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    • Work Together, Play Together

    • Work Together, Play Together

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken in Andringitra, Madagascar. Two Peace Corps Volunteers, Kurt and Sonia, along with their sisters (visiting), met up with the Club Vintsy (an environment club). Kurt and Sonia did a lot of their work with Club Vintsy in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Women Selling Fish at the Market

    • Women Selling Fish at the Market

    • Markets

    • It’s Saturday morning, it’s market day in the village. Market day is a busy day. Saleswomen and men come a long (or not) way to sell their produce or products. It’s especially busy between June and September; especially busy in July. That is...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Village Neighbors

    • Village Neighbors

    • Children

    • Three neighborhood children looking through the fence at the photographer. The picture was taken in 2010 in a village on the east coast of Madagascar.
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Testing Out a Fuel Efficient Cookstove

    • Testing Out a Fuel Efficient Cookstove

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

    • I took this photo of the women's group (and children) in my village of Fiadanana, Madagascar in May 2008. I had inherited a fuel efficient cookstove project from the previous volunteer. The women and I had recently completed this cookstove and we...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sunset from the bridge, Ambanja, Madagascar

    • Sunset from the bridge, Ambanja, Madagascar

    • environment

    • Location: Ambanja, Madagascar; April 2011; In the evenings in Ambanja- a fairly large city on the coast of Northern Madagascar- people congregate on the bridge over the Sambirano river to watch the sunset and socialize. In the photo, a traditional...
    • 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
    • Stuck in the Mud

    • Stuck in the Mud

    • Transportation; Terrain

    • This picture was taken toward the end of 2006 outside of my village of Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar. My village was mostly a "hike site", meaning that the only way to get in was to hike 7 miles up and over a mountain (about a 2 hour strenous...
    • 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
    • Running Towards the Future

    • Running Towards the Future

    • HIV/AIDS

    • A woman runs towards a trash can to dispose of a "used" condom in a race against fellow villagers. By educating rural Malagasy on HIV/AIDS prevention, Peace Corps Volunteers hope to reduce transmission rates and increase awareness. In 2010,...
    • 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

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