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    • Tired of Snow

    • Tired of Snow

    • Weather; Terrain

    • This photo was taken by a RPCV at "Prolisok," just outside of Kyiv, Ukraine. "Prolisok" is where we spent our first nights in Ukraine, so it is a place of vivid memories for our entire group.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Wait

    • The Wait

    • Terrain; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Environment

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Ukrainian Flag Re-Created

    • The Ukrainian Flag Re-Created

    • Terrain

    • The blue in the Ukrainian flag represents the blue sky, while the yellow represents their golden wheat fields. I took this picture behind the school in Rudky. While the yellow is not full of wheat, it is full of yellow flowers appearing to make...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Road to Burma

    • The Road to Burma

    • Terrain

    • I took this picture early in the morning while taking a visiting fellow Volunteer to the bus stop at my site. The building on the left-hand side is a small general store. The mountains in the distance are Myanmar.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Rising Sun

    • The Rising Sun

    • Terrain; Rural sites

    • Everyday that I walked to work at the Health Center, I took a shortcut over this hill with the broken down adobe house on one side and the new adobe house on the other, complete with a family of 10. This morning I was waiting for my companion, and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Long Road Home

    • The Long Road Home

    • Terrain; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Environment

    • This is a picture of the road leading out of my town, Kibaya, Tanzania. There are many farms and gardens out this way which the local women tend to everyday. Photo was taken Spring 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Long and Winding Road

    • The Long and Winding Road

    • Rural sites; Terrain; Environment

    • While on the way to a community called Muluva, I took this photo. Not only was it during the dry season, but it was during one of the worst dry seasons that Guatemala had experienced in a long time. The path winds through the mountains with almost...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Hardest Job You'll Ever Love

    • The Hardest Job You'll Ever Love

    • Terrain; Climate; Traditional dress

    • This occurred on my way to my village in Mauritania, West Africa (2007-2009). On my way home after finishing sessions for new Volunteers during the rainy season, I witnessed this sandstorm roaring across the desert. When it hit the town I was in,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Future of Our Ancestors

    • The Future of Our Ancestors

    • Terrain

    • I took this photo while on patrol for poachers in the Kalahari Desert in the African summer of 1995. These people are part of the San Bushmen tribe and are said to be the very beginnings of our human race. They are capable of living happily in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thailand Sunset

    • Thailand Sunset

    • terrain

    • This was the view during my bike ride home after a long day of Peace Corps training. Taken in January, 2011, in Ayutthaya, Thailand, the rice fields allowed for a perfect look at the setting sun. Thailand exports more rice than any other country...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tegucigalpa at Dusk

    • Tegucigalpa at Dusk

    • Terrain; Urban sites

    • View of Tegucigalpa, Honduras at dusk from the hillside barrio where a Peace Corps Volunteer photographer during his years in Honduras. February, 1970.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sunset Sillouette

    • Sunset Sillouette

    • Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); terrain

    • I took this photo while visiting a fellow PCV in Laoang, Philippines, on May 14, 2011. We had both just arrived in country as Peace Corps Response Volunteers two weeks before. My friend wanted to show me the beautiful white sand swimming beaches...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sunset in Semenivka

    • Sunset in Semenivka

    • Pre-service Training (PST); terrain

    • This was taken in the May of 2010 in a Ukrainian village. This lake meant a lot to me. After the intense daily routine of PST, it was very relaxing to walk past this lake on the way back home everyday.
    • Volunteer Photos

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