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A collection of letters written by Peace Corps Volunteers serving as community health nurses in Malaysia, Niger, Afghanistan, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), Turkey, Peru, Bolivia, India and Togo. No date is given, but the publication appears to...
It was early in the morning. I was in Seronga at the Kgolta setting up for the World AIDS Day district event when I saw this group of school youth with posters parading the grounds.
15 pots of mole sauce were made in preparation for this wedding (boda) in a small town in Mexico. The wedding and reception involved 2 small adjacent pueblitas and lasted almost 24 hours. Ultimately, over 800 people were fed a full dinner (cooked...
I took this picture on June 11, 2011 at the Paz del Chaco parade in Juan O'Leary. It's a holiday celebrating a peace agreement between Paraguay and Bolivia. This photos shows a young girl lined up with her class
I remember this as one of our first community events on the island. It was Children's Day and all of the children were paraded through the village as the honored citizens that they are. Children knew they were special but they also knew they had...
This photo was taken in 2004 on the island nation of the Commonwealth of Dominica during a parade in downtown Roseau. A DPPA employee was attempting to remove the stigma of condoms and getting people more accustomed to handling them. Shown in the...
At the end of the parade celebrating International Women's Day in Maroua, Cameroon this year, this women walked past all the people watching the parade. The crowd initially was silent and then you could hear everyone murmurs of comments erupt. ...
When the car transporting me arrived at my assigned high school (Polangui General Comprehensive High School), it was surrounded by students welcoming me to their school. I jumped out of the car and people threw some leis around my neck. I wanted to...