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    • Building Tilapia pond during training

    • Building Tilapia pond during training

    • agriculture; fishing

    • For the Inland Fisheries Program in Sierra Leone, training took place at Makali Fish Station. A site was selected by the earlier group of fisheries volunteers and a pond was built by those volunteers and trainees and local residents of the country.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wildlife Biologist

    • Wildlife Biologist

    • Agriculture; Environment; Fishing

    • This Volunteer is a wildlife biologist at Mole National Park in Ghana. His duties include anti-poaching activities, general management of the park, and compiling wildlife surveys on the number and species of animals and their food, movement, and...
    • Agency Photos
    • Women Fishing on the Niger

    • Women Fishing on the Niger

    • Fishing

    • Women in Tiguibery, Guinea, fish with their children in tow. After catching the tiny fish, the women gracefully placed their catch in the calabash bowls balanced on their heads. The dry season on the Niger River also allows locals to do their...
    • 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
    • Catching Carachama

    • Catching Carachama

    • Fishing

    • This photo is taken on the Rio Napo in Ecuador. A leaf called 'barbasco' is traditionally used as a fishing technique, as it consumes the oxygen in the water through its natural toxins and the fish die. The crushed leaf is released in the water...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mount Kahuzi-Biega Summit

    • Mount Kahuzi-Biega Summit

    • fishing

    • Portion of our fishculture training group on top of Mt. Kahuzi-Biega near Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo 12/31/1978. Kahuzi-Biega is the home of a group of mountain gorillas. Our objective that day was to get to the top and although...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mukobo's First Harvest

    • Mukobo's First Harvest

    • Fishing

    • Sylvain Mukobo was among the first to build his pond in the Manga Fish Farmer's Association. With this harvest, he motivated a second group to invest in fish farming.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Installation of Bamboo Pipe for Pond Drain

    • Installation of Bamboo Pipe for Pond Drain

    • fishing; agriculture

    • In December 1981 during in-country training in Sierra Leone for the Inland Fisheries Program, trainees (including myself) contructed a fish pond with volunteers who had served before us and local Sierra Leoneans. This photo was taken as a bamboo...
    • 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
    • Judith and her Fishponds

    • Judith and her Fishponds

    • Fishing; Host community friends

    • This photo is of Judith, more often known as BanaEster, at her farm near Kazembe, Zambia in 2007. She's standing in front of two of her fishponds. As an aquaculture Volunteer, I worked with BanaEster on expanding her fish ponds and improving...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Family Affair

    • A Family Affair

    • Fishing; Host community friends

    • Fish farmer Papa Ngwanza adds compost to his pond with his two boys. The program was called Projet Pisiculture Familiale, or Family Fish Project, and had just celebrated its 10th anniversary when this picture was taken in 1988.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fish Culture Promotion Volunteer

    • Fish Culture Promotion Volunteer

    • Agriculture; Fishing; Knight Foundation

    • This Volunteer is assigned to the Department of Agriculture as a fish culture promotion Volunteer. Working with Cameroonian counterparts, he supervises a fish station and the spawning of carp for fingerling production.
    • Agency Photos
    • Fish Culture Promotion Volunteer

    • Fish Culture Promotion Volunteer

    • Agriculture; Fishing; Knight Foundation

    • This Volunteer is assigned to the Department of Agriculture as a fish culture promotion Volunteer. Working with Cameroonian counterparts, he supervises a fish station and the spawning of carp for fingerling production.
    • Agency Photos

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