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    • Couscous For Sale

    • Couscous For Sale

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • This is a photo of six members of the "Golden Fingers" association in Massa, Morocco, leaving to sell six plates of couscous. Couscous is a local delicacy in Morocco and traditionally eaten on Friday, their holy day. "Golden Fingers" uses the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The First Cuy Sighting

    • The First Cuy Sighting

    • Food and meals; Markets

    • This photo was taken on July 17, 2011 in the market of Huaraz, Ancash, Peru during my Peace Corps training. Guinea pig, or rather Cuy, is a delicacy in Peru that I had wanted to try since I first arrived in the country. I took this photo because I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pupusas

    • Pupusas

    • Food and meals; Celebrations

    • Pupusas are the national snack of El Salvador. They are made with corn or rice flour, and stuffed with cheese and other ingredients (beans, chicharron, ayote, etc.). Pupusas are eaten in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, but El Salvador claims...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gallo Pinto, Peace Corps Style

    • Gallo Pinto, Peace Corps Style

    • Food and meals

    • This is my version of Costa Rica's most traditional breakfast, gallo pinto. Gallo pinto literally means "speckled rooster", and this dish gets its name from its speckled appearance of the two main ingredients, beans and rice. The dish also includes...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • International Women's Day

    • International Women's Day

    • Celebrations; Women's movement; Food and meals; International Women's Day

    • International Women's Day Celebration in Niue, South Pacific in 2000. The women gathered to show their crafts, watch and perform in dances and songs and of course, eat delicious Niuean food! This was the buffet table - as colorful as the women...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • International Cooking with English Class

    • International Cooking with English Class

    • Teachers and students; Food and meals

    • Here in my bucataria at the gazda house are some of my talented chefs making a bechamel sauce. It was perfect the first time! There are twelve regular students who cook with me monthly to learn new recipes in English from all parts of the world. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Transporting Rice

    • Transporting Rice

    • Transportation; Food and meals

    • 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.
    • Agency Photos
    • Volunteers on the Road

    • Volunteers on the Road

    • Food and meals

    • Two Rural Development Volunteers in Guinea (1964) are having lunch on the road. They had stopped in a village, bought something to eat, traveled a bit more, and then stopped to have lunch. They were new volunteers and appear to be somewhat amused...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Nutrition Specialist

    • Nutrition Specialist

    • Nutrition; Education; Food and meals

    • This Returned Peace Corps Volunteer is now involved in Project Head Start (OEO) as a Senior Nutrition Specialist. Her job takes her from the hollows of Kentucky to Indian reservations and migrant camps, and from the Virgin Islands to Alaska and...
    • Agency Photos
    • Grocer's Shop

    • Grocer's Shop

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • The rush of customers at the grocer’s shop. All merchandise is kept on the floor of the store in gunny bags or tin containers. The customers are served standing outside the store on the street.
    • Agency Photos
    • Climbing

    • Climbing

    • Knight Foundation; Food and meals; Life skills

    • 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
    • Agency Photos
    • Health Education in Cameroon

    • Health Education in Cameroon

    • 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.
    • Agency Photos
    • Cooking at Home

    • Cooking at Home

    • Knight Foundation; Food and meals; Cooking; Housing

    • Volunteers collectively grind local meat and prepare dinner in kitchens, typical of most Cameroon Volunteer homes.
    • Agency Photos

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