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    • Fabio and Volcano Telica

    • Fabio and Volcano Telica

    • Environment; Host families

    • I took this photo on a hike that my 'Uncle' Fabio was leading a fellow PCV and me on. The hike to the volcano was much longer than I understood and going up the volcano was like walking on a beach, sandy with no good footing. We didn't have...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fuel Efficient Stove Building

    • Fuel Efficient Stove Building

    • Technology

    • This picture was taken in May of 2011 in my village in Tanzania. This was taken during a stove building project where two stoves were built as demonstration stoves for two families to use and then give testimonials about. There were several...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Bibi in Full Attention

    • A Bibi in Full Attention

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This picture was taken in December 2010 in Tanzania. The woman in the picture was listening to a presentation about her chicken farm that was for the benefit of Peace Corps Volunteers who would potentially begin chicken projects in their own...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Elders Teach and the Youth Listen

    • The Elders Teach and the Youth Listen

    • Education; Elders; Teachers and students

    • This picture was taken in my village in the Region of Mbeya, Tanzania. It was taken during a training session on Communicable Diseases and Water Sanitation in one of the sub-villages. During the training one of the small children decided to take...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Smart Kids

    • Smart Kids

    • Games

    • This picture was taken in July of 2011. What I have learned about the children of Tanzania is that they are genius toy makers. There inventiveness drives them to develop skills at a younger age than their American counterparts.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Little Christmas Tea

    • A Little Christmas Tea

    • Celebrations

    • This picture was taken in December 2010, during Christmas. Another Volunteer came to my site and was able to complete a cultural exchange by offering homemade bread on Christmas day to the Host Country Nationals.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Me and the Cheif

    • Me and the Cheif

    • Dignitaries

    • This picture was taken in December of 2010 in my village in Tanzania. Upon entry into my village a few months earlier the Chief insisted on giving me a village name and declaring me the daughter of the village. This is the Chief and Mbozyo.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Digging for Our Future

    • Digging for Our Future

    • Agriculture; Gardens

    • This picture was taken in December of 2010 in Tanzania. It was during a day long training on high yield gardening. The participants were host country nationals and Peace Corps Volunteers. We all dug our hands and minds into the process that day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Powerful Talks to Make Girls Powerful

    • Powerful Talks to Make Girls Powerful

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken in June 2011 in Tanzania during our Girls Empowerment Conference. There were 68 girls from across the region that participated in learning about HIV/AIDS, health education, self-defense, environment, and career opportunities. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Increasing Yields

    • Increasing Yields

    • Agriculture; Counterparts

    • This photo was taken in December 2010 in Tanzania, during a training class conducted with our host country national counterparts on perma-gardening. We worked all day in the Tanzanian sun to build a working garden that would help to teach the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Curiosity

    • Curiosity

    • Children

    • This photo was taken at a Secondary School in Tanzania in December 2010, while in-service training was taking place for the health and environment Volunteers. We were there to learn more about their active chicken project and were studying in a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yes We Can

    • Yes We Can

    • Children; Elders

    • The picture was taken by my home village, Tougouri, Burkina Faso. In the picture are my best-friend's mother (therefore MY grandmother) and my friend's son. The little boy is the smiliest and giggliest little boy ever created and his grandmother...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Eighth Grade Blues

    • The Eighth Grade Blues

    • Teachers and students; Girls' education

    • Several of my students in the village of Tougouri, Burkina Faso are "hanging out" in front of their classroom - no electricity and no water. It is an amazing feat that there are three girls in the picture as only about 10% of my students were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Le Chier Publique

    • Le Chier Publique

    • Children

    • "Le Chier Publique" is my neighbor's (our school secretary) baby in the village of Tougouri and he is a great mischief maker. His name, "Le Chier Publique" comes from his exhausting ability to poop in front of my house in the courtyard that I share...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Down in the dirt

    • Down in the dirt

    • Agriculture; Education

    • This photo was taken during PST by Rebecca. The photo is of PCV Sarah working with primary school students from Kilulu Primary School during a hands on lesson about permaculture. Rebecca and Sarah studied culture and Swahili together in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peace

    • Peace

    • host community friends

    • I took this picture in 2006 in the village of Karapashi, Ukraine, Kiev Oblast. This is the maintenance man at the village's bread factory.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Memorial Lanterns

    • Memorial Lanterns

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this picture on May 18th, 2012 in Ukraine. May 18th is Day of Remembrance for People Who Have Died of AIDS, the local social service center arranged for a memorial in support of those living with HIV and those who have passed away. The photo...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Watermelon Nights

    • Watermelon Nights

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in my host family's apartment. I loved nights when they bought a watermelon. Everyone in the family, their neighbors and various other parties would squeeze together around the living room table to snack on the sweet summer...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Chinese Family

    • My Chinese Family

    • Host families

    • This picture of my host sisters, my host mother and myself was taken in a beautiful park near our home in Chengdu. We had just spent a beautiful Sunday afternoon listening to live, traditional music, playing games, eating, drinking tea and walking...
    • Volunteer Photos

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