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- World Health Organization Smallpox Eradication Project, Zaire 1971
- Disease; Health; Volunteers; Host community
- Volunteers with their surveillance teams in Zaire. The surveillance teams provided vaccinations to pursue any subsequently reported cases of smallpox.
- Volunteer Photos
- Women Keeping Their City Clean!
- Children; Water and sanitation
- Another big part of the solid waste management project was the clean-ups organized at the neighborhood level. Generally in Senegal "cleaning up" is women's work. Men and children throw their garbage on the floor expecting women to clean it up. The...
- Volunteer Photos
- Village Children
- Children
- Children of the village, Pakane Toucouleur, Senegal.
- Volunteer Photos
- Tutti and Adama
- Host community friends; Children
- Tutti and her daughter Adama take a walk through the village in Pakane Toucouleur, Senegal.
- Volunteer Photos
- Traditional Ceremony - Bryan & Nene Aminata's Wedding
- weddings; traditional dress
- This photo was taken at the traditional Peulh wedding ceremony of a fellow Peace Corps Response Volunteer, on June 2, 2011 in Mamou, Guinea. The bride changes costumes several times throughout her wedding ceremonies - this is the second of three,...
- Volunteer Photos
- Tokeras
- Host families; Traditional dress
- In Senegal West Africa, it is important to have a namesake; someone you are named after or someone who is named after you. You have a special bond with this person and they are like part of your family. In the Pulaar language, this is called...
- Volunteer Photos
- The City Streets Are So Clean You Can Eat Off Them!
- Children; Water and sanitation
- The collection of the organic waste is an integral part of the solid waste management project. The waste is brought to the compost facility where it turns into valuable compost. The City of Joal sells the compost at $5 per 50 kilogram bag. Coupled...
- Volunteer Photos
- Talibes in Senegal
- religion; youth
- I took this photo in August 2010 in Podor, Senegal while helping with a shoe distribution to a dara, a koranic school where students are sent to study the Koran under the instruction of a religious teacher called a marabout. These talibes, koranic...
- Volunteer Photos
- Sipi Falls in the Morning Mist
- Celebrations
- Sipi Falls is considered the most beautiful of the many waterfalls in Uganda. I took the photo early in the morning in October 2007. Peace Corps Uganda has a special tradition called Goatstock, where all of the volunteers gather at a national park...
- Volunteer Photos
- She Loves A Clean City!
- Water and sanitation; Environment
- The photo was taken during the distribution of the waste containers in June of 2006 in the City of Joal, Senegal. The waste containers are an integral part of the solid waste management project as it allows households to separate organic waste and...
- Volunteer Photos
- Senegal Goodbye Party
- Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
- This photo was taken in September 1992 in Popenguine, Senegal. The party was hosted by the Popenguine Women's Group. The photo is taken in the open air environmental education center that was funded by the SPA grant that I applied for during my...
- Volunteer Photos
- School Girls in Bugiri District, Uganda
- Host Community Friends; Education; Schools
- In Uganda, all schoolchildren wear uniforms. The color & pattern of the uniform identifies the school. Both girls' & boys' heads are shaved, usually until they have completed school. Half of Uganda's population in under the age of 15 & despite the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Samburu Women DC 4th July Parade
- Celebrations
- Samburu women from a Volunteer's site in Kenya were selected to participate in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC, where they demonstrated the traditional art of weaving camel's milk baskets. While there, they watched a 4th of July...
- Volunteer Photos
- Preparing for the Baptism
- Celebrations; Food and meals
- Volunteer Sarah Knight stirs the community rice pot before a baptism in the compound.
- Volunteer Photos
- Preparing for Class
- Counterparts
- In my village, Goudoude Diobe, there was one primary school with five classes. Each of the classes had anywhere from 25-45 students. This shot was captured one day when I came to help as the teacher was looking over his notes for class.
- Volunteer Photos
- Peanut Harvesting
- Agriculture; Children
- November in Pakane Toucouleur, a small Pulaar village outside of Nioro Du Rip in Kaolack Region, Senegal. Fatimat Ba harvests peanuts in the fields with Halimatu Ba, her daughter, tied to her back.
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (July-August 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (July-August 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (September 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (September 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (October 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (October 1968).
- Newsletters