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    • Waiting for water

    • Waiting for water

    • Children; Environment; Water and sanitation

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar. It’s July 7th, 2011. It’s a Friday, around 10:30am. Not a time when there is usually a lot of people at the fountain, and yet, the dry season has started, but there should still be water. Once again,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Morning Break at the EPP, Public Primary School

    • Morning Break at the EPP, Public Primary School

    • Children; Health; Medicine

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, July 1st, 2011. It’s Friday, it’s about 10:30am. The break should soon be over at the EPP, the Public Primary School. It usually starts at 10:00am and last 20 minutes to half an hour. Some children are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sorting Out Coffee

    • Sorting Out Coffee

    • Environment; Food security; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar. It’s July 15th, 2011. I want to fetch water at the fountain. But, once again, the flow is slow and it’s taking forever. I had brought the Economist to read. But, J… is sorting the coffee, taking out...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Almost There

    • Almost There

    • Environment; Water and sanitation; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • A village on the west Coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Moment of Grace

    • A Moment of Grace

    • Environment; Terrain; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • West Coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers…10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up at 5:00am; asked...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • At the Beach

    • At the Beach

    • Children; Terrain; Environment

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • When the Battle Begins

    • When the Battle Begins

    • Environment; Children; Terrain

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fighting over Fish

    • Fighting over Fish

    • Environment; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Wait

    • The Wait

    • Terrain; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Environment

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing the Fish

    • Preparing the Fish

    • Environment; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Women in Peace Corps

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Respite under a Tree

    • Respite under a Tree

    • Environment; Terrain

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Loko!!

    • Loko!!

    • Games; Children; Terrain

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, July 29th, 2011. “Loko!!” (fish!!). A children’s play. The children are playing “loko!!”. They are reenacting what they see their mother and/or sisters do. As for the little one in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • First National English Teachers Symposium

    • First National English Teachers Symposium

    • teachers and students

    • This photo was taken on 5/29/2008 in the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo, during the first national English teachers symposium. It shows my wife and I and two of the English teachers from our rural village of Ambatofinandrahana. We nominated...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The toughest vacation you'll ever love

    • The toughest vacation you'll ever love

    • language training; children

    • This photo was taken on the beach in Morandava, Madagascar in July, 2008. A volunteer's work is never done, but even volunteers get some vacation days. This photo was taken while I was on vacation from my site in Ambatofinandrahana. While...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ambavani'Djangoa River

    • Ambavani'Djangoa River

    • Environment

    • Location: Ambavani'Djangoa River, Djangoa, Madagascar; August 2011; A traditional Malagasy fishing canoe on the freshwater river that leads to the Mozambique Channel.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mother and Child Nutrition Training

    • Mother and Child Nutrition Training

    • Food and meals; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken by Maya, a Peace Corps health volunteer, in a rural village a two hours hike from her site in the northeast of Madagascar. These women are participating in a monthly health education session, during which they weigh their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV/AIDS Bike Tour Volunteer

    • HIV/AIDS Bike Tour Volunteer

    • hiv/aids

    • In July 2010, a group of PCVs in Madagascar toured Lac Alotra promoting HIV/AIDS awareness. We visited 9 towns in 10 days and talked to thousands of Malagasy people about protecting themselves from STDs. In this picture, PCV Michael Westendorp...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV/AIDS Condom Race

    • HIV/AIDS Condom Race

    • hiv/aids; games

    • In July 2010, a group of PCVs in Madagascar toured Lac Alotra promoting HIV/AIDS awareness. We visited 9 towns in 10 days and talked to thousands of Malagasy people about protecting themselves from STDs. In this picture, a Malagasy woman runs to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Threshing Rice

    • Threshing Rice

    • Agriculture; Host families

    • My host sister took this photo of my other host sister Christina, her son Sitraka and myself. I was training as an Environment Volunteer in Mahitsitady, Madagascar in March of 2008. Rice is the staple food crop for the Malagasy so harvest time is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking to the Rice Field

    • Walking to the Rice Field

    • Agriculture; Host families

    • I took this photo shortly after arriving at my site in Fiadanana, Madagascar in May of 2008. This picture shows three of my neighbors (Andrea, her mother Helen and her sister in law Elva) crossing a river to get to their rice field. This day was...
    • Volunteer Photos

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