where I came from, I told them I had lived near Mount St. Helens, which had erupted a few years earlier. This is one of my neighbors and...
I took this photo in Ecuador while walking to visit a family farm. The kids are all students, and were making the 30 minute walk home from school, as they do every day.