This little girl is one of my neighbors and she is the loudest little girl. She will see me coming from a mile away and scream my name as loud as she can before running over and chatting non-stop in the local language, Kiborana. On this day in June...
This is a picture of a young girl who lives in a Manyatta out in the desert. She is very shy and never talks. I took this picture of her in June of 2011.
This is a photo of a young girl posing for the camera. The photo was taken (using color accent) at a friend's house in Juan O'Leary, Alto Parana on December 25, 2010.
Many of the men in my village leave to find work in Italy. They are gone for years at a time while the women and girls have to make ends meet in village, waiting for money to be sent over. This is a photo of three girls from my village in...
Full text of Sargent Shriver's briefing to the press held on March 6, 1961. Shriver introduced members of the original Peace Corps task force, and fielded topics on a range of questions about the initial plans for how the Peace Corps would operate.
While visiting my colleagues in Rajshahi we visited this High School (grades 6 - 10) to help one of the English Teachers. The girls and headmistress were so happy they took time before leaving for the afternoon break to give us a demonstration of...
This photo was taken in 2005 in Kambole, Togo. The little girl was washed and dressed for a good-bye party for Peace Corps Volunteers and their friends in the village.
This picture shows my 11-year old neighbor sitting on top of the school's nearby water tank, resting after manually drawing 80-liters of water for her family. The red colors of the sun ignite the horizon behind her and make her physical features...
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...
A mentally ill street person was provided treatment by the Peace Corps volunteer in Finote Selam. The community did not believe mentally ill people could be treated. The success from treating this girl led the community to treat more than 30...
While visiting my colleagues in Rajshahi we spent some time at this High School (grades 6 - 10) and here is a picture of one of the girls performing a traditional dance in the school courtyard.
This picture is of a 2 or 3-year old neighbor girl sitting on the bamboo front step of her house. Her family worked for the Gregorio Dedal family with whom I, as a Volunteer, lived. I never knew the name of the girl but I took the picture (about...