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- Peace Corps Times (Winter 1994)
- Newsletters--1990s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Times (Winter, 1994). Listed as issue "Number One."
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Today (Fall 1994)
- Newsletters--1990s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Today (Fall, 1994).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Today (Spring 1995)
- Newsletters--1990s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Today (Spring, 1995).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Today (Spring-Summer 1997)
- Newsletters--1990s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Today (Spring-Summer, 1997).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Times (Issue 2, 2008)
- Newsletters--2000s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Times (Issue 2, 2008).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (August 1965)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (August 1965).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (January 1966)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (January 1966).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (March 1967)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (March 1967).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (August 1967)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (August 1967).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (February 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (February 1968).
- Newsletters
- Balloon Hats
- Crafts; Youth
- I found some balloons in the storage of the youth center. I decided to walk around town making balloon hats.
- Volunteer Photos
- The Hardest Job You'll Ever Love
- Terrain; Climate; Traditional dress
- This occurred on my way to my village in Mauritania, West Africa (2007-2009). On my way home after finishing sessions for new Volunteers during the rainy season, I witnessed this sandstorm roaring across the desert. When it hit the town I was in,...
- Volunteer Photos
- No Laughing
- Host families
- This picture was taken at the end of training in Mauritania, 2007. I was leaving for my site after a round of tea and decided to kill time by teaching my host sister how to play a game I played as a child known as the "silly face, no laughing"...
- Volunteer Photos
- Musical Break
- Host community friends; Food and meals; Pre-service Training (PST); Language training
- This was tea time at our language class during training. We took a break every day to have tea. Our language instructor, Aminetou, always made the tea while she spoke to us in French. A local kid, Mohammed, stopped by to play us music and I...
- Volunteer Photos
- Hitching a Ride
- Transportation
- This photo was taken on the road to my site of Kiffa, Mauritania. Having visited a fellow volunteer in the next town over of Geuro, we decided to try and bypass the usual taxi fee by riding on top of a semi. We had seen it done before by locals...
- Volunteer Photos
- Camel Caravan to Chinguetti
- Transportation; Host community friends; Terrain; Animals;
- This photo was taken during a camel caravan that I was on, along with a group of teachers working in Nouadhibou, Mauritania. The trip was by train, taxi and truck, and finally by camel from Nouadhibou to Chinguetti and back.
- Volunteer Photos
- Trip to Chinguetti with Teachers from Nouadhibou
- Terrain
- I am in Chinguetti with teacher colleagues after a camel caravan from Atar to Chinguetti. We were exploring the beautiful ruins of old buildings around Chinguetti, which you see here in the background. I am the third from the left in this photo.
- Volunteer Photos
- Saddling Up for a Camel Caravan
- Transportation; Host community friends; Terrain; Animals
- Here I am (left) saddling up for a camel caravan that I took with teacher colleague friends. The trip was from Nouadhibou where we lived and worked to Chinguetti, in the desert of Mauritania. We are at this point just outside of Atar, getting ready...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Good Guest
- host families; Culture shock and adaptation
- This photo was taken in November of 2005, in Jidr El Mohghuen, Mauritania. As a new volunteer, one of the most difficult things to adjust to was how to be a "good guest" when getting to know new families. The midwesterner in me demanded that I...
- Volunteer Photos
- Remember to stretch!
- Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); sports
- This photo was taken in July of 2007 at the Kaedi lycee in southern Mauritania. The girls in the picture come from villages all over the country, and are participating in an EcoHealth Camp organized by Health and Environmental Education...
- Volunteer Photos