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- Young Friends
- Children
- I was greeted by these two beautiful little girls during the dedication of the Thomas Hooyman Library in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia on August 29, 2009. It was a return visit to Ethiopia, where I had served in the 1970s.
- Volunteer Photos
- Working with Orphans
- Art; Teachers and students
- This photo was taken at a health center in Ethiopia. The Volunteer is encouraging children who were orphaned by HIV to be creative and express themselves using art (paper and markers).
- Volunteer Photos
- Timket Service
- Celebrations; Religion
- Orthodox priests line up and chant during the Timket (Epiphany Celebration) Service on Jan. 19, 2013 in Gondar, Ethiopia. Gondar is a large pilgrimage site for Epiphany, and the service includes the blessing of holy water at Fasilides Baths, unique...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Potato Harvest
- HIV/AIDS; Agriculture
- This group of HIV positive people had just completed the harvesting of their potato crop and were relaxing. Ethiopia June, 2010
- Volunteer Photos
- Tenderness from a Mentally Ill Street Girl
- Health; Volunteers; host community
- A mentally ill street person was provided treatment by the Peace Corps volunteer in Finote Selam. The community did not believe mentally ill people could be treated. The success from treating this girl led the community to treat more than 30...
- Volunteer Photos
- Taruyea and Her Daughter, Fatima
- Host community friends
- Assigned to each Peace Corps Volunteer, by the school principal, was a cook and housekeeper. This woman and her child were also my companions and became my family after our time together. Dedicated work, wonderful food and always a good...
- Volunteer Photos
- Taking Flight
- Transportation; Environment
- This photo was taken in the town of Teppi, in Ilubabor Province of Ethiopia in 1974. At my school there had been a big grassy knoll that separated the football field from the local airstrip. During an intensive clean up day at the school we...
- Volunteer Photos
- Secondary Roster for Haik Secondary School
- Teachers and students; Schools
- Weekly course descriptions and teacher assignments were made and posted in the school. I was called Ms. Gwen by the staff and students.
- Volunteer Photos
- Ribbon Cutting Event at Fre Siwot Elementary School
- Celebrations; Libraries
- Ato Yohannes Gebregeorgis and I cut the ribbon to officially open the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library in Mekelle, Ethiopia, August 2009.
- Volunteer Photos
- Reconnecting with Peace Corps in Ethiopia
- Libraries
- I enlisted the support of current volunteers (2009) in Mekelle, Ethiopia to help set up a library project in memory of a colleague. The current volunteers were extremely helpful in setting up the library and are a continued source of support for...
- Volunteer Photos
- Preparing The Land for Planting
- HIV/AIDS; Gardens
- These women are some of the vulnerable women being given training in urban gardening to help them improve their nutrition and teach them to raise their own gardens. Many of these women are HIV positive. This photo was taken in Ethiopia in the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Preparing the Land
- HIV/AIDS
- These at-risk women, most HIV positive, are being trained to grow their own vegetables to improve their nourishment and possible provide income. Finote Selam, Etthiopia April 2011
- Volunteer Photos
- Preparing the Garden for Planting
- Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture
- At risk women in Finote Selam, Ethiopia are tilling and watering the garden in preparation for planting. They are given two years of communal training in gardening and then given their own plot to raise their own food.
- Volunteer Photos
- The Volunteer (July 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 7 (July 1962) of The Volunteer: a newsletter by and for the Volunteers of the Peace Corps
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (April 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (April 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (June 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (June 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (July-August 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (July-August 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (September 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (September 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (October 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (October 1968).
- Newsletters