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    • Carpentry and Joinery Class

    • Carpentry and Joinery Class

    • Host community friends; Construction; Volunteers

    • First year students at the Laumua o Punaoa Technical College in Faleula, Samoa proudly display their handiwork with instructor and Peace Corps Volunteer Cale Reeves. 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Siapo Artisan

    • Siapo Artisan

    • Artisans; Host community; Traditional dress

    • Siapo (or tapa) is a cloth made from the bark of mulberry trees and painted in traditional Samoan motifs. This artisan had just completed this custom siapo for Peace Corps Volunteer Erik Martin to commemorate the completion of his service....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Vacation

    • Vacation

    • Volunteers; terrain

    • Peace Corps Volunteers Cale and Sara Reeves found their favorite spot to relax and rejuvenate at Jane's Beach Fales in the village of Manase on the big island of Savai'i. Their trips there were infrequent, as it took almost eight hours to travel by...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Samoan Independence Day

    • Samoan Independence Day

    • Host community; Traditional dress; Ceremonies

    • Students of Laumua o Punaoa dressed in traditional wear (though made out of modern materials) to perform at the Independence Day celebration in June 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Siva Afi

    • Siva Afi

    • Ceremonies; Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • Samoan Fire Knife Dancing. We were lucky enough to be in country for both the 7th and 8th Annual International Siva Afi competitions. Apia, Samoa
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Siva Afi

    • Siva Afi

    • Ceremonies; Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • Samoan Fire Knife Dancing. We were lucky enough to be in country for both the 7th and 8th Annual International Siva Afi competitions. Apia, Samoa
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waterfall Hike

    • Waterfall Hike

    • Volunteers; terrain

    • A favorite activity of Volunteers in-country was the waterfall hike at Lalo Talie led by Olsen. The hike took us up the river and past (or over) 13 waterfalls. Faleaseela, Samoa. 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waterfall Hike

    • Waterfall Hike

    • Volunteers; terrain

    • A favorite activity of Volunteers in country was the waterfall hike at Lalo Talie led by Olsen. The hike took us up the river and past (or over) 13 waterfalls. Faleaseela, Samoa. 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cruise Ship

    • Cruise Ship

    • Transportation; Host community; Children

    • When large cruise ships docked in Apia harbor they quickly became the largest man-made structure. Apia, Samoa.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ava Ceremony

    • Ava Ceremony

    • Ceremonies; Host community friends; Traditional dress; Volunteers

    • Peace Corps Volunteers Aaron Cook and Cale Reeves participate in the welcome Ava Ceremony for new Peace Corps Country Director Dale Withington. 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Sister

    • Host Sister

    • Host families; Children

    • Our host sister, Claire, is ready to attend the Mother's Day Celebration at church. Lalomauga, Samoa. May 2008
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gathering Mangos

    • Gathering Mangos

    • Host families; housing; traditional dress; Children; Volunteers

    • Volunteer Cale Reeves and his host brothers and sisters gather mangos thrown down by his host father in the tree above them. Lalomauga. 2007
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Savalivali

    • Savalivali

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress; Terrain

    • "Savalivali means go for a walk." This is a line from a song taught to us by our language trainers. These village children are walking back from a hydro-electric plant. They play in the run-off as if it were a water park. Lalomauga, Samoa. 2007.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Culture Day

    • Culture Day

    • Ceremonies; Food and meals; Host community friends

    • Every two years the Samoan Methodist Schools from both islands come together to celebrate all things Samoan Culture. Here a student makes coconut cream. Faleula, Samoa. 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tsunami

    • Tsunami

    • Natural disasters; Terrain

    • September 29, 2009 a tsunami hit the south side of our island, Upolu. Cale and I joined other volunteers and the Red Cross the next morning to search for bodies in an utterly devastate landscape. We also made a trip to the south side the following...
    • Volunteer Photos

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