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    • Rural South African School's World Cup Kick-Off Party!

    • Rural South African School's World Cup Kick-Off Party!

    • Celebrations; Sports; Teachers and students; Youth; Schools

    • A grade 5 class in a rural primary school near Vryburg, South Africa gathered eagerly for their long-anticipated World Cup party put on by their class educator and village Peace Corps Volunteer. The festivities included delicious cakes, vuvuzelas,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rural Wedding DJ

    • Rural Wedding DJ

    • Weddings; Transportation;

    • I took this photo during my last days of service in Paraguay on November 7th, 2008 just before the wedding of a fellow Volunteer to a host country national. The wedding took place in a small rural community. Horse carts like this are commonly used...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • San Bartolome Jocotenango

    • San Bartolome Jocotenango

    • Rural sites; terrain

    • A tiny, indigenous town in the middle of the mountains in the department of Quiche, Guatemala, a beautiful place that has kept up the traditions of the K'iche people as well as the language. I took this photo my first month, and while sitting on...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sugarcane Oxcart

    • Sugarcane Oxcart

    • Agriculture; Youth; Transportation; Rural sites

    • This photo from August 24th, 2007 was taken in my site of Ruta'i, Torin, Caaguazu in Paraguay. It is of a boy loading an oxcart with sugarcane that will be used to feed other animals.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Long and Winding Road

    • The Long and Winding Road

    • Rural sites; Terrain; Environment

    • While on the way to a community called Muluva, I took this photo. Not only was it during the dry season, but it was during one of the worst dry seasons that Guatemala had experienced in a long time. The path winds through the mountains with almost...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Rising Sun

    • The Rising Sun

    • Terrain; Rural sites

    • Everyday that I walked to work at the Health Center, I took a shortcut over this hill with the broken down adobe house on one side and the new adobe house on the other, complete with a family of 10. This morning I was waiting for my companion, and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working Cowboys

    • Working Cowboys

    • Youth; Work; Rural sites

    • While we were conducting a home visit, these two boys came tromping back from working out in the fields. They were instantly curious as to who the strangers in their house were. They looked so cute in their matching cowboy hats that I asked to take...
    • Volunteer Photos

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