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- Watch Us Spay This Dog
- Animals
- I translated for a visiting vet in Haiti. They spayed a dog right in front of us while the local vet students watched. I learned a lot of vocabulary that day.
- Volunteer Photos
- A Baby Goat on the Road
- Animals
- One day on a walk we found a baby goat. You just have to pick it up. This is my fellow Volunteer, Rachel.
- Volunteer Photos
- Open to the Elements - A House on the Side of the Road
- Architecture; Housing
- I loved this picture. The crooked, leaning house with a blue door. Haiti is full of the most beautiful colors, but I'm not sure if this was a house or a bus stop.
- Volunteer Photos
- Silly Pose - Little Boys in Haiti
- Children
- Haitian boys loved getting their picture taking. They often posed in a serious way. I had a digital camera at the time and showed them the picture after.
- Volunteer Photos
- Babies in Haiti
- Children
- While doing a reproductive health training course, one of the mothers brought her baby and I held him the whole time. I was always holding babies everywhere I went.
- Volunteer Photos
- Learning the Alphabet in Haiti
- Children
- Little Haitian girls in class, learning to write. They wear uniforms and write on chalkboards.
- Volunteer Photos
- Silly Girls Carrying Water
- Children
- Everyone in rural Haiti takes turns carrying water. They can carry very heavy things while walking and they often laugh at the sight of a foreigner.
- Volunteer Photos
- Let's Color - Haiti
- Children; Host community friends
- I lived with a family in Hinche, Haiti for a few months before moving out on my own. I kept in close touch with Fabienne, this little girl, and she came by often to play. This day we colored and read stories that my mom sent from the States.
- Volunteer Photos
- Row Your Boat - LaGonav, Haiti
- Children; Transportation
- I was visiting the island of Lagonav off the coast of Haiti and a group of boys were in a boat and when the saw me all jumped in at the same time. This picture was taken just seconds before they jumped.
- Volunteer Photos
- Drying Fish in Jacmel, Haiti
- Fishing
- A very common scene, I got my picture next to a line of fish drying in the sun, next to a mud house on the coast of southern Haiti.
- Volunteer Photos
- A Skit for Women's Health - Haiti
- Health
- As a Volunteer, I worked with women's borrowing groups. We had skits and songs to talk about health. Haitian women love to act and sing together.
- Volunteer Photos
- Practice Makes Perfect
- HIV/AIDS
- I taught reproductive health programs with women borrowers of the local microfinance bank, Fonkoze. Here, we were learning about condoms.
- Volunteer Photos
- We're Family
- Host families
- This picture was taken after a year of service, in June of 2004, when I went back to my training site in the community of Koujol, not far from Archaie, Haiti, to visit my host family. The little girl on the right, Kenya, was born during my 3...
- Volunteer Photos
- Host family in Haiti
- Host families
- I lived with a host family in rural Haiti. 9 years later I stopped by for a surprise visit with old pictures of us. After a few minutes, word got around that I was there and all the neighbors came by to say hi and see. Archaie, Haiti.
- Volunteer Photos
- Return Visit to Host Family in Haiti 9 Years Later
- Host families
- My Haitian Host family during traing, 9 years later. I went back for a visit with another RPCV and there were two more kids, a new home and wonderful memories. Training in Akaye (Archaie)near Port.
- Volunteer Photos
- My Cheery Kitchen in Hinche
- Housing
- I loved my yellow doors. This is my kitchen with the table I had made by a local carpenter and covered with fabric from the market. Hinche, Haiti.
- Volunteer Photos
- Getting a Haircut in Rural Haiti
- Life skills
- I was taking a walk, at dusk and saw this picturesque sight - a haircut, under a tree. Archaie, Haiti.
- Volunteer Photos
- A Day at the Market in Haiti
- Markets
- As a volunteer, I worked with market women through a micro finance organization. I went to visit one of the borrowers at the market in Jacmel, Haiti.
- Volunteer Photos
- On the Way to the Market
- Markets; Host families
- I used to join my host mother at the market where she sold bananas and veggies. She usually carried everything on her head, but since I was with her, we shared the load. Archaie, Haiti.
- Volunteer Photos
- The White House Fallen after the Earthquake
- Natural disasters
- I visited Haiti years after service, after a major earthquake, and saw the capital building destroyed. Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- Volunteer Photos