Peace Corps

You've searched:

All Collections
  • All fields: Salvador
(162 results)



Display: 20

    • Cuisnahuat's Senior Citizen Group

    • Cuisnahuat's Senior Citizen Group

    • Elders; Celebrations

    • During my service I helped the local clinic form a group for senior citizens. We met monthly to discuss health issues. Since many of these seniors walked for miles through the mountains to get to the meetings we always had something to eat and a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fiestas Patronales

    • Fiestas Patronales

    • Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • Every November the Catholic church in Cuisnahuat celebrates the Fiesta of San Lucas. Cuisnahuat is a traditional town where they still do dances with hand-carved masks to act out the story of San Lucas. These dancers are all me from the town and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Don Rodolfo and David

    • Don Rodolfo and David

    • Elders; Children; Host community

    • This picture was taken in the weeks leading up to my COS conference. The gentleman pictured is Don Rodolfo, who was my landlord for the beginning of my service. His daughter Betty was a close friend of mine and the bay he is holding is her son,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tamales Pisque in Tienda Margara

    • Tamales Pisque in Tienda Margara

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • My adopted Salvadoran family owned a store where I spent much of my free time. They always wanted to make sure I had eaten, and on this particular day near the end of my service I was helping them finish leftovers of my favorite Salvadoran dish-...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • With Nuria in the Alcaldia

    • With Nuria in the Alcaldia

    • Counterparts

    • When I first arrived for my site visit it was arranged that I would stay with Nuria, an employee in the town hall that was to be my counterpart agency. She and I immediately bonded. She taught me a ton about Salvadoran culture and was my closest...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hauling Water

    • Hauling Water

    • Water and sanitation

    • When I arrived back in Cuisnahuat three years after COSing we all joked that I blew into town with the "norte," the cool north wind felt in the region in December and January. Unfortunately for all of us, said "norte" blew down powerlines all over...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volcan de Izalco

    • Volcan de Izalco

    • Ecotourism

    • For two years I lived in the most beautiful town in the world. Sure, it didn't have running water, the roads weren't paved, and there were occasional scorpions and tarantulas in my house, but it was beautiful. In one direction I could see the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Times, They Are a-Changing

    • Times, They Are a-Changing

    • Technology; Host families

    • When I arrived in Cuisnahuat in 2003 few people knew what the internet was. When I left in 2005 most had never used a computer, much less been online. Nothing could have come a a bigger shock than the fact that when I came back in 2010 I was able...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Carreras de Caballo

    • Carreras de Caballo

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken September 2006, for the patron saint festivals of San Miguel in the community of San Miguel Ingenio, Metapan, Santa Ana, El Salvador. There is a Catholic church in the background, which is the host of the festivities. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • San Miguel Ingenio Girls Soccer Team

    • San Miguel Ingenio Girls Soccer Team

    • Sports

    • We took this picture after receiving our new soccer uniforms. The girls had written letters to local establishments, and a fast food restaurant bought them shirts and shorts. The girls on the team were able to travel to other local communities a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Close of Service (COS)

    • Close of Service (COS)

    • Close of Service (COS)

    • This photo was taken in El Salvador during our COS conference, September 2006. Out of the original 15 in our Agroforesty/Environmental Education training group (2004-2006), these are the only ones who COS'ed, although two others were still in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Skype

    • Skype

    • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); Host community friends

    • This family just came to my house to skype with their son whom they have not seen since 1998. He is living illegally in the states. It was also the first time the mom had ever seen a computer. When her son's face came on the screen she started...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Out of My Skin

    • Out of My Skin

    • Animals; Secondary projects

    • This photo was taken on June 10, 2011 at 4 a.m. The cow was purchased by the school committee and later killed in order to raise much needed funds for the local elementary school. More than $200 was made by selling the meat. Don Daniel and myself...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • During the Rain...

    • During the Rain...

    • host community friends; children

    • This was during the beginning weeks of the wet season in El Salvador. Rosemary, my 12 year old neighbor, was sitting so peacefully watching the rain while off to the side her cousin was reading outloud a book from school. The afternoon went on and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Paseando

    • Paseando

    • children; Host families

    • As usual, in rural El Salvador most of the day is spent just visiting your neighbors and drinking coffee. A tight community where everyone knows everyone, this photo was taken on a regular afternoon, where the neighbors just kept coming.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pride

    • Pride

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

    • This photo shows the first female soccer team of La Montana, Osical, Morazan, El Salvador. The girls are meeting in February 2011 to train for an upcoming soccer tournament. This soccer tournament will mark the first time the girls have hosted a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Art and Culture

    • Art and Culture

    • artisans; youth development

    • This photo was taken January 29, 2011 during a meeting with the first Artesan Youth Group of La Montana, Osical, Morazan, El Salvador. The kids are meeting to learn how to tie-dye shirts that will be sold to promote the culture of the community and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Garden Fun

    • Garden Fun

    • environment; youth; agriculture

    • I took this photo at my neighbors house in May 2010. It shows a group of kids in La Montana, Osicala, Morazan, El Salvador making an Organic Compost to use for a home garden. We are promoting recycling through organic materials as well as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Eyes on the prize

    • Eyes on the prize

    • celebrations

    • This photo was also taken one week into my Peace Corps service. During the Patron Saint Festival it is tradition in my host site to have the "bolos", or Salvadoran Spanish slang for drunkard, race. Here the bolos are running to see who can win the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peace & Friendship through Salvadoran Sweets

    • Peace & Friendship through Salvadoran Sweets

    • Cooking; Host families; Food and meals

    • "Nina Tina", the Catholic priest's domestic engineer in my town of San Pedro Puxtla, Ahuachapan, El Salvador, was showing me how to make "dulces tipicas". This was my first year in site so every new experience I had to capture on film. Nina Tina...
    • Volunteer Photos

QuickView

Display a larger image and more item information when the pointer pauses over a thumbnail
on off
 

Layout options:

Thumbnail with title
Grid with smaller thumbnails and more detail
Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
 
OK