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    • 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
    • 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
    • Cruise Ship

    • Cruise Ship

    • Transportation; Host community; Children

    • When large cruise ships docked in Apia harbor they quickly became the largest man-made structure. Apia, Samoa.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ava Ceremony

    • Ava Ceremony

    • Ceremonies; Host community friends; Traditional dress; Volunteers

    • Peace Corps Volunteers Aaron Cook and Cale Reeves participate in the welcome Ava Ceremony for new Peace Corps Country Director Dale Withington. 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Sister

    • Host Sister

    • Host families; Children

    • Our host sister, Claire, is ready to attend the Mother's Day Celebration at church. Lalomauga, Samoa. May 2008
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gathering Mangos

    • Gathering Mangos

    • Host families; housing; traditional dress; Children; Volunteers

    • Volunteer Cale Reeves and his host brothers and sisters gather mangos thrown down by his host father in the tree above them. Lalomauga. 2007
    • 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
    • Health Committee

    • Health Committee

    • Health; Architecture

    • This is a photo of the village's health committee standing in front of Affem Kabye's "case de sante" (health hut). Each "quartier" in the village is represented by one female and one male health committee member. As you can see from the photo, the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Culture Day

    • Culture Day

    • Ceremonies; Food and meals; Host community friends

    • Every two years the Samoan Methodist Schools from both islands come together to celebrate all things Samoan Culture. Here a student makes coconut cream. Faleula, Samoa. 2009.
    • 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
    • From the Mouths of Babes...

    • From the Mouths of Babes...

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is a picture of a simple poster made by a secondary school student who participated in a World AIDS Day parade in 2009, my first year in site in Cayalti, Peru. There were elaborate signs with tissue paper, paintings and glitter, but this sign...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jose Domingo

    • Jose Domingo

    • Host Families

    • This is my host brother having his hair washed by my host mom. He was born only a week after I arrived at my site. Because of that, it was always easy to remember how old he was. I took this picture close to the end of my service, so that means...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Cute Little Neighbor

    • My Cute Little Neighbor

    • Host community friends; Children; Traditional dress

    • This is a photo of my 3-year old neighbor who is a cousin of my host siblings. She is wearing the traditional woven clothing typical of rural Mayan communities in Guatemala.
    • Volunteer Photos

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