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    • Father and Daughter

    • Father and Daughter

    • Children; Host community friends

    • I was a Volunteer from 1984-1986 in Pajiza, in the province of Sta Elena, Ecuador. This gentleman owned one of the two stores in town, and this is the youngest of his two daughters.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My friend Sophia

    • My friend Sophia

    • Children; Host families

    • This is a photo taken during training in Paraguay. Sophia is related to my training family and lives next door. Many times Sophia would come and visit me while I was studying and go through my pictures from home. After many times of looking through...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water Delivery

    • Water Delivery

    • Children; water and sanitation; Transportation

    • Water came from shallow wells in the creekbed. My neighbors delivered two jugs a week - about 10 gallons. This is my weekly delivery of water.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kichwa Warmikuna

    • Kichwa Warmikuna

    • Dance; Celebrations

    • These high school girls just finished dancing a typical kichwa dance representing their culture at an exposition in Tena, Ecuador. The dance competition was between rural and urban high schools in the region with categories such as original and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • T'schila Woman Cooking

    • T'schila Woman Cooking

    • Elders; Pre-service training (PST); Cooking

    • I took this photo during training in April of 2008 while visiting the T'schila tribe in El Poste, Ecuador. The photo shows an elderly woman of the tribe traditionally cooking food in a hut.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Natural Design

    • Natural Design

    • environment

    • Photo taken while visiting "Las Cajas" National Park near Cuenca, Ecuador. This highland paramo is almost always wet and the vegetation is truly one-of-a-kind in terms of it's surreal presentation.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Catching Carachama

    • Catching Carachama

    • Fishing

    • This photo is taken on the Rio Napo in Ecuador. A leaf called 'barbasco' is traditionally used as a fishing technique, as it consumes the oxygen in the water through its natural toxins and the fish die. The crushed leaf is released in the water...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing to Clean Guinea Pigs

    • Preparing to Clean Guinea Pigs

    • Agriculture; Food and meals

    • This Volunteer is an agricultural extensionist and works with small farmers improving crop production through the use of fertilizers and better cultural practices. Here, she (right) and village residents prepare to clean guinea pigs.
    • Agency Photos
    • Yerba Mate, Paraguayan Style

    • Yerba Mate, Paraguayan Style

    • Food and meals; Host community; Host community friends

    • This photo taken on August 27th, 2006 shows my wife and I engaged in the classic Paraguayan ritual with our favorite progressive farmer in our site in Paraguay. Sharing the indigenous green tea, yerba mate, with a communal cup is the universal way...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Alejandro and Porfirio with Radishes

    • Alejandro and Porfirio with Radishes

    • Host community friends

    • Bolivia, fall (our spring), 1968. Alejandro (l) and Porfirio (r) checking out some radishes from a little demonstration garden plot. The altitude, cold and dryness of the Altiplano are not conducive to many food crops. However, some cold-climate...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Banana-powered Bicycles

    • Banana-powered Bicycles

    • Host community; Transportation; Host community friends

    • This photo was taken August 25th, 2007 along the Pan-American Highway near my site in Paraugay. It shows my wife and I joking with Paraguayans about how we get around on banana-powered bicycles.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • With Host Family in Peru

    • With Host Family in Peru

    • Host families

    • This photo, taken in 1969, is of Volunteer Jim Hencin along with the host family in whose house he lived in Limatambo, Peru. The family owned a restaurant/pension that served many travelers who stopped on their way to and from Cuzco, the regional...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Visit to the Campo

    • A Visit to the Campo

    • Pre-service Training (PST); Children

    • This photo was takening in April 2001 in the little town of Lita, Ecuador. It is where I had stayed for Community Based Training. I was on a farm in the photo with my fan club from the town as they were showing me their parents' farm and I was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Site Office in Limatambo, Peru

    • Site Office in Limatambo, Peru

    • Site

    • This photo was taken in 1969 in front of the Ministry of Agriculture sector office in Limatambo, Peru, where Volunteer Jim Hencin was assigned to work with a Peruvian counterpart. The photo is of Jim Hencin.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rio Paraguay

    • Rio Paraguay

    • Terrain; Rural sites; Transportation

    • I took this photo on May 16th, 2008 in Alto Paraguay. The Rio Paraguay is an active lifeline for the people of the region, but it was a picture of serenity at this moment.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Paraguayan Collectivo - "Jesus 100%"

    • Paraguayan Collectivo - "Jesus 100%"

    • Transportation

    • I took this photo Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, on November 6th, 2008, during my last days as a Peace Corps Volunteer. It is a classic urban bus ("collectivo"), where the vast majority of people are nominally Catholic.
    • Volunteer Photos

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