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    • Where the Heck is Helena?

    • Where the Heck is Helena?

    • Transportation; Housing

    • Traveling by taxi from the capital of Guyana, Georgetown, to my new site in New Amsterdam, I flew by this road sign. Helena?? That's my hometown in Montana! It's pointing in the right direction, but I reckon it's a village here. I don't recall...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What's Your Flavour?

    • What's Your Flavour?

    • Food and meals

    • Volunteers Tim, Emily, Shannon and I are sampling some of the fare at the House of Flavour rasta shop in Georgetown, Guyana. Don't always judge your meal by the looks...this was GREAT, and the fact that it cost less than $2.00 was even better! ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wakapoa

    • Wakapoa

    • Children

    • I took this photo while visiting another Volunteer in her remote Amerindian village, Wakapoa, in Region 2, Guyana. In this photo a young boy is seen walking to his home surrounded by palm trees; a hidden view to another way of life.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thumbs Up For Voting!

    • Thumbs Up For Voting!

    • Teachers and students

    • I took this photo in January 2011 at a primary school in Guyana. Our school had just implemented a student government program. This specific day was our election day complete with campaigning, a polling booth and voting. For each student who passed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Speaking Leaves

    • Speaking Leaves

    • youth

    • I took this photo on the third day (August 16th, 2011) of a two week youth camp in Guyana. The three children in the photo represent three of the six major races in Guyana: the Africans, the East Indians, and the indigenous Amerindians. The photo's...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Seven Curry

    • Seven Curry

    • Food and meals; celebrations

    • Guests at Hindu weddings in Guyana enjoy a fest of seven different types of curries; they include pumpkin, potato, channa (chickpeas), callaloo, catahar, achar, and dhal all piled on top of white rice.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • READ!

    • READ!

    • Children; Teachers and students

    • As a Peace Corps Response Volunteer, I'm currently living and working with an indigenous group of Amerindians in a remote village of Guyana. One day my younger students and I were reading books and decided we wanted a picture of ourselves, just...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing for a Wedding

    • Preparing for a Wedding

    • Cooking; Weddings; Host families

    • My host sister got married, and the festivities included 5 days worth of celebrating and 10 days worth of preparation. In this picture we are making the dessert Mathai.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Phagwah Day

    • Phagwah Day

    • celebrations

    • This photo was taken in Georgetown, Guyana during the Hindu Celebrate of Phagwah in 2010. The celebration involves throwing colored powder on everyone who is out in the city for the day and, as shocked as I was to be thrown into such a situation,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Phagwah

    • Phagwah

    • Celebrations

    • This photo was taken during a Phagwah celebration in the spring of 2007. This holiday is mainly celebrated by the Hindu Indo-Guyanese population in Guyana to celebrate the trumiph of good over evil. On this day the village people of Canal #1,...
    • Volunteer Photos

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