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    • Pilliaring

    • Pilliaring

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • Here I am, Emily Heller, Peace Corps Volunteer in Panama, Community Environmental Conservation Group 68 in my community. The date is 7/12/2011 - eight days after I arrived at site. I am with my host grandmother on her front porch learning how to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Quincinera

    • Quincinera

    • Host families; Celebrations

    • Emily Heller, sector CEC (environment), July 2011-July 2013, celebrating her host sister’s quincinera.
    • 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
    • Roberto on Flute

    • Roberto on Flute

    • Traditional dress; Music; Ecotourism

    • This photo portrays a young community member playing a flute made out of bamboo, to greet arriving tourist in Chagres National Park in Panama.
    • Volunteer 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
    • 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
    • School Chickens

    • School Chickens

    • Teachers and students

    • Emily Heller, Sector CEC (environment), July 2011-July 2013, observing in the school with the students and the newly delivered chickens.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sewing Curtains

    • Sewing Curtains

    • Life skills; Host families

    • Emily Heller, sector CEC (environment), July 2011-July 2013, home life sewing curtains with her host mom for her new house.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Snack Time

    • Snack Time

    • Children; Food and meals

    • This photo shows my little neighbors at my house taking a break on their way to school to drink some coconut water.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Vielka

    • Vielka

    • Markets

    • This was taken in my site Caño Quebrado, Colón, Panamá during my service in 2009. I was buying a few things from this store before going out for the day to harvest coffee with Vielka and her parents (she was on summer break from school). Many...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waste Management

    • Waste Management

    • Teachers and students

    • Emily Heller , sector CEC (environment), July 2011-July 2013, giving a charla about waste – organic, inorganic, toxic and recycling.
    • 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

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