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    • Rice Distribution

    • Rice Distribution

    • Host families; Food and meals

    • This photo was taken on November 25th, 2010 in the Philippines. My Filipino host family and I decided to buy a bunch of rice, put them in a decent sized bags, and distribute them to the poor people on the street. Nearby a cathedral, there are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rice Field in Chipillico

    • Rice Field in Chipillico

    • Terrain; agriculture

    • This is a picture of a typical landscape in the area where I served: the Chipillico Valley in Piura, Peru. In addition to rice (pictured here), farmers grow corn, mangoes and soy. Though coastal Piura tends to be arid and desert-like, the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rice fields at Sunset

    • Rice fields at Sunset

    • environment

    • Near my house, the rice fields at dusk are never a dull sight. Every evening is different. The colors are shaped by the day's weather, whether it rained or remained humid and heavy. This particular palm tree is my favorite. Its reflection in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rice Harvest

    • Rice Harvest

    • Agriculture

    • I took this photo in January of 2009 in Fiadanana, Madagascar. The woman all the way to the right in this picture owned many of the rice fields in this area and let me use this plot to experiment with the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rice Paddies, Gasy Style

    • Rice Paddies, Gasy Style

    • Terrain

    • I took this photo July 4th, 2011, while hiking on the outskirts of Andringitra National Park in Southern Madagascar. I was hiking with a guide and porter, both of whom I work and live with in a small village, and two French tourists. I remember...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rice Paddy Training

    • Rice Paddy Training

    • Counterparts

    • In conjunction with my neighbor (also a Volunteer), we are training our counterparts how to construct and plant rice paddies in the rural areas of Panama, 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching Workshop in Eluru

    • Teaching Workshop in Eluru

    • Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • Our Health Nutrition team taught at a Gram Sevika Basic Training School for young people who would become rural elementary teachers. One month we taught courses in health, nutrition, vegetable gardening, and making of a smokeless chula...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving in Hinche: Cleaning Rice

    • Thanksgiving in Hinche: Cleaning Rice

    • Food and meals; Cooking; Celebrations

    • For our first Thanksgiving in Haiti, all of the Volunteers traveled to Hinche to celebrate with the three forestry and fishery volunteers and their neighbors. We roasted a turkey and served it along with some Haitian favorites like rice with pigeon...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving in Hinche: Rice and Pigeon Peas

    • Thanksgiving in Hinche: Rice and Pigeon Peas

    • Celebrations; Food and meals; Cooking

    • For our first Thanksgiving in Haiti, all of the Volunteers traveled to Hinche to celebrate with the three forestry and fishery Volunteers and their neighbors. We roasted a turkey and served it along with some Haitian favorites like rice with pigeon...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Threshing Rice

    • Threshing Rice

    • Agriculture; Host families

    • My host sister took this photo of my other host sister Christina, her son Sitraka and myself. I was training as an Environment Volunteer in Mahitsitady, Madagascar in March of 2008. Rice is the staple food crop for the Malagasy so harvest time is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking to the Rice Field

    • Walking to the Rice Field

    • Agriculture; Host families

    • I took this photo shortly after arriving at my site in Fiadanana, Madagascar in May of 2008. This picture shows three of my neighbors (Andrea, her mother Helen and her sister in law Elva) crossing a river to get to their rice field. This day was...
    • Volunteer Photos

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