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- Todos Santos Horse Race Gone Bad
- Celebrations; Animals;
- Riders take a dangerous fall during the Todos Santos Feria in the Western highlands of Guatemala. Todos Santos Cuchumatan hosts a horse race every Nov. 1 (All Saints Day). The riders and horses are typically intoxicated as they ride back and forth...
- Volunteer Photos
- Cande's Family and Me
- Celebrations; Counterparts; Host community friends
- Cande, my counterpart and best friend in the community, her mother, two daughers and I share a laugh during one of my many despedidas (going away parties) that she held for me.
- Volunteer Photos
- Two Todosantero Boys Take a Break
- Children
- Two small boys from Todos Santos take a break on a long hike from Todos Santos to San Juan, Atitan -- a town about 5 hours from Todos Santos.
- Volunteer Photos
- Getting around in Ukraine's snow!
- Climate
- In December 2013, after a meeting with my counterpart, he needed to take his son to the store, so we got him dressed and prepared for the walk in the snow. He was bundled up in his snow suit, boots, gloves and scarf. Ukrainians really know how to...
- Volunteer Photos
- Todosanteros
- Traditional dress
- Men in Todos Santos wear traditional clothing daily. The materials for the pants and shirts are produced within the municipality and the women spend months weaving the colorful, traditional collars for their shirts.
- Volunteer Photos
- Women's Group Meeting In Todos Santos
- Women's movement; Counterparts
- After a two hour hike up nearly 1,000 meters, my counterpart and I arrive at a women's group meeting in Tuicoy, a small village outside of Todos Santos, Guatemala. The view is incredible.
- Volunteer Photos
- Women's Group Meeting in Tuj Kuk, Guatemala
- Women's movement; Transportation
- Abimael and I helped to start this women's group -- an hour bus ride and 30 minute walk from the municipality. They were motivated to start a group savings account and sustainable gardening projects.
- Volunteer Photos
- Who's who in the Peace Corps--Washington
- Directories
- Full text of Who's Who in the Peace Corps--Washington, which includes staff bios of many of the founding staff members of the Peace Corps. Approximate date of publication is 1963.
- Brochures
- T is for Tonga
- Cross-cultural transition; Youth; Literacy; Traditional dress; Dance; Education; Food and meals; Host community
- Volunteer Stories
- Sumqayit Shore
- culture shock and adaptation; elders
- I took this photo our first day in our training location, Sumqayit, Azerbaijan - a suburb of the capital city of Baku, and a former Soviet industrial playground perched on the Caspian Sea. Having only arrived in country a week earlier, my husband...
- Volunteer Photos
- A Lifestyle Personified
- Environment
- This photo was taken in a mountain village in Azerbaijan in the summer of 2011. The landscape, harsh and unyielding, personifies the lives of those in its midst. The mystery and beauty of the place personify the culture in itself.
- Volunteer Photos
- Learning to Play Bao
- Host community friends; Games
- Tom learning to play bao with some of my fellow teachers.
- Volunteer Photos
- With Great Friends
- Host community friends; Traditional dress
- Here, we are with the family who lived next door to Kelly. They gave us those beautiful clothes before we left our service.
- Volunteer Photos
- An Unexpected Language Lesson
- Language training; Host families
- I took this photo in our host home during our Pre-Service Training period in Azerbaijan. My husband and I had just bought a few books in Azeri to send home to nieces and nephews. When we sat down at the table to try to translate the books into...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Apple Car
- markets; transportation
- In Azerbaijan, it is common for produce...furniture...sheep...you name it, to be sold from the backseat of a Soviet-style Lada. This one happened to be a regular on our street and was most often full of apples. Stationed between the dentist office...
- Volunteer Photos
- As American As Apple Pie...
- Sports; Youth
- A typical softball practice in the western region of Azerbaijan...Peace Corps Volunteers in Azerbaijan have been working for the last few years to build a national youth softball league in the country. The teams practice weekly and compete with...
- Volunteer Photos
- Tom Houston Teaching How to Take a Picture
- Teachers and students
- Here is Tom trying to instruct the cameraman on how to snap a picture!
- Volunteer Photos
- Volunteer Teaching
- Teachers and students; Schools
- This is a photo of a typical class I taught.
- Volunteer Photos
- On Top of Mt. Mulanje
- Terrain
- Malawi's tallest mountain
- Volunteer Photos
- Ladies in Waiting
- Traditional dress; Dance; Celebrations
- My husband and I snapped this shot at our city's annual Novruz celebration. Novruz dates back to Azerbaijan's Zoroastrian roots, and builds with weekly celebrations, culminating in a festival filled with food, art, and dance. These young ladies are...
- Volunteer Photos