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    • Christmas in Madagascar

    • Christmas in Madagascar

    • Celebrations; Host community friends

    • This picture was taken in my village in Madgascar: Antsampanimahazo. I am standing with my best friend (Jeannine), and her daughter (Santatra), besides her Christmas tree that we just decorated. This picture was taken in December of 2006.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Health Training

    • Health Training

    • Maternal and child health

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Marondrano

    • Marondrano

    • Transportation

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • International Women's Day

    • International Women's Day

    • International Women's Day

    • March 8, 2011. Four Peace Corps Volunteers participating in a day-long celebration of International Women's Day in Madagascar. In this picture, we are singing about AIDS prevention using the popular rhythm of "Waka Waka." Other posters were also...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Family

    • Host Family

    • Pre-service training (PST); Host families

    • 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
    • Volunteer Photos
    • March Madness HIV/AIDS Prevention Tourne

    • March Madness HIV/AIDS Prevention Tourne

    • Sports

    • 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"...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ready...Set...

    • Ready...Set...

    • Anniversaries; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken during our 50th Anniversary celebration for Peace Corps. It was held at the community hall (see the name on the building, 'Tranom-pokonolona' literally translated as house of the townspeople) at my site in Madagascar. The sign...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water Balloons

    • Water Balloons

    • Anniversaries; Games; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken during our 50th Anniversary celebration for Peace Corps. It was held at the community hall (see the name on the building, 'Tranom-pokonolona' literally translated as house of the townspeople) at my site in Madagascar. The sign...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bricks

    • Bricks

    • Children; Secondary projects

    • Two fellow Volunteers and I collaborated to present a cookstove demonstration at my site in Madagascar. The community was all invited to participate, including children, to get the messiest part of the job done. This is some of the children and I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stuck in the Mud

    • Stuck in the Mud

    • Transportation

    • In Madagascar, around the end of 2006, a Peace Corps vehicle got stuck in the mud while taking me back to my site. My site was mostly a "hike site," meaning that the most reliable way to get there was a 10 kilometer hike over a mountain. Peace...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roadless Site

    • Roadless Site

    • Transportation

    • This pictures was taken around mid-2006, outside of my site (Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar). My site was mainly a "hike site", meaning that the best way to get in, or out, was a 10 k hike over a mountain. In this picture you will see that we are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mudslide Hike

    • Mudslide Hike

    • Terrain

    • This picture was taken outside of Diego, Madagascar in December 2006. In this photo are three Volunteers, and a friend of a Volunteer, who was visiting. We stopped to take a break in the middle of the hike, and our shorts clearly show that it had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Malagasy Children

    • Malagasy Children

    • Schools; Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken in Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar in 2006. It depicts Malagasy school children lining up after a school recess.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Election Interest

    • Election Interest

    • Celebrations

    • This picture was taken in Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar in 2006. The Malagasy people on this cow cart are eagerly looking upon an election campaign speech, as the upcoming election was imminent.
    • Volunteer Photos

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