In a village Cameoon, fifteen girls come together once a week for youth development activities. This photo captures me teaching the girls how to dance “The Electric Slide.” The group’s name, “Bikkoy Robe Beesembe,” means “Girls of...
In a village in Cameoon, fifteen girls come together once a week for youth development activities. This photo captures PCV Samatha Atkins teaching the girls “Duck, Duck, Goose.” They weren’t too impressed though as they showed us their own...
This photo was taken in Koubawelkoundia, Cercle de Douentza Mali in December 2007. A few days before I left the village to do a third year in Guinea, we had a large traditional dance party to celebrate the work we had shared in. Everyone from...
Mark Shriver visits Peace Corps to pay tribute to his father and first director of the Peace Corps, the late Sargent Shriver, on the one-year anniversary of his passing in a speech to special guests and staff at Peace Corps headquarters.