My host sister Maria took this photo during a Christmas celebration at my host family's home in Rwanda in 2010. The woman pictured with me is my host mother, Gloriosa. Gloriosa is the owner of a small fabric and dressmaking shop in the community....
I took this photo during Pre Service Training for the 1st group back to Rwanda in 15 years. We had communal training, which, while difficult at times, did allow us to form close bonds with fellow volunteers and HCN trainers.
We had a break between...
I took this on my last day at site. I decided to grab a cup of tea and wait out the rain inside of the new general store that my health center built. The mamas were discussing how big the little boy was and what he had been fed to get that way. My...
camps and clubs; girls' education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
This was taken during our 1st annual Camp GLOW in Rwanda. GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) is a leadership, health education and empowerment camp for young women.
PCV Kate Hulbert and I had an ambitious plan to create the next Annie Leibovitz. We...
This photo was taken circa 1989 outside the Peace Corps Office in Rwanda. Pictured are Country Director Jim O'Keefe, Administrative Officer Roger Conrad, and three local staff members.
This picture was taken at a convent in Bugaragara Village in Nyagatare District, Eastern Province of Rwanda. The picture shows Sister Sarafina and I in the process of making soy milk using an isekuru (a pounder) to smash soybeans.
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities and how Peace Corps fit in to the newly formed federal agency ACTION, which was established on July 1, 1971. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is...