I was a Health volunteer in Mbala, Zambia and Dakotah was a teacher in Monkey Bay, Malawi. We came from opposite sides of the USA--Washington state and Florida, to meet on a Christmas vacation in Mozambique. We wrote letters to communicate and...
Like many Peace Corps Volunteers before and after me, Seyni was my Baba (father). Being posted in Dosso, Niger where Seyni was the Peace Corps Program Assistant, I became very close to him and his family. It was a rare day that I did not hear the...
This photo was taken in my host family's compound in the apring of 2010 in the Kolda Region of Senegal. These two little rascals, Ibu and Mama, were my little brothers during my service. They always wanted to share with me what they were doing in...
This photo was taken in a village near my post. I was invited to a wedding there- my first time attending a wedding in Cameroon. Everyone was dancing around the bride and I was just spectating until some of the dancers called me to join them. I...
I took this photo during a weekend trip in March 2010 to a "Feria" in Copey de Dota, Costa Rica. "Ferias" usually include soccer games, a rodeo, music, dances, and food and bake sales in order to raise money for local community groups. The photo...