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    • Me and Baby YaYa

    • Me and Baby YaYa

    • Children; Religion

    • I took this photo around the time of the Muslim holiday, Tobaski, in mid-November, 2011. This photo was taken outside of the family compound. Baby Yaya and I are about to go on a walk around village with the other children who will receive their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lamin's Birthday

    • Lamin's Birthday

    • children; celebrations; Host families

    • This photo was taken at the end of 2010 during a birthday party in my compound. The child pictured is from Sanneh compound in Sifoe village, The Gambia. He was the Birthday Boy for the day. As part of my second goal, I regularly held birthday...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roll Tide Birthday

    • Roll Tide Birthday

    • children; celebrations; Host families

    • This was taken in early 2011 as part of a joint birthday party in my compound in Sifoe, The Gambia The children are from various families in the village. The boy and girl in the center, red shirts, are the Birthday Boy and Girl for the day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Importance of Using Soap

    • The Importance of Using Soap

    • children; health; Host families

    • Photo was taken in my host family compound one day after school. I was leading the children in an improptu lesson about hand-washing and using soap to kill germs. They got creative and things got a little out of hand!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girl Power

    • Girl Power

    • children; Host families

    • This photo was taken soon after I arrived to live with my permanent host family. These two girls ending up being my best friends in the two years I was there. In this picture their fear of the camera is obvious. They were very unsure and would...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Painting the World

    • Painting the World

    • World map project

    • This picture of me was taken by another Peace Corps Volunteer, Mallory, while we worked on the World Map Project in her village on June 9,2011. The little boy with me is Yaya Tourey, and helped us organize our materials as we worked on the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fruits of our Labor

    • Fruits of our Labor

    • children; agriculture; Host families

    • I took this picture of a fellow Volunteer in my village on September 17, 2010. This was a celebratory picture because the eggplant that Kris is holding is the first vegetable to come from the garden in our compound. The children pictured are my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Smiling Students

    • Smiling Students

    • children; schools; environment

    • I took this picture of elementary school students on January 10, 2011 in my village. The staff, students, and family members were holding a local cleaning exercise at the Lower Basic school, and I was walking around taking pictures when the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Neem Cream

    • Neem Cream

    • health

    • I took this photo of my friend while I was teaching her and her family how to make neem cream. Neem cream is a local insect repellant made by boiling leaves of the neem tree and then mixing the neem water with soap and oil. It is very simple and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • At a Naming Ceremony (Koolio)

    • At a Naming Ceremony (Koolio)

    • Ceremonies; Children

    • I took this photo at a naming ceremony (Koolio) in 1981 in Jambanjelly, The Gambia, West Africa. When a child is seven days old he or she is given a name, and the village comes to celebrate the occasion. The mother (with face covered by material)...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Henna

    • Henna

    • host community

    • I took this photo of fellow Volunteer in her village on June 17, 2010. Her host family was helping her apply henna, a local beauty treatment that many women apply in the village before wedding and naming ceremonies. A paste of crushed roots and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • London Calling

    • London Calling

    • technology; traditional dress

    • I took this picture of a fellow Volunteer in my village during a wedding ceremony on March 4, 2011. This picture is a contrast because of the traditional clothing worn in the ceremonies, usually matching among friends, and the cell phone that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bombali

    • Bombali

    • fishing

    • I took this picture while visiting a Fellow Volunteer in his village on March 10, 2010. We are standing beside a large stream flowing from the Gambia River, which runs up to his village. The fish he is holding is one caught by a local fisherman....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Girls (and Sir)

    • My Girls (and Sir)

    • Children; Host community friends

    • After being away from the village for a week, I came home and found this- my girls and my small gentleman playing on the ground outside of our compound. they were so excited that their very own foreign entertainment was finally home and when I took...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chief's Chair

    • Chief's Chair

    • children; animals

    • I took this photo during my first year of service while some family members were staying with us. The boy, Baboucar, is a nephew named after my host father, the district Chief. The puppy under the chair is one I had recently adopted, and would...
    • Volunteer Photos

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