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    • Fulani Wrestling Match

    • Fulani Wrestling Match

    • sports; celebrations; host community friends

    • I took this image during a welcome ceremony in a fellow PVC's northern village in Togo. All the community members in his village held activities that displayed the traditions of Togolese. The ceremony opened up with a traditional Fulani wrestling...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Voila!

    • Voila!

    • artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); business development

    • I met Chantal in a neighboring village and due to our shared connection in the arts, I focused some of my work as a small business development PCV on promoting her and her craft. When I met her she only dyed and sold the printed batik cloth she...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hokey Pokey

    • Hokey Pokey

    • dance; youth development

    • This images is of my fellow PCV and children in our host village of Agou, Togo in the summer of 2007. While on break during our first weeks of training, we joined in teaching the children one of our favorite pastime games, the Hokey Pokey.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Blue skies

    • Blue skies

    • housing

    • A storm is coming across the fields in Adeta, Togo in July 2009 during my work with a partnering NGO to construct a community center dedicated to promoting creativity in the youth. The main door to the center remains sheltered as it awaits the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Honoring My Village Grams, One Year Later

    • Honoring My Village Grams, One Year Later

    • elders; host community friends

    • The image was taken during my return visit to my village of Adeta, Togo one year after my service ended. I was so happy to be able to share a tribute to the woman who became my village grandma. I presented her with a photo of the exhibit that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Market Storm

    • Market Storm

    • Agriculture; Host community; Transportation

    • This image was taken as I rushed home during my Monday market, hoping to avoid the rains. During the rainy season in my village in Togo every Monday market turned into a muddy scene as rain washed out the stalls in the afternoon. This day the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Road Snacks

    • Road Snacks

    • transportation; food and meals

    • I love traveling in Togo. You never need to remove yourself from the tight and cozy position you are in because there is always a moment when the bus will stop and you will be presented with a myriad of options for road snacks. From hard boiled...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hybrids in Togo?

    • Hybrids in Togo?

    • transportation

    • I caught a glimpse of local Togolese using an "green" method to commuting and it made me smile. While the truck had been broken down, they wasted no time in getting it to it's final destination. Living and working in Togo always reminded me of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What's cookin?

    • What's cookin?

    • food and meals

    • Improved cook stoves that is! When I first arrived in my village of Adeta, Togo I tackled some projects that many of us learn in our first months of training. It was an easy way to engage with members of my community in some basic grassroots...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Here's Using Your Head!

    • Here's Using Your Head!

    • water and sanitation; host community friends

    • I did it! I channeled my inner posture and strength to join in the gathering of water needed for the construction of a creative center in my village of Adeta, Togo. I was committed to showing the workers that I could try to do something that I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Creative Center Grand Opening

    • Creative Center Grand Opening

    • celebrations; artisans

    • To mark the grand opening of the Centre de Creativite d'Adeta, a center funded by the donors of Peace Corps Partnership and community members of ADEC-Togo, I marched to the doors for the ribbon cutting with village chiefs and members of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Just Be

    • Just Be

    • Host families

    • It's amazing how much you begin to look for the little signs that define life, while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer. As I walked into the courtyard where my best friends mother was cooking up lunch, I noticed this mango hanging from the tree. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Swim and Spin

    • Swim and Spin

    • host community friends

    • Togolese launder their clothes as their children take relief from the dry heat in the river that cuts through the town of Pagala. My fellow PCV's and I took a break during our training sessions at IST and looked over the bridge to find an amazing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Welcoming Guests

    • Welcoming Guests

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress

    • I took the time to welcome all the guests who made it to the opening ceremony of the Centre de Creativite d'Adeta in my village of Adeta, Togo, including the smallest ones. The ceremony dedicated the new center to the village of Adeta and was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Home Sweet Africa

    • Home Sweet Africa

    • art

    • Upon completion of my service in Togo, I decided to take Peace Corps up on that third goal and put together an exhibit highlighting some moments of my time in the Peace Corps. The exhibit was titiled "Home Sweet Africa" and displayed photos and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A special message--teachers and the Peace Corps

    • A special message--teachers and the Peace Corps

    • Marketing campaigns; Education; Teachers and students; Volunteer recruitment

    • Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps opportunities for teachers. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from the early 1960s.
    • Brochures

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