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    • Close of Service (COS)

    • Close of Service (COS)

    • Close of Service (COS)

    • This photo was taken in El Salvador during our COS conference, September 2006. Out of the original 15 in our Agroforesty/Environmental Education training group (2004-2006), these are the only ones who COS'ed, although two others were still in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Higinio and Tomas Toast Coffee

    • Higinio and Tomas Toast Coffee

    • Cooking

    • In a project directed at increasing revenues by fully processing the local, high-altitude coffee, Tomas and Higinio toast coffee inside an old building built by the government and mining companies. The Ngäbes have recently protested the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rice Paddy Training

    • Rice Paddy Training

    • Counterparts

    • In conjunction with my neighbor (also a Volunteer), we are training our counterparts how to construct and plant rice paddies in the rural areas of Panama, 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volunteer Surveys Forest

    • Volunteer Surveys Forest

    • Agriculture; Forestry

    • This Volunteer is a forest resources expert under the Ministry of Agriculture. He is responsible for conducting surveys of forests in order to measure and classify trees for planning reforestation projects in the future.
    • Agency Photos
    • San Juan Reforestation Group

    • San Juan Reforestation Group

    • Forestry

    • PCRV Jacob Slusser seen with OCASP reforestation group and their first native tree seedlings in a small tree nursery. The saplings were to reforest riparian areas that are important for the Panama Canal Watershed. June 2008, San Juan de Pequeni,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PCV Piñata Look-alike

    • PCV Piñata Look-alike

    • Games; Children; Volunteers

    • This photo was taken on June 11th of 2011 in my village in the Republic of Panama at my farewell ceremony the day before I left to begin my close of service proceedings. These are the daughters of my friends/counterparts Nori and Eloi . Neither...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pool Tournament

    • Pool Tournament

    • games; health

    • This photo was taken in 2010 in Casas Viejas, El Jicaro, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua. I did a pool tournament in which groups of men competed in pool and in between each round listened to a lesson about agriculture practices or sexual health. At the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • San Juan Reforestation Group

    • San Juan Reforestation Group

    • Gardens

    • Photo taken in June 2008, San Juan de Pequeni, Chagres National Park, Rep. of Panama. Response Volunteer, Jacob Slusser seen with OCASP reforestation group and their first native tree seedlings in a small tree nursery. The saplings were to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Standing Up Against HIV

    • Standing Up Against HIV

    • HIV-AIDS; Drama

    • This photo was taken during a workshop on female sexual health in the primary school of a rural farming community. The photo shows Selena Martinez as an HIV virus, surrounded by crouching girls, whom demonstrated white blood cells letting down...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Carlita Hunts for Easter Eggs

    • Carlita Hunts for Easter Eggs

    • host community friends; celebrations; children

    • During Holy Week I did a culture exchange with my women's group in Pino Dulce, Guatemala. We dyed Easter eggs and hid them for the kids to find while I explained to them the history of this tradition in America. This photo shows kids searching...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yaneth Weaving

    • Yaneth Weaving

    • Host community friends; Children

    • This was taken in 2011 (post-service) while visiting the Emberá community Ella Drua in Colón, Panama. Yaneth was weaving a traditional Emberá basket while her daughter, Vianca, and my son, Adrián, played on the floor.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Cute Little Neighbor

    • My Cute Little Neighbor

    • Host community friends; Children; Traditional dress

    • This is a photo of my 3-year old neighbor who is a cousin of my host siblings. She is wearing the traditional woven clothing typical of rural Mayan communities in Guatemala.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jose Domingo

    • Jose Domingo

    • Host Families

    • This is my host brother having his hair washed by my host mom. He was born only a week after I arrived at my site. Because of that, it was always easy to remember how old he was. I took this picture close to the end of my service, so that means...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • New Best Friends

    • New Best Friends

    • Host families; Children

    • This photo was taken in the Comarca Ngobe Bugle, Panama in 2007 during my site visit, part of the pre-service training. The host mom and dad were too busy preparing meals but the host brothers and sisters took me around the neighborhood posing for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Adobe House Construction in Rural Panama

    • Adobe House Construction in Rural Panama

    • Housing

    • This photo was taken by my APCD during his visit to my site in the village of El Limon in the Republic of Panama on November 20, 2005. The photo shows community members and I mixing the straw and adobe in our bare feet in order to construct the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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