A Volunteer involved in gardening and agro-forestry, joins a former Volunteer in Mali in a trip to her island village of Issafaye. In this picture they transport rice to Issafaye, a Bozo fishing village where the fish population has been declining.
This Volunteer serves as an animator and village extension agent for forestry projects. In this photo, she visits the home of the wife of the Eaux et Foret Department director who cooks the main meal of the day using a portable, caly-fired stove,...
This Volunteer works in the AFSI program as a nutritionist. In this picture, she is shown working with women of the National Union of Malian Women where they demonstrate cooking techniques. She was involved in helping these women design their...
This Volunteer shares her experience with her father, who is visiting her post in Keleya, Mali for the second time. She stays in a family compound, and together she and her father are shown a corn sheller. The Volunteer lives in a round...
This Volunteer is an agricultural extensionist and works with small farmers improving crop production through the use of fertilizers and better cultural practices. Here, she (right) and village residents prepare to clean guinea pigs.
Food and meals; Agriculture; Cooking; Knight Foundation
This is a forestry Volunteer in Mane, Upper Volta. Here he regulates the amount of wood which fires a wood-conserving clay stove that he built in a Mane marketplace for women, such as this one, who prepares rice and meat dishes to sell to vendors...
Knight Foundation; Food and meals; Health; Education
This Volunteer is an itinerant agent for health education in Cameroon. Here he relaxes over a glass of palm wine with village elders and family after meeting of village health committee.
This Volunteer is an itinerant agent for health education in Cameroon. Here he braves his first ascent of a palm tree, climbing with traditional belt of bamboo. 1979
This Volunteer helps village women with community development work in Tassor. Here after pounding millet, their staple food, Susan talks with a village woman about the long hours she spends pounding millet. January, 1980
This Volunteer helps village women with community development work in Tassor. Here, after pounding millet, their staple food, Susan attempts to balance the pail of millet on her head as the village women do. January, 1980
This Volunteer helps village women with community development work in Tassor. Here, she watches a village woman wash the millet (their staple food) that has been ground. She hopes that simple machinery utilizing a bicycle wheel may be installed to...
This Volunteer helps village women with community development work in Tassor. Here she watches a village woman wash the millet (their staple food) that has been ground. She hopes that simple machinery utilizing a bicycle wheel may be installed to...
This Volunteer helps village women with community development work in Tassor. Here she chats with women and observes the time-consuming process of making shea nut oil which is used for cooking and sold for income. January, 1980