Taken in a village on the west of Madagascar, July 13th, 2011. Fetching water is an important part of daily life and it takes time. Thus, from the youngest age, the children are asked to help to carry a bottle of water.
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...
Madagascar in June 2011. This is just another sleepy afternoon in a fishing village in Madagascar . The days haul has been brought in, all that remains is for the children to play amongst the canoes.
This is a banner from an AIDS awareness festival, one of nine AIDS education and prevention events that a group of Madagascar PCVs organized and ran with the help of the PSI cinemobile during a week-long bicycle tour in the highlands of Madagascar...
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...
Location: Ambavani'Djangoa River, Djangoa, Madagascar; August 2011; A traditional Malagasy fishing canoe on the freshwater river that leads to the Mozambique Channel.
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...
Benny is a village child who is holding her baby brother on her back. Sweat is pouring down her face as it is hot and it is a lot of work to carry around a child. This picture was taken in a village on the east coast of Madagascar. This picture was...
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...
Location: Mangabe, Madagascar; March 2011; This is one of many endemic chameleon species found in Madagascar. Malagasy people are terrified of chameleons, with their googly eyes and stutter-step walk, and have been known to run screaming in the...
Third Goal; Teachers and Students; Traditional dress
On Thursday, February 28, 2013 over 200 students at Oscar DePriest Elementary School in Austin, Chicago attended presentations about Lindsay Goldberg's experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Madagascar and Niger. A group of the 4th grade...
The photographer saw children hanging out and having a good time and wanted to capture the moment. The picture was taken in a village on the east coast of Madagascar. in 2010.
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.