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    • Close of Service (COS)

    • Close of Service (COS)

    • Close of Service (COS)

    • This photo was taken in El Salvador during our COS conference, September 2006. Out of the original 15 in our Agroforesty/Environmental Education training group (2004-2006), these are the only ones who COS'ed, although two others were still in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Skype

    • Skype

    • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); Host community friends

    • This family just came to my house to skype with their son whom they have not seen since 1998. He is living illegally in the states. It was also the first time the mom had ever seen a computer. When her son's face came on the screen she started...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Out of My Skin

    • Out of My Skin

    • Animals; Secondary projects

    • This photo was taken on June 10, 2011 at 4 a.m. The cow was purchased by the school committee and later killed in order to raise much needed funds for the local elementary school. More than $200 was made by selling the meat. Don Daniel and myself...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • During the Rain...

    • During the Rain...

    • host community friends; children

    • This was during the beginning weeks of the wet season in El Salvador. Rosemary, my 12 year old neighbor, was sitting so peacefully watching the rain while off to the side her cousin was reading outloud a book from school. The afternoon went on and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Paseando

    • Paseando

    • children; Host families

    • As usual, in rural El Salvador most of the day is spent just visiting your neighbors and drinking coffee. A tight community where everyone knows everyone, this photo was taken on a regular afternoon, where the neighbors just kept coming.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pride

    • Pride

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); sports

    • This photo shows the first female soccer team of La Montana, Osical, Morazan, El Salvador. The girls are meeting in February 2011 to train for an upcoming soccer tournament. This soccer tournament will mark the first time the girls have hosted a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Art and Culture

    • Art and Culture

    • artisans; youth development

    • This photo was taken January 29, 2011 during a meeting with the first Artesan Youth Group of La Montana, Osical, Morazan, El Salvador. The kids are meeting to learn how to tie-dye shirts that will be sold to promote the culture of the community and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Garden Fun

    • Garden Fun

    • environment; youth; agriculture

    • I took this photo at my neighbors house in May 2010. It shows a group of kids in La Montana, Osicala, Morazan, El Salvador making an Organic Compost to use for a home garden. We are promoting recycling through organic materials as well as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Eyes on the prize

    • Eyes on the prize

    • celebrations

    • This photo was also taken one week into my Peace Corps service. During the Patron Saint Festival it is tradition in my host site to have the "bolos", or Salvadoran Spanish slang for drunkard, race. Here the bolos are running to see who can win the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peace & Friendship through Salvadoran Sweets

    • Peace & Friendship through Salvadoran Sweets

    • Cooking; Host families; Food and meals

    • "Nina Tina", the Catholic priest's domestic engineer in my town of San Pedro Puxtla, Ahuachapan, El Salvador, was showing me how to make "dulces tipicas". This was my first year in site so every new experience I had to capture on film. Nina Tina...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Youth Building Business Signs

    • Youth Building Business Signs

    • Host community friends; Volunteers;

    • As a Municipal Development Volunteer, I worked with a group of youth originating from rural and urban parts of the municipality. In this photo, an unofficial counterpart and I were teaching them how to make wooden signs for businesses in their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Going for gold

    • Going for gold

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; ceremonies

    • In this photo, I had just begun my service as a Peace Corps Volunteer a week prior. I was fascinated by all of the activities they had during the "Fiestas Patronales", or Patron Saint Festivals. The festivities are compared to the U.S.'s county...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pupusas

    • Pupusas

    • Food and meals; Celebrations

    • Pupusas are the national snack of El Salvador. They are made with corn or rice flour, and stuffed with cheese and other ingredients (beans, chicharron, ayote, etc.). Pupusas are eaten in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, but El Salvador claims...
    • Volunteer Photos

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