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    • Cabbage Patch Kids

    • Cabbage Patch Kids

    • children; gardens

    • I started a garden at the local hospital at my site in Omaruru, Namibia. 5 women volunteered their time to help me every step of the way. This photo was taken in early 2011 as we were harvesting our garden for the very first time. The women's...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Growing together

    • Growing together

    • gardens; host community friends

    • During my Peace Corps service I started a garden at the local hospital in Omaruru, Namibia. A group of women volunteered their time to help me every step of the way. After a year of working together I was able to purchase Peace Corps shirts for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Days End

    • Days End

    • work

    • During my Peace Corps Service I worked at a local hospital in Omaruru, Namibia. I took this photo as I was leaving work one afternoon. The security guard is taking down the Namibia flag while a Herero woman in traditional dress looks on.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Local Tranport

    • Local Tranport

    • transportation;

    • In May of 2011 my mom came to Namibia to visit me. During her stay we explored the countless miles of desolate dirt roads through the northern part of the country. This donkey cart was the first 'vehicle' we had seen in hours. They looked happy to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What the Tourists Didn't See

    • What the Tourists Didn't See

    • Business development

    • That’s Dirck Kuzatjike in the gray jacket. He stands in front of the white board he has borrowed from my office in order to host a meeting on the street corner. All the people gathered around him are members of his organization, the Young...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bringing Home Dinner

    • Bringing Home Dinner

    • Animals; Food and meals

    • I took this photo while walking around the informal settlements in Namibia in early 2011. This man has just shot a warthog in the bush and is bringing it home to feed his family.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mujeres Poderosas

    • Mujeres Poderosas

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); youth development

    • This photo that I took in January, 2011, shows young teenage girls from the Andes mountains in Shilla, Peru on their first day of the club Mujeres Poderosas (Powerful Women) in which they participated in a 6 week workshop where we talked about...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coming Home from the Chacras

    • Coming Home from the Chacras

    • children; Host families

    • Walking around my site during my second month there in October, 2009, I happened to have my camera on me taking pictures of all the new and beautiful things Shilla, Ancash, Peru had to offer, when I came upon my host sister (20 years old at the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Composting

    • Composting

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken in July 2010, as I'm surrounded by fifth and sixth graders of primary school in Club Huascaran in the school in my site in Peru. I formed this environmental club to promote conserving and protecting the environment as well as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Illuminating

    • Illuminating

    • Children; Celebrations; Religion

    • I took this photo while in a nearby town in October of 2009 during the town's week-long party celebrating their saint's day. To commemorate the celebration, all the women placed candles on the church floor which cast a glow somehow sad and hopeful...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ghana

    • Ghana

    • Teachers and students

    • These are the "cowboys" of Ghana. They don't attend school because they have to take the cows out to the field for their family. When they come back into town in the evenings, I tutor them in English and art.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Education's Path

    • Education's Path

    • Celebrations; Teachers and students; Schools

    • This photo was taken on May 20, 2009 at the independence day celebrations in Lagdo, Cameroon. I had been working with this small parent's school located in an Mbororo village near where I was living. The Mbororo are traditionally nomadic...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Familia

    • Familia

    • children; Host families

    • It was on my site visit, seeing for the first time the town of that would be my home for the next two years back in August 2009 while I was sitting and chatting with my host familia and neighbors. My neighbors' were holding their friends' baby in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pilliaring

    • Pilliaring

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • Here I am, Emily Heller, Peace Corps Volunteer in Panama, Community Environmental Conservation Group 68 in my community. The date is 7/12/2011 - eight days after I arrived at site. I am with my host grandmother on her front porch learning how to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Galletas

    • Galletas

    • food and meals; host families

    • Here I am, again, on August 17th 2011 with my host sister, Jenifer, in her parents' kitchen baking oatmeal raisin cookies - an American favorite. We thoroughly enjoyed learning together how to cook cookies over a flame in their Panamanian stove.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The toughest vacation you'll ever love

    • The toughest vacation you'll ever love

    • language training; children

    • This photo was taken on the beach in Morandava, Madagascar in July, 2008. A volunteer's work is never done, but even volunteers get some vacation days. This photo was taken while I was on vacation from my site in Ambatofinandrahana. While...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dance Party

    • Dance Party

    • youth development; dance

    • This photo is taken in my village. For over a year I have been working with a youth club which focuses on lifeskills education and girls' empowerment. To commemorate one year together as a group, we had a party complete with a talent show. In this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yebo Gogo!

    • Yebo Gogo!

    • health; elders

    • For the past 9 months, I have been working with a group of Grannys (in South Africa they are known as Gogos) to form a health education group. Often the ones left to cook, clean, and care for young babies while their own children go to cities to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Proud to be a Woman

    • Proud to be a Woman

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

    • Over the past year, I have been working with a youth club with the aim of lifeskills education and girl's empowerment. Here, we celebrated International Women's Day by discussing what our roles are as women today, successful and significant women...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Aids Day Celebration

    • World Aids Day Celebration

    • Celebrations; HIV/AIDS

    • For World Aids Day 2010, the community gathered together to put on an amazing event. The community experienced performances from students and youth, HIV education, personal testimonies from people living with HIV, condom demonstrations,...
    • Volunteer Photos

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