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    • Dinner Time!

    • Dinner Time!

    • Food and meals; Volunteers; Host Community friends

    • A Volunteer prepares food while local community members gather around to watch.
    • Agency Photos
    • Shy Girls in Micronesia

    • Shy Girls in Micronesia

    • Children;

    • Photo was March 28, 2007 by Peace Corps Spokesperson Josie Duckett on a trip with Deputy Director Jody Olsen to visit Volunteer Zack on Mokil Island serving in Micronesia.
    • Staff Photos
    • The Miles Go By

    • The Miles Go By

    • Youth; Pre-service Training (PST); Host families; Transportation

    • During the second phase of my pre-service training, I stayed in a village on the main island of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. My host family there is from the Lamotrek Atoll, but they moved to the main island as Callistus (host father)...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Local Feast

    • Local Feast

    • Food and meals

    • Food is at the center of all Micronesian celebrations. Weddings, parties, funerals all revolve around food. They cook their meat in a local oven called an "uhmw". This is made out of wood and rocks.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Eighth grade class

    • My Eighth grade class

    • Youth; Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken at Nan Madol, an ancient magical city. I took my Eighth grade students on a class trip. Here, we swam, had a picnic lunch, and just enjoyed the scenery while teaching them about their culture. Many of these students have...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Basket Weaving

    • Basket Weaving

    • Crafts

    • On the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, women weave baskets out of palm leaves for feasts. They are used to carry food to village chiefs. In this photo, my host cousin is teaching me how to weave a basket. Although they...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sea Turtles

    • Sea Turtles

    • Animals; Celebrations; Food and meals

    • Remains from the slaughter of five sea turtles for the graduation celebration of Neighboring Island Central High School. Sea turtles are an important component, culturally, of the Micronesian diet, especially at ceremonies. This graduation year,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • As Our Fathers Before Us...

    • As Our Fathers Before Us...

    • Housing; Construction

    • The men of this outer island in Yap State of the Federated States of Micronesia replace the palm frond thatch roofing on a traditional Micronesian house. Every family in the village of the house will weave and contribute at least ten pieces of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Men's Village Song Performance on Easter Day

    • Men's Village Song Performance on Easter Day

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations; Music; Religion

    • This photo was taken on Easter Day 2010, on a remote atoll in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. Micronesia is largely and devotedly Catholic, organizing elaborate Christmas and Easter celebrations every year. On this atoll, the men and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pacific atoll fisherman

    • Pacific atoll fisherman

    • Fishing; Food and meals; Host families

    • I took this photo December 18th, 2009, during my first year of service in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Here, like many islands of the Pacific, people depend on small-scale subsistence fishing for food and humble income. The photo shows...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • "What Do Frogs Say?"

    • "What Do Frogs Say?"

    • Libraries; Teachers and students

    • Library time is finally in session. Our school library was finally cleaned, organized, and children were welcomed to participate in small library events such as this one, story time with a craft.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Elementary School Graduation in Yap

    • Elementary School Graduation in Yap

    • Teachers and students

    • I took this photo on June 13, 2010, on the island of Yap in Micronesia. Eighth grade graduation is a very important event in Yap, and family members celebrate the new graduates with nuwnuws (necklaces) made of flowers, yarn, ciggarette filters,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Myra Carrying Funeral Feast Leftovers

    • Myra Carrying Funeral Feast Leftovers

    • Funerals; Food and meals

    • After attending a funeral feast during the Month of Flies, my "sister" Myra carried my share of the leftovers home. She carried my food in a coconut fond basket that was made on-the-spot. Myra is the oldest daughter of the couple whose home I...
    • Volunteer Photos

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