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    • Honoring My Village Grams, One Year Later

    • Honoring My Village Grams, One Year Later

    • elders; host community friends

    • The image was taken during my return visit to my village of Adeta, Togo one year after my service ended. I was so happy to be able to share a tribute to the woman who became my village grandma. I presented her with a photo of the exhibit that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Market Storm

    • Market Storm

    • Agriculture; Host community; Transportation

    • This image was taken as I rushed home during my Monday market, hoping to avoid the rains. During the rainy season in my village in Togo every Monday market turned into a muddy scene as rain washed out the stalls in the afternoon. This day the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Road Snacks

    • Road Snacks

    • transportation; food and meals

    • I love traveling in Togo. You never need to remove yourself from the tight and cozy position you are in because there is always a moment when the bus will stop and you will be presented with a myriad of options for road snacks. From hard boiled...
    • 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
    • Here's Using Your Head!

    • Here's Using Your Head!

    • water and sanitation; host community friends

    • I did it! I channeled my inner posture and strength to join in the gathering of water needed for the construction of a creative center in my village of Adeta, Togo. I was committed to showing the workers that I could try to do something that I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Creative Center Grand Opening

    • Creative Center Grand Opening

    • celebrations; artisans

    • To mark the grand opening of the Centre de Creativite d'Adeta, a center funded by the donors of Peace Corps Partnership and community members of ADEC-Togo, I marched to the doors for the ribbon cutting with village chiefs and members of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Just Be

    • Just Be

    • Host families

    • It's amazing how much you begin to look for the little signs that define life, while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer. As I walked into the courtyard where my best friends mother was cooking up lunch, I noticed this mango hanging from the tree. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Swim and Spin

    • Swim and Spin

    • host community friends

    • Togolese launder their clothes as their children take relief from the dry heat in the river that cuts through the town of Pagala. My fellow PCV's and I took a break during our training sessions at IST and looked over the bridge to find an amazing...
    • 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
    • Home Sweet Africa

    • Home Sweet Africa

    • art

    • Upon completion of my service in Togo, I decided to take Peace Corps up on that third goal and put together an exhibit highlighting some moments of my time in the Peace Corps. The exhibit was titiled "Home Sweet Africa" and displayed photos and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Pate

    • Making Pate

    • Host community friends; Food and meals

    • Affem Kabye's village health volunteer and my counterpart Adjoua is making pate in her foyer ameliore. Pate is the staple in the Central Region of Togo. Pate is made by boiling water, adding corn flour and stirring it vigorously; it turns into a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Collecting Water

    • Collecting Water

    • Water and sanitation

    • Amavi is collecting water for her family for drinking, cooking, cleaning and bathing. At the time the only place to find water near her house was to dig a hole and hope for the best. Unfortunately some cattle found her family's water hole but she...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Children Standing in Front of "Case de Sante"

    • Children Standing in Front of "Case de Sante"

    • Health; Architecture; Children

    • These children are standing in front of Affem Kabye's "case de sante" (health hut). As you can see from the photo, the fence that is supposed to keep sheep and goats from entering the health hut is falling down, which means the village's volunteer...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Health Committee

    • Health Committee

    • Health; Architecture

    • This is a photo of the village's health committee standing in front of Affem Kabye's "case de sante" (health hut). Each "quartier" in the village is represented by one female and one male health committee member. As you can see from the photo, the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Prevention sensibilzation

    • Prevention sensibilzation

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken in the village of Gbadjahe, Togo during my service there in 2006. This is part of a project in three surrounding villages that trained peer health educators. At the end of each training there was a village wide event where peer...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Camp Espoir

    • Camp Espoir

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken at an annual Peace Corp Togo camp (camp espoir, or 'hope' in English). This camp occurs every year and for children and youth in every region of the country who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. The camp gives the kids an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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

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