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    • Mural in Koutiala

    • Mural in Koutiala

    • Maternal and child health; Hospitals; Art

    • Koutiala Volunteers in Mali, West Africa, paint a mural depicting maternal health and nutrition at the Women's and Children's Hospital. This mural was done a few days before Mali Volunteers were evacuated from the country due to the coup d'etat and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Every Time

    • Every Time

    • HIV/AIDS

    • In 2006 Namibia's HIV/AIDS prevalence rate was close to 20% and rising. Massive efforts were made to increase knowledge and raise awareness of the virus. By 2007 a government survey found that 90% of Namibians had the necessary knowledge about...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Koutialakaw

    • Koutialakaw

    • Traditional dress

    • Koutialakaw means people from Koutiala (a city in the region of Sikasso) in Bambara, one of the languages in Mali, West Africa. Here we are dressed up in Malian clothes to go to the mosque.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Playthings

    • Playthings

    • Children

    • Draman and Badri with their mud cows. Taken in the village of Samabogo in January 2009. These two boys were my helpers and had come to greet me and show me the new toys that they had made.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dogon Dancer

    • Dogon Dancer

    • Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • Sangha, Mali taken on 12/28/2008. We took a three-day hike in Dogon country to celebrate Christmas. On the final day we were congratulated with this dance. The dance is traditionally done at a funeral, but Dogons perform it for tourists.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fistula Center

    • Fistula Center

    • Women's movement

    • Mopti, Mali taken on August 07, 2008. I was giving a Moringa presentation as a part of a technical exchange with another Volunteer. The women at this center all had or were recovering from obstetric fistula.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bala

    • Bala

    • Host families; Elders

    • Samabogo, Mali taken in January 2009. This is a picture of Bala (an old animist shaman, myself, and my host dad). My host dad and I rode three miles into the bush to visit Bala. When we arrived he had a new green car to show us. He also had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Worokia and the Beans

    • Worokia and the Beans

    • Host families;

    • Samabogo, Mali taken on 10/4/2009. This is my host mom, Worokia, at my village going away party. I bought 50 pounds of beans and invited my friends and family to eat and dance. I admit we are all bean eaters.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Koporo-Pen Health/Sanitation Committee

    • Koporo-Pen Health/Sanitation Committee

    • Host community; Health

    • This is a photo of Koporo-pen's Peace Corp formed health committee which consisted of my village work counterpart and two members of each section of the village. We met weekly to discuss issues with village sanitation and health and brainstormed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Well Work and Field Based Training

    • Well Work and Field Based Training

    • Pre-service Training (PST); Environment; Water and Sanitation

    • This is a photo of a field base training that I set up in my village Koporo-pen. We were doing a top well repair and another Volunteer and I took that opportunity to train Peace Corps trainees as well as our own village masons. We brought some...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Going to the Bandiagara Market

    • Going to the Bandiagara Market

    • Transportation

    • This photo was taken on our way to the Bandiagara market. I traveled with another volunteer Victor Quintana and friends from my village Koporo-Pen on their donkey carts. They were traveling to Bandiagara to sell their millet grains. Koporo-pen...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I Think I Made Friends

    • I Think I Made Friends

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Host community friends

    • This photo was taken in Kourouma, Mali at the local school where we painted a map of Mali on the school wall. I had just arrived with 3 other volunteers and made quite an interruption at the school.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dressed Up for a Wedding

    • Dressed Up for a Wedding

    • Weddings; Host families

    • I took this picture of my homologue and her sisters during the youngest sisters wedding. This was in my first 3 months at site and it was amazing to meet and feel so accepted bu all of her family. In Mali weddings are a very big especially for the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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