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    • Team Work

    • Team Work

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken in Togo, West Africa in the village of Pagala at the Peace Corp training site. This was a camp (Camp Espoir, or Hope in English) for children and youth who were infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. A large majority of the campers...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • the Griot

    • the Griot

    • Music; Celebrations

    • Every spring, classes at the public schools in Tchamba, Togo stop for Cultural Week. Students from different tribes have a chance to showcase their traditions, dances, food and more. It's a big festival organized for and by the students. In this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tiny Market of Beignets and Tchouk Beer

    • Tiny Market of Beignets and Tchouk Beer

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • This is a tiny market on Wednesday afternoon in Affem Kabye. The women make beignets and beer to sell to the men after they come home from the fields. Women also drink the locally brewed millet beer. This market is so small that women do not even...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Togo Falls

    • Togo Falls
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    • This photo was taken in October of 2003 at the Togo Falls in the Volta region of Ghana, and shows several members of my group playing in the water.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Togolese Youth Soccer Team

    • Togolese Youth Soccer Team

    • Sports; Youth

    • I took this photo with the Togolese youth soccer team I had started in the village Kpekpleme. This was the day we had finally recieved the soccer uniforms and equipment from the U.S Soccer Foundation. We played an inaugeral soccer match with the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Voila!

    • Voila!

    • artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); business development

    • I met Chantal in a neighboring village and due to our shared connection in the arts, I focused some of my work as a small business development PCV on promoting her and her craft. When I met her she only dyed and sold the printed batik cloth she...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • We Got Vaccinated!!!

    • We Got Vaccinated!!!

    • Medicine; Children

    • Vaccination day is a busy day at the "Case de Sante" (health hut) in Affem Kabye, Togo. The health hut did not have refrigeration so we did not stock vaccinations. Instead the health workers from the Hopsital in Tchamba (20 km away) would send us...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Welcoming Guests

    • Welcoming Guests

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress

    • I took the time to welcome all the guests who made it to the opening ceremony of the Centre de Creativite d'Adeta in my village of Adeta, Togo, including the smallest ones. The ceremony dedicated the new center to the village of Adeta and was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What's cookin?

    • What's cookin?

    • food and meals

    • Improved cook stoves that is! When I first arrived in my village of Adeta, Togo I tackled some projects that many of us learn in our first months of training. It was an easy way to engage with members of my community in some basic grassroots...
    • Volunteer Photos

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