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    • CERT in Action

    • CERT in Action

    • Life skills

    • I served as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer/EMS Consultant with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council in the province of Capiz, Philippines in 2012. This photo was taken during a simulated disaster drill in Roxas City....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Capiz Emergency Response Team

    • Capiz Emergency Response Team

    • Natural disasters

    • These are members of the Capiz Emergency Response Team in Roxas City, Philippines. This photo was taken following a simulated disaster drill near Baybay beach. I served as a Response Volunteer/EMS Consultant with the Provincial Disaster Risk...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Batak Tribe - Palawan

    • Batak Tribe - Palawan

    • Elders; Food and meals

    • This photo was taken while on a 12 km hike to visit the Batak Tribe in the interior of Palawan. The tribal chief invited me to have coffee with him and the tribal dancer invited me to stop and talk with him and his family. This is an unusual...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Badjeo Village

    • Badjeo Village

    • Literacy; Children

    • Two days a week I taught basic English skills to a nomadic group along the waterfront in Roxas, Palawan. They moved whenever they needed a new place to catch fish for sale in the town. Thus, they did not have any formal education. The informal...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Visit with Tribal Dancer

    • Visit with Tribal Dancer

    • Host community friends

    • This is the tribal dancer for the Batak tribe in the interior of Palawan. On my weekend visit there, he invited me to come and meet his family in their home before I hiked back to civilization. Even though we did not speak each other's language,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sarge Discusses the Peace Corps Name

    • Sarge Discusses the Peace Corps Name

    • Shriver, Sargent

    • Sarge was open and frank in his discussions with Philippine Group III Volunteers. We asked him about how the organization came to be named “Peace Corps,” if he thought that name wasn’t a bit pretentious and fatuous given the kind of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Shriver and Volunteers at Tolosa Leyte

    • Shriver and Volunteers at Tolosa Leyte

    • Shriver, Sargent

    • Tolosa Leyte, where the meeting was conducted, was code-named “White Beach” when General Douglas MacArthur and the American forces invaded Leyte in October 1944. MacArthur’s famous “I shall return” landing took place just a few yards from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fish Market

    • Fish Market

    • Markets; Host community friends

    • These were three of my college students at the Zamboanga City fish market. The fellow on the far left is Mohammad. They were part of the Moslem community there. 1965
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mother's Day

    • Mother's Day

    • Host families

    • This was taken with my first host family in Agoo, La Union. Where we had a host family appreciation day at the nearby beach.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Host Mother

    • My Host Mother

    • Host families

    • This is a picture of Volunteer Victoria Browne with her family at the farm during Christmas 2008. On the right of the Volunteer is Emelita Rivera, and to her right, host father Carlos Rivera. This is the picture of the immediate family and friends,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volunteer and Host Family on Birthday

    • Volunteer and Host Family on Birthday

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken during my 24th birthday party my host family had for me. This was my second birthday in country. My family gave me mango ice cream for my birthday! It was delicious. From left to right: (In the back) My host father, my host...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volunteer and Host Mother

    • Volunteer and Host Mother

    • Host families

    • This is a picture of my host mother and I on a tricyle, the main mode of transportation in our barangay (village). We are on our way to a family gathering. Every Sunday Mama Len's family gets together to play cards, mahjong, eat food, and enjoy...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dinner with Dr. Pastor

    • Dinner with Dr. Pastor

    • Host families

    • This picture was taken at Dr. Pastor's ancestral home in Batangas City, Philippines while my daughter was visiting this past March. Dr. Pastor is like a father to me: he operated on my toe, takes great care of me and my daughter adores him like a...
    • Volunteer Photos

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