I took this photo on October 18th, 2007 in my site in Paraguay. Neni is demonstrating a creative reuse of the abundant sour orange rinds available in the community: plantable seed-starting pots.
Host community; Transportation; Host community friends
This photo was taken August 25th, 2007 along the Pan-American Highway near my site in Paraugay. It shows my wife and I joking with Paraguayans about how we get around on banana-powered bicycles.
I took this photo on May 16th, 2008 on the Rio Paraguay in Alto Paraguay province. Boat day only happens once a week in isolated border towns where the massive Pantanal wetland meets the Chaco desert. When the boat arrives, it's the town's only...
In the Dominican Republic, the lunch time standard is rice and beans, possibly some meat. Tostones are fried plantains (shown on the back of the plate).
My first time at the bazaar in the Kyrgyz Republic I was in awe of the fresh vegetables and amazingly delicious fruit. The food was accessible and ready to be devoured. This picture was taken in August 2008 with a local Kyrgyz woman examining her...
I took this photo during the Feria in my town in Guatemala, which is in the tropical foothills along the Pacific coast near the Mexican border. "Feria" is the equivalent of the country fair, coming once a year. It was late afternoon and this dance...
This was recently after arriving at my site; delivering an interactive presentation touching on mother-child health practices. There were rumors of multiple cyclones barreling in off the east coast, but the chances of them reaching our arid and...
This is my loving host family during PST in Mahitsitady ("the rope of straightness") Madagascar; to my right is my host mother Esther and down below her is little Toky
This was in the magnificent town of Tolagnaro inhabited primarily by the proud and industrious Antanosy tribesmen and women. I was discussing HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention with a group of local at-risk youths during a breal from our "baskety"...
Biking through the harsh dry savannah in the unforgiving heat to implement health trainings with my exceptionally outstanding counterpart Dr. Mamy. We were well received in the village of Marondrano, located in the Great South of Madagascar. The...
Part of the job is sometimes just hanging out with the kids in the community. These two siblings were my favorite "muchachos" in my community in the Dominican Republic from 2008-1010. They would be at my house from the second I opened my doors to...
I took this photo Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, on November 6th, 2008, during my last days as a Peace Corps Volunteer. It is a classic urban bus ("collectivo"), where the vast majority of people are nominally Catholic.