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    • Laughter at Lunch

    • Laughter at Lunch

    • Food and meals; Host community friends

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. These are three of my closest neighbors and friends eating tup (boiled millet mush) with okra sauce. From left to right are Zali Sanushi with her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sa'adiya Writing

    • Sa'adiya Writing

    • Host community friends

    • This is a picture of a young woman named Sa'adiya. It was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. Sa'adiya is 14 years old in this picture. She was too old to go to the children's school (which only opened the year...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Amara Going to the Well

    • Amara Going to the Well

    • Water and sanitation; Counterparts

    • This is a picture of my counterpart, Amara, outside of the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in early 2010. The village of Tsanwa has one foot pump that is 70m deep and two wells to meet their water needs. One of the wells has very...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Obama Mama

    • Obama Mama
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    • This picture was taken in the village of Solulu in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. I saw this woman in market, so I'm not sure of her name but I loved the Obama shirt. Most Nigerien's LOVED Obama. There were tons of things for sale with his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Nana Farida's Sad Face

    • Nana Farida's Sad Face

    • Children

    • This is a picture of a young girl named Nana Farida. She is benig carried tied to her mother's back and she is unhappy about it. This was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in early 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Henna

    • Henna

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. These are my feet and the baby feet of Laure Garba. We both got traditional henna done to our feet for the Tabaski festival.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Little Husband

    • My Little Husband

    • Host community friends; Children

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. In this picture is Maimena Hassan and her son Abass, wearing my sunglasses. My husband's local name was Abass. In the Hausa culture a woman does not...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Laure and Faiza

    • Laure and Faiza

    • Children

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. The baby in the swing is named Laure Garba, and her older sister, who is keeping an eye on her, is named Faiza Garba. Laure is her mother's 13th child. Women...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Grammie!

    • Grammie!

    • Children; Host community friends

    • This is a picture of Halima Abdou with her grand child. The picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Phagwah Day

    • Phagwah Day

    • celebrations

    • This photo was taken in Georgetown, Guyana during the Hindu Celebrate of Phagwah in 2010. The celebration involves throwing colored powder on everyone who is out in the city for the day and, as shocked as I was to be thrown into such a situation,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fulani Wrestling Match

    • Fulani Wrestling Match

    • sports; celebrations; host community friends

    • I took this image during a welcome ceremony in a fellow PVC's northern village in Togo. All the community members in his village held activities that displayed the traditions of Togolese. The ceremony opened up with a traditional Fulani wrestling...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Voila!

    • Voila!

    • artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); business development

    • I met Chantal in a neighboring village and due to our shared connection in the arts, I focused some of my work as a small business development PCV on promoting her and her craft. When I met her she only dyed and sold the printed batik cloth she...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hokey Pokey

    • Hokey Pokey

    • dance; youth development

    • This images is of my fellow PCV and children in our host village of Agou, Togo in the summer of 2007. While on break during our first weeks of training, we joined in teaching the children one of our favorite pastime games, the Hokey Pokey.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Blue skies

    • Blue skies

    • housing

    • A storm is coming across the fields in Adeta, Togo in July 2009 during my work with a partnering NGO to construct a community center dedicated to promoting creativity in the youth. The main door to the center remains sheltered as it awaits the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Honoring My Village Grams, One Year Later

    • Honoring My Village Grams, One Year Later

    • elders; host community friends

    • The image was taken during my return visit to my village of Adeta, Togo one year after my service ended. I was so happy to be able to share a tribute to the woman who became my village grandma. I presented her with a photo of the exhibit that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Trifon Zarezan Day

    • Trifon Zarezan Day

    • music

    • I took this photo on February 12th, 2011, of the local folk song group in Chiprovtsi Bulgaria. They were warming up with tea, honey, and rakia before singing for Trifon Zarezan Day Celebrations. Trifon Zarezan is an annual holiday celebrating...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Grape Harvesting

    • Grape Harvesting

    • host community friends; agriculture

    • This photo was taken September 27th, 2010 in a garden near Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria. I spent the day harvesting grapes for homemade wine with my friend, Yulka (pictured). She taught me folk songs while we worked.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Morning Prayer

    • Morning Prayer

    • schools; children; religion

    • I took this photo at the beginning of a school day in 2011 in Karawab, Guyana. The students say their prayers and pledge as a group before greeting the teachers and listening to the announcements. The Head Teacher watches the children carefully...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Trifon Zarezan Day Participation

    • Trifon Zarezan Day Participation

    • traditional dress; food and meals

    • On February 12, 2011, I participated with the ladies folk group in greeting visitors to Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria. The photo shows me dressed in traditional costume, offering bread as a welcome to visitors. The occasion was Trifon Zarezan Day, a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional Costume

    • Traditional Costume

    • Traditional dress; Host families

    • This photo is of me and my host mom from a small village in Bulgaria. Part way through pre-service training, my host mom took me to be fitted for a traditional folk costume from the local region. This photo was taken in June 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos

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