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    • We Got Vaccinated!!!

    • We Got Vaccinated!!!

    • Medicine; Children

    • Vaccination day is a busy day at the "Case de Sante" (health hut) in Affem Kabye, Togo. The health hut did not have refrigeration so we did not stock vaccinations. Instead the health workers from the Hopsital in Tchamba (20 km away) would send us...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waterfall Hike

    • Waterfall Hike

    • Volunteers; terrain

    • A favorite activity of Volunteers in-country was the waterfall hike at Lalo Talie led by Olsen. The hike took us up the river and past (or over) 13 waterfalls. Faleaseela, Samoa. 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waterfall Hike

    • Waterfall Hike

    • Volunteers; terrain

    • A favorite activity of Volunteers in country was the waterfall hike at Lalo Talie led by Olsen. The hike took us up the river and past (or over) 13 waterfalls. Faleaseela, Samoa. 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Under 5 Clinic

    • Under 5 Clinic

    • Maternal and child health

    • While serving in Zambia, I worked very closely with my clinic. Every friday I would spend all day weighing children under 5, so that the clinic could chart health growth and stop malnutrition.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tsunami

    • Tsunami

    • Natural disasters; Terrain

    • September 29, 2009 a tsunami hit the south side of our island, Upolu. Cale and I joined other volunteers and the Red Cross the next morning to search for bodies in an utterly devastate landscape. We also made a trip to the south side the following...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tiny Market of Beignets and Tchouk Beer

    • Tiny Market of Beignets and Tchouk Beer

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • This is a tiny market on Wednesday afternoon in Affem Kabye. The women make beignets and beer to sell to the men after they come home from the fields. Women also drink the locally brewed millet beer. This market is so small that women do not even...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Siva Afi

    • Siva Afi

    • Ceremonies; Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • Samoan Fire Knife Dancing. We were lucky enough to be in country for both the 7th and 8th Annual International Siva Afi competitions. Apia, Samoa
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Siva Afi

    • Siva Afi

    • Ceremonies; Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • Samoan Fire Knife Dancing. We were lucky enough to be in country for both the 7th and 8th Annual International Siva Afi competitions. Apia, Samoa
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Siapo Artisan

    • Siapo Artisan

    • Artisans; Host community; Traditional dress

    • Siapo (or tapa) is a cloth made from the bark of mulberry trees and painted in traditional Samoan motifs. This artisan had just completed this custom siapo for Peace Corps Volunteer Erik Martin to commemorate the completion of his service....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Serenje Market

    • Serenje Market

    • Markets

    • This photo shows the market that the central Peace Corps Volunteers frequented alot. Ba Alice was our go to gal, and this is a photo of her beautiful stand.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Savalivali

    • Savalivali

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress; Terrain

    • "Savalivali means go for a walk." This is a line from a song taught to us by our language trainers. These village children are walking back from a hydro-electric plant. They play in the run-off as if it were a water park. Lalomauga, Samoa. 2007.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Samoan Scrabble

    • Samoan Scrabble

    • Games; Host community

    • Peace Corps Volunteer Cale Reeves plays a Samoan version of Scrabble with his host mother, Va'ai. He made the board from a sheet of newsprint, the tiles from a square wooden dowel, and the pouch from a scrap of fabric provided by his host mother, a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Samoan Independence Day

    • Samoan Independence Day

    • Host community; Traditional dress; Ceremonies

    • Students of Laumua o Punaoa dressed in traditional wear (though made out of modern materials) to perform at the Independence Day celebration in June 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Samoa Embassy Staff: Fourth of July

    • Samoa Embassy Staff: Fourth of July

    • Ceremonies; Host community friends;

    • Samoan staff members of the US Embassy in Apia Samoa lower the American flag at nightfall on the Fourth of July during the Independence Celebrations hosted by the US Embassy. July 4, 2008. Apia, Samoa.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roberto on Flute

    • Roberto on Flute

    • Traditional dress; Music; Ecotourism

    • This photo portrays a young community member playing a flute made out of bamboo, to greet arriving tourist in Chagres National Park in Panama.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Replacement Oven

    • Replacement Oven

    • Housing; Volunteers

    • The oven in the kitchen of the Peace Corps office broke and was removed. One industrious volunteer fabricated this replacement. Apia, Samoa. 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pig Slaughter

    • Pig Slaughter

    • Animals; Host community friends

    • Affem Kabye, Tchamba prefecture, Central region, Togo 1995-8 Pictured are Henou (Patrice) and his wife Joselyn.
    • Volunteer Photos

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