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    • Horsing Around in Hats

    • Horsing Around in Hats

    • Host community friends; Children

    • Children from the neighborhood came to visit on a regular basis. We played games, worked on art projects, gardened, listened to music, or just played around. Here two boys wear big hats for fun. Taken in Illela, Niger, 1976.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bituun Celebration

    • Bituun Celebration

    • Host community friends; Celebrations; Food and meals

    • I took this photo with my host family during Bituun, the traditional moonless night before Lunar New Year 'Tsagaan Sar' holiday celbrated by Mongolian nationals. Family members get together, typically join in a feast comprised of a slaughtered...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Babushkas

    • Babushkas

    • Host community friends

    • On a cool summer evening in July 2003, a group of local babushkas gossip and catch up on a bench in Kamianets-Podilsky, Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reunion in Tabaka

    • Reunion in Tabaka

    • Host community friends

    • In 2005, we visited the Ong'esa family, in Tabaka, Kenya. We worked with this family as PCV's, around setting up a stone carvers cooperative, and family planning.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing a Meal

    • Sharing a Meal

    • Host community friends; Food and meals

    • Enjoying a delicious meal of couscous and chicken. My wife and I lived upstairs from this wonderful family during our two years in Morocco.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Beauty Salon

    • Beauty Salon

    • Host community; Children

    • I took this photo in Independence Square during my first weeks as a volunteer in St. Kitts. Caucasian volunteers' hair was a reliable source of entertainment for Kittitian children.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ibrahim and Me

    • Ibrahim and Me

    • Host community friends; Children

    • Ibrahim and his mother lived in a room in our compound. His father worked in another town and was seldom home. Ibrahim visited me several times a day. I am not much of a photographer and have very few photos of my service. This photo, taken by the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dinner after a Long Walk

    • Dinner after a Long Walk

    • Host community friends; Food and meals

    • Here's my friend cooking dinner-- sweet potatoes and yams--, after a long walk and carbo loading for the next day. The next morning we grabbed our sugar cane and headed out on our next full day of walking.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Visit with Tribal Dancer

    • Visit with Tribal Dancer

    • Host community friends

    • This is the tribal dancer for the Batak tribe in the interior of Palawan. On my weekend visit there, he invited me to come and meet his family in their home before I hiked back to civilization. Even though we did not speak each other's language,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ukrainian Thanksgiving

    • Ukrainian Thanksgiving

    • Host community friends; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in November 2004, as I celebrated Thanksgiving with my friends, the Obidin family. We had such fun cooking and eating a traditional Thanksgiving meal, substituting chicken for turkey. They especially enjoyed my home-made...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Not Just Another Disco

    • Not Just Another Disco

    • Host community friends; Celebrations; Women's Movement

    • Taken in Bulgaria on March 8th, 2010, which is International Women's Day. The photo shows a volunteer dancing with her students at the end of the celebration for the women of the village.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mama with Firewood

    • Mama with Firewood

    • Host community friends; Food and meals; Elders

    • This photo was taken in the area Craig Cove, on the island of Ambrym (west), in the country of Vanuatu. The old lady just came from the bush after collecting firewood and coconuts for preparing dinner. This photo symbolizes the strength and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Crossover Training in the Field

    • Crossover Training in the Field

    • Host community friends; Children; Games

    • Natase and Shania are my friends, my distraction, my adopted daughters, my salvation. Jump ropes sent from friends back home are used as a cultural exchange. I teach them the cross-over technique and they fill me in on neighborhood gossip. Photo...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Reforestation Campaign

    • Community Reforestation Campaign

    • Environment; Forestry; Work; Host community friends

    • I had this photo taken of me and my friend, Jonnys, during a community reforestation campaign in Macuelizo, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua in August, 1997. We are shown planting a Mexican cedar tree. I had established a tree nursery and organized a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Friend Slavi and His Donkey

    • My Friend Slavi and His Donkey

    • Transportation; Animals;Host Community Friends

    • My good friend Slavi took me and some other volunteers for a walk to his cottage in the countryside, and on the way we encountered his mother's donkey. Being a normal mode of transportation in and around my town, Slavi proceeded to show us how to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • At Mariam's Naming Ceremony

    • At Mariam's Naming Ceremony

    • Celebrations; Host community friends

    • The girl in the photo is a relative of one of my close friends. It was taken at a naming ceremony in the Tahoua region. Friends and family joined to celebrate the naming of Mariam. She died less than a week later.
    • Volunteer Photos

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