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    • Cleaning Fish

    • Cleaning Fish

    • Fishing; Food and meals; Celebrations; Cooking

    • These fish were caught to celebrate 50 days after a death. The custom to celebrate increments of time after a death culminates in one large 50 day celebration and then another 100 day celebration. Boats go out a few days before the celebration...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fish Fête

    • Fish Fête

    • Fishing; Celebrations; Sports

    • I took this photo during the "Fish Fête" on June 11, 2005 near the town of Gaya in Niger. After the opening ceremony and speeches, those planning on fishing lined up a good hundred yards from the seasonal lake. When the horn sounded, they rushed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thai Girl and Fish

    • Thai Girl and Fish

    • Children; Fishing

    • This is a picture was taken in May 2011 at my house. I have a pond with three different types of fish. One type had babies and another kind of fish was eating them. So, this girl and I separated the baby fish form the large pond so they would not...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fish Farming in Paradise

    • Fish Farming in Paradise

    • Fishing

    • This is a photo of a fish pond. I am an aquaculture extension agent in Zambia, and I am always amazed by the beauty of my work. Looking at a fish pond sure does beat sitting at a desk!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Women Selling Fish at the Market

    • Women Selling Fish at the Market

    • Markets

    • It’s Saturday morning, it’s market day in the village. Market day is a busy day. Saleswomen and men come a long (or not) way to sell their produce or products. It’s especially busy between June and September; especially busy in July. That is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Where There is Fish, There are Birds

    • Where There is Fish, There are Birds

    • Fishing; Animals

    • In this seaside town in Morocco there is a large fishing industry. In the mornings and later at night, you can go to the fish market to pick up some fish to take home or take to a nearby restaurant and have it prepared as you like. Another common...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fish Fête

    • Fish Fête

    • Fishing; Celebrations

    • I took this photo during fish fête, an annual festival in the desert of Haute Guinea. These festivals take place after the dry season, when there is a lake left where the river usually flows during rainy season. These lakes are not fished until...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fighting over Fish

    • Fighting over Fish

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

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing the Fish

    • Preparing the Fish

    • Environment; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Women in Peace Corps

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Installing bamboo outflow pipe in fish pond

    • Installing bamboo outflow pipe in fish pond

    • agriculture

    • Inland fisheries program in Sierra Leone was implemented by working with rural farmers to build ponds and raise Tilapia nilotica as a source of protein. A pond was constructed during training and a piece of bamboo was installed to serve as the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Growing Trees for Fish Food

    • Growing Trees for Fish Food

    • agriculture; environment

    • Volunteers teach farmers how to grow trees with high nitrogen leaves which can be used to fertilize fish ponds. Rural Aquaculture Promotion Project, Northern Province, Zambia, Sept. 2001.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sierra Leone 1987, Smoke Drying Fish

    • Sierra Leone 1987, Smoke Drying Fish

    • Food and meals; Cooking

    • Women smoke dry fish as a way to preserve the fish for sale up country. This woman is lighting a fire under a platform containing over a hundred fish. She will stay under the platform all night to ensure that the fire doesn't go out.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fish Market

    • Fish Market

    • Markets; Host community friends

    • These were three of my college students at the Zamboanga City fish market. The fellow on the far left is Mohammad. They were part of the Moslem community there. 1965
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cooking Fish

    • Cooking Fish

    • Cooking

    • This is a photo taken in Chung Mu City at the boarding house restaurant where I ate. This is the grandmother cooking fish over a fire of pressed coal (yan tan). As an american, I was provided a fried egg with my rice, vegetables, fish, and soup...
    • Volunteer Photos

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