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    • Proper Condom Disposal

    • Proper Condom Disposal

    • Education; HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken on November 8, 2010, in a port town on the Upper Suriname river, Suriname. Chris Rodriguez (left) and another Volunteer teach participants of an HIV/AIDS prevention training how to properly dispose of condoms. The training was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Nutrition at Camp GLOW

    • Nutrition at Camp GLOW

    • Camps and clubs; Youth development

    • From December 11-14, 2010, Peace Corps Suriname Volunteers held a Camp GLOW for young women who live on the upper Suriname River. In this photo, volunteers work with a local health worker to help the campers construct a food pyramid. Photo by Ryan...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV/AIDS Educated

    • HIV/AIDS Educated

    • HIV/AIDS; Youth

    • A young local boy and Peace Corps Suriname Volunteer, Chris Rodriguez, show off their red beads which were distributed and worn by attendees of a World AIDS Day 2009 event in Suriname. The beads represented the community's unification to stop...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Maipa Seeds

    • Maipa Seeds

    • Food and meals

    • I took this photo during a maipa oil mashing session in Toemaipa, Suriname on March 2, 2009. Toemaipa is known for its plentiful maipa palm trees, the fruits of which the locals eat and then use the seeds to make cooking oil. The seeds in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Maipa Seed Mashing

    • Maipa Seed Mashing

    • Cooking; Food and meals

    • I took this photo during a maipa oil mashing session in Toemaipa, Suriname on March 2, 2009. Toemaipa is known for its plentiful maipa palm trees, the fruits of which the locals eat and then use the seeds to make cooking oil. The seeds in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Brokopondo Lake Sunset

    • Brokopondo Lake Sunset

    • Terrain

    • I took this photo while crossing the man-made Brokopondo Lake in Suriname in a motorized dug-out canoe on January 28, 2009. I was traveling with the local Boslanti drum band, Jung Djote Bala, to a performance for a burial ceremony. The lake was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Every Day Smiles

    • Every Day Smiles

    • Children

    • I took this photo on the day that I made portraits for all of the children in Boslantie, Suriname in November 2008. These children are some of the most positive and energetic who I have ever met. During my two years living in Boslantie, the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stefano

    • Stefano

    • Children

    • I took this photo on the day that I made portraits for all of the children in Boslantie, Suriname in November 2008. These children are some of the most positive and energetic who I have ever met. During my two years living in Boslantie, the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roasting Casaba

    • Roasting Casaba

    • Cooking; Food and meals

    • This photo taken in Suriname, South America, depicts a Peace Corps Volunteer, Matthew Day, engaging in the traditional local activity of making Kwak. Kwak, a staple food of the Maroon Aukan diet, coming from the Casaba Root, and involves a long,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tamai

    • Tamai

    • Elders; Food and meals

    • This is Tamai, one of the older ladies in my village. Saramaccan women work very hard harvesting, cutting, and beating rice, the primary food in a Saramaccan diet. Even women Tamai's age can put an able-bodied Peace Corps volunteer in his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kajapati from the Water Tower

    • Kajapati from the Water Tower

    • Housing

    • A view of my village from the top of our newly constructed water tower. This is a neighborhood called Baka Dja-- my house is just out of frame. I had a zinc roof instead of thatch, which kept snakes out but was ridiculously hot during the day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Kid is Kind and The Sun is Bright

    • The Kid is Kind and The Sun is Bright

    • youth

    • I was cutting down a new soccer field with some guys from my village. They told me to go grab my camera and take a few shots. The first person I saw when I got back was this boy named Richardo. He turned his head, sun blazing upon his gaze, and I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Carolina Boats

    • Carolina Boats

    • transportation

    • Boats resting on the sandy banks of the Suriname river when the tide is out. I took the photo one a journey back to my village of Redi Doti (About 2 kilometers down river and 2 kilometers into the jungle) as I waited for a Ferry Boat to take me...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Puru Blaka

    • Puru Blaka

    • funerals; traditional dress

    • This is an Ingi Puru Blaka, a traditional ceremony taking place in my village, Redi Doti, in Resortt Caroline, Para District, Suriname. The idea behind this ceremony is that while a family is in mourning following the death of a loved one, they...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PECHEEK

    • PECHEEK

    • celebrations

    • This photo is taken from a 3 day long health related camp a volunteer, Dara Lipton (seen in background wearing Angel wings) organized around Halloween. She used her fellow Volunteers and the American holiday to promote the 1st and 2nd Goals of the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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