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    • What the Tourists Didn't See

    • What the Tourists Didn't See

    • Business development

    • That’s Dirck Kuzatjike in the gray jacket. He stands in front of the white board he has borrowed from my office in order to host a meeting on the street corner. All the people gathered around him are members of his organization, the Young...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bringing Home Dinner

    • Bringing Home Dinner

    • Animals; Food and meals

    • I took this photo while walking around the informal settlements in Namibia in early 2011. This man has just shot a warthog in the bush and is bringing it home to feed his family.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Omazera Wedding

    • Omazera Wedding

    • Celebrations; Weddings; Traditional Dress

    • In Herero tradition, weddings are week-long (or longer) events. Throughout the duration of the festivities, the bride is kept hidden inside a house on the homestead, her face hidden beneath a veil. On the last day of the celebration, the female...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teddy Bear Donations for First Grade

    • Teddy Bear Donations for First Grade

    • youth

    • This photo was taken at Waterberg Primary School in Ongombombonde, Namibia (Otjozondjupa Region) June 6, 2009 . The school and PCV solicited for an in-kind donation of teddy bears for the full first grade class (100+ students) from an organization...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional Dress

    • Traditional Dress

    • traditional dress; counterparts

    • This photo was taken at a local fundraising dinner event in Okakarara, Namibia on Aug 21, 2009. I wore a friends traditional Herero dress and am photographed with a fellow teacher. It was a great honor to be invited to the event with my other...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working and Learning in the New Computer Lab

    • Working and Learning in the New Computer Lab

    • Technology; Education

    • This photo features a group of 5th graders at Waterberg Primary School in Ongombombonde, Namibia (Otjozondjupa Region). It was taken November 10, 2009 shortly after the new computers arrived and the desks and painting had been completed. Along...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Collecting Trash!

    • Collecting Trash!

    • environment; youth

    • This photo was taken in the open courtyard at the Waterberg Primary School in Ongombombonde, Namibia (Otjozondjupa Region) on November 24, 2009. As a small rural village, there only form of trash collection was through the dedicated work of a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Window of Hope Graduating Class

    • Window of Hope Graduating Class

    • hiv/aids; youth development;

    • This photo was taken on August 2, 2009 with one of the several Window of Hope groups that I worked with at Waterberg Primary School in Ongombombonde, Namibia (Otjozondjupa Region). Window of Hope is a UNICEF driven educational program made up of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Namibian Baseball

    • Namibian Baseball

    • Sports; Youth

    • What has been hailed as the "all-American" sport became quite popular at my primary school in Onayena, Namibia. I served as a PCV from 2008-10, during which time I taught grade 5-6 students how to play using a foam bat and wiffle ball set I found...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Condom Poster

    • Condom Poster

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken in the Peace Corps office in Windhoek, Namibia in 2008. It shows one of the ways information about HIV/AIDS is shared. I was a health Volunteer, so naturally my focus was HIV/AIDS. I explored many ways of teaching and sharing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Happy Pre-schoolers

    • Happy Pre-schoolers

    • Games; Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken in 2009 at the Clay House Project in Namibia. The project built subsidized clay houses and environmentally friendly toilets that did not require running water or electricity. I was lucky enough to live in one of the volunteer...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Game Count at CCF

    • Game Count at CCF

    • Secondary projects; Animals; Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken in 2009 at the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in Namibia. It shows the people that were involved in an annual game count at CCF. This joint effort involved CCF staff, invited Volunteers from around Namibia, international...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Drama

    • Drama

    • Secondary projects

    • This photo was taken at the Joy Centre in Namibia. It is a residential/rehabilitation center for street kids. This shows some of their kids putting on a drama about teenage pregnancy--the daughter is telling the mother she's pregnant. Drama is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Namibian Ingenuity

    • Namibian Ingenuity
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    • This photo was taken in Namibia in 2009. The hand lettered sign is similar to many hung on the fences surrounding houses in the 'location' that advertise something a family can provide to the public (with no middle men involved). It might be items...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Long Jump

    • Long Jump

    • Games; Sports; Schools; Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in the last hours of Waterberg Primary School's Annual Athletics event. Students, divided into red and blue teams, participate in track and field events all day in a field just outside of the school grounds. Here, a 5th grade...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I'm Positive!

    • I'm Positive!

    • HIV/AIDS

    • The HIV+ group I worked with in Mpungu Vlei, Namibia, was bold and ready to take risks to eliminate stigma in the village. I designed t-shirts that said 'I'm Positive' on the front and 'about reducing stigma' on the back. Positive and negative...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Herero Funeral

    • Herero Funeral

    • Funerals; Ceremonies; Traditional dress

    • At a funeral in a rural village in Namibia, four women from the Herero tribe show their sympathy by gathering outside the home of the person who has passed away. The women are wearing traditional Herero dress (derived from the Victorian dresses of...
    • Volunteer Photos

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