This little girl is one of my neighbors and she is the loudest little girl. She will see me coming from a mile away and scream my name as loud as she can before running over and chatting non-stop in the local language, Kiborana. On this day in June...
This is a picture of a young girl who lives in a Manyatta out in the desert. She is very shy and never talks. I took this picture of her in June of 2011.
This photo shows Peace Corps Volunteer Thomas, with the principal of Athiru Gaiti Sec School (William Kiathia) along with several students in front of the completed world map. The students worked with Thomas over a period of 2 months to finish the...
This photo was taken on August 6th, 2011. It was my birthday and me and a group of other Volunteers were heading from Nairobi to Mombasa on a night train. We all woke up at dawn to hang out the windows and watch the landscape roll by.
These are hand made homes outside of Eldoret, Kenya. they are made with "Rammed Earth" style cob construction and roofed in thatch. Generally this is how most Kenyans live in the rural areas.
In August 2006, Senator Barack Obama and his family visited Kenya and Peace Corps volunteers were invited to U.S. Embassy in Nairobi as he addressed to Peace Corps volunteers and the embassy staff members.
This photo was taken on May 12, 2012 at a secondary chool in Kenya. On this day, we had a Girls' Empowerment Day, during which we taught the girls various skills including HIV/AIDS prevention (proper condom use), reproductive health, and...
This picture shows my 11-year old neighbor sitting on top of the school's nearby water tank, resting after manually drawing 80-liters of water for her family. The red colors of the sun ignite the horizon behind her and make her physical features...
In April 2011, I visited the Carden Traditional School and spoke to several groups of 6th through 8th grade students about Kenyan culture. In this picture, I am talking about one of the various attractions for visitors to see in Kenya. I am dressed...
This photo was taken during a laboratory activity carried out by Peace Corps Volunteer Christine Boyer in Kenya during June of 2011. Students were given the opportunity to apply their knowledge of gaseous exchange in fish by dissecting and...
This is a photo portrait taken of a L 'Moran warrior north of Archer's Post (north of Isiolo, Kenya) when I visited a friends mother's traditional Samburu manyatta campsite over the Easter Holiday. 1986
In 2005, we visited the Ong'esa family, in Tabaka, Kenya. We worked with this family as PCV's, around setting up a stone carvers cooperative, and family planning.
My main focus was to assist desilt Latta Dam. My duties ranged from working directly with the Health Workers to remove silt using basic hand tools, to documenting and helping my Public Health Officer submit proposals to acquire assistance from...
The photo was taken in Athiru Gaiti, Kenya in December of 2010. My students and I built a brick pizza oven near the start of my service and this pictures shows the final time I made pizza with them. We also painted the Peace Corps logo on the...