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- What is a Hammock?
- host community friends; children
- A Fijian family lives below me. They have two young sons, and there is another boy the age of their sons that lives next door. When I am outside doing laundry or reading in my hammock they'll come bug me, its kind of silly because they speak little...
- Volunteer Photos
- warriors
- celebrations
- this photo was taken in march 2004 in Nabukavesi VIllage, Fiji. They were putting on a ceremony to welcome the new computers to the school in my Village.
- Volunteer Photos
- Video workshop
- Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
- This photo was taken during a participatory video training session at the Navua Rural Women's Telecentre Group in Fiji. The women's group wanted to create a promotional DVD that showcased who they were as an organisation. The women all received...
- Volunteer Photos
- To the Table
- Life skills
- My Peace Corps friend, Adam Szabunio, took this photo during my Sewing Workshop; in his Fijian village, Korokula Village,October 2011.Almost everything in Fiji is done on the floor...so(my 60 year old hips) really appreciated the tables that the...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Rubbish Pit
- environment; youth
- In this photo, some children from Natuvu Village, Fiji, are burying rubbish. The photo was taken in 2011, during 'Natuvu Clean-up and Fun Day.' The village is rural and must manage there own rubbish, as there is no removal service available. The...
- Volunteer Photos
- Tangalala
- children; host community friends
- This little girl was in my training village. She was very very shy but loved to look at the pictures on my digital camera. If I brought my camera out she would peek out of her room. I took this in Navutulevu Village in November 2006.
- Volunteer Photos
- Talitali
- artisans
- In this photo, I am weaving (talitali) a mat with two friends, Serema and Kata. We are weaving in their home in Natuvu Village, Fiji. The photo was taken in 2010. The mats are made out of a plant called 'voivoi' that the women grow and process...
- Volunteer Photos
- Sustainability
- Life skills; Technology
- This photo was taken at one of my sewing workshops in Fiji, South Pacific. I teach sewing skills that include repairing and maintaining sewing machines. My goal is that the participants know how to fix their only machines. In this photo- this...
- Volunteer Photos
- Sustainability
- Life skills; Technology
- I took this photo-during one of my sewing workshops in Nagado, Fiji in January, 2011. The most important part of the workshop is to show the villagers how to repair their own machines. This elderly woman is repairing her own sewing machine. Ana,...
- Volunteer Photos
- Sangam Temple Fire Walking
- Ceremonies; Religion; Traditional dress
- I took this photo during an annual Hindu fire walking ceremony in September, 2008 at Sangam Temple in Navua, Fiji. The ritual is an act of self-purification and is part of a vow in which the devotee promises to walk on fire in order to receive...
- Volunteer Photos
- Rare Moment of Interaction
- Weddings
- This photo was taken at an Indo-Fijian wedding. Suva, Fiji- May 2011. The celebration last more than nine hours. This shot was a rare moment of interaction between the bride and groom...when most all of the ceremony was very solemn.
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Volunteer (December 1968-January 1969)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (December 1968-January 1969).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (October 1969)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (October 1969).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (February 1969)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (February 1969).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (September 1969)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (September 1969).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (December 1969)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (December 1969).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (March-April 1970)
- Newsletters--1970s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (March-April 1970).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (May-June 1970)
- Newsletters--1970s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (May-June 1970).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (January-February 1971)
- Newsletters--1970s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (January-February 1971).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (March-April 1971)
- Newsletters--1970s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (March-April 1971).
- Newsletters