Full text of a brochure aimed at recruiting medical doctors to serve as Peace Corps staff physicians. Discusses ways that Peace Corps doctors provided support to both Volunteers and host communities throughout the world. Although no exact date of...
I took this photo at the Dibete AIDS Day Celebration in Dibete, Botswana on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2005. The HIV rate in Dibete is quite high (in one study conducted by the PMTCT Counselor in the area over 45.8% of those tested), as it is on...
A fellow Volunteer and myself decided to have a Halloween party for the neighborhood kids in Guyana. We made the costumes, which included a pirate (pictured), a mouse, a cat, a bumblebee, a ladybug and a basketball player.
This photo was taken during my host Volunteer visit during pre-service training. I traveled into the interior to visit another Peace Corps Volunteer in a remote Amerindian village. This picture was taken after we completed teaching a session on...
Diwali is the festival of lights, and each year Guyanese decorate their houses with hundreds of small votive like candles and sparklers. This picture is of myself and my neighbor during Diwali celebrations in 2010.
This photo was taken in Guatemala during the annual Rabin Ajaw (Mayan Princess) election on July 28th, 2011. The girl and young woman are dressed in traditional Mayan clothing to celebrate Guatemala's largest cultural event and carry incense to...