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- Sweet, Matching Sisters
- Host community friends; Youth
- These sweet girls would always come to my apartment in St. Paul's, Grenada for art projects, help with homework, or a snack. This day, they just so happened to have color-coordinating "plats" in their hair.
- Volunteer Photos
- A Look in the Past
- Host community friends; Elders
- My 96-yr old (now 97) Grenadian neighbor was placed in a nursing home facility last year. Her freedom to operate her own home was becoming too burdensome for her, despite her wishes to remain in my community. Her attitude changed with every visit I...
- Volunteer Photos
- My Cute Little Neighbor
- Host community friends; Children; Traditional dress
- This is a photo of my 3-year old neighbor who is a cousin of my host siblings. She is wearing the traditional woven clothing typical of rural Mayan communities in Guatemala.
- Volunteer Photos
- My Friend Shorub (Johnny)
- Host community friends; Children
- The son of one of my good friends giving me a hug - after all I was his "uncle."
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Kyrgyz Republic and Habitat for Humanity Team Up
- Volunteerism; Small Project Assistance (SPA); Architecture; Host community friends
- I took this photo on-site in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic on August 12th, 2006 during a joint project with the local Habitat for Humanity. The small project teamed Peace Corps Volunteers with local friends to encourage volunteerism within their own...
- Volunteer Photos
- Scarecrow Made of Banana Leaves
- Host community friends; Environment; Wildlife
- I knew when I arrive in the morning that something was up. The fish farmers were very excited and they said that there was something that they wanted to show me. In Gahombo they had a lot of problems with Hammerkops (birds) stealling the fish. I...
- Volunteer Photos
- Mike in Kayanza Taking a Walk
- Host community friends; Children
- Of course, wherever I went, I was the center of attention.
- Volunteer Photos
- My Street to My House
- Housing; Animals; Host community friends
- I took this picture in 1971. Every time I left my house there was always someone to say helllo to.
- Volunteer Photos
- With Friends in Croix des Bouquets
- Children; Host community
- Ann and I walked to school each morning during training in the company of this beautiful group of children.
- Volunteer Photos
- Two Friends and Neighbors
- Host community friends
- Two friends and neighbors in Namukulu, probably a on Sunday.
- Volunteer Photos
- Saturday Nights
- Host community
- Almost everyone would take to the streets on Friday or Saturday nights just to walk from one side of town to the other. Men walked together and women walked together. And you would dress nice too. This was a big deal.
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Volunteer in Sri Lanka
- Host families; Host community friends; Environment
- Photo of host father and friends enjoying themselves in the water pond in Pibidunugama-Sri Lanka.
- Volunteer Photos
- Students
- Music; Host community friends; Teachers and students
- Pictured are my students from Goldbedaugh, Iran, a small village of about 50 people located about 5 or 6 miles from Kangavar, the county seat, where the school was located This village had no electricity in 1970, and students either walked or...
- Volunteer Photos
- Yemeni Shepherd Girls
- Traditional dress; Host community friends
- Taken in the highlands of Yemen, somewhere between Amran and Thula, in Fall of 1977. My husband and I had arrived in Yemen about a week before and were hiking toward the highest mountain on the Arabian peninsula, and wondering how we would be...
- Volunteer Photos
- Preparing to Spray Fruit Trees
- Children; Host community; Environment
- Ernie is showing neighbor children Behrouz Salehi and Shahab Daregari what he is doing to prepare the pesticide to spray on the fruit trees. This photo was taken at our house in Kerend, Iran, Summer 1970
- Volunteer Photos
- Picknicking with Students
- Food and meals; Host community friends
- Picnicking is a popular past time in Iran on Friday, the Islamic day of rest. Once a year several of my fellow high school teachers in Kangavar, Iran, would select some of their best students and reward them with a picnic. Picnics were in the...
- Volunteer Photos
- RPCV Ramey with a BRAC Trainer and His Family
- Host community friends
- Here I am the night before my service ends visiting one of the BRAC trainers and his family.
- Volunteer Photos
- Primary School
- Schools; Host community
- Photo taken of three Sri Lankan women in front of local village primary school.
- Volunteer Photos
- East Timor The First Year
- Host community
- Volunteer Matt talking to a village member during a walk into his community. 2002
- Volunteer Photos
- Old Man on Icy Sidewalk
- Elders; Host community
- In the city of Arad, on my way to the after school program run my the orphanage where I worked, I saw this older gentleman carefully balancing on the icy sidewalk.
- Volunteer Photos