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    • A Lesson about Building a Smokeless Stove

    • A Lesson about Building a Smokeless Stove

    • Cooking; Host community friends

    • This is a photo of women looking in on a demonstration of installing a smokeless stove under a water catchment. The women were so eager to learn so the demonstation could move to the next home. In Tuvalu it is important to keep possessions fairly...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Dance Like a Tuvaluan

    • Learning to Dance Like a Tuvaluan

    • Dance

    • The islanders loved it when we would at least try to do some of their favorite things, like dancing. They were always full of praise and laughter whenever we tried. They were always so very generous in all ways. At first we thought they partied...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Friends...Tagasoa

    • Friends...Tagasoa

    • Host community friends; Food and meals

    • Friends were many...friendships were deep. We laughed together, we cried together, we worked hard together and played together. This picture is of Vicki at a feast event (fakaala) with a young friend.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Children's Day Parade

    • Children's Day Parade

    • Celebrations

    • I remember this as one of our first community events on the island. It was Children's Day and all of the children were paraded through the village as the honored citizens that they are. Children knew they were special but they also knew they had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Panapa Panapa

    • Panapa Panapa

    • Counterparts

    • This a picture of Panapa Panapa. A person takes their father's first name for their last name and so if you are named after your father you first and last names will be the same. Panapa was our right hand person for developing and implementing so...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Going on the Seaplane

    • Going on the Seaplane

    • Host community friends

    • Whenever anyone left the island, either by seaplane or boat, they were richly decorated with many flower garlands. Sometimes we were so heavily decorated it was hard to move from the weight and the strong fragrance. Truly an honor to be loved so...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Our Family

    • Our Family

    • Host families

    • Our Peace Corps experience was a huge success in large part because of our loving family. We were soon adopted by the islanders after they figured out that we were really going to stay. At first they believed we would soon be leaving after being...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Adoring Grandfather and Grandson

    • Adoring Grandfather and Grandson

    • Host community friends; Elders; Children

    • Children are adored in Tuvalu and this is a photo of a grandfather adoring his grandson and namesake. Chidlren seldomly cried in Tuvalu, they were always being held, and their needs were quickly satisfied. After a child is born, the mother is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lee and Work Crew Building a Water Tank

    • Lee and Work Crew Building a Water Tank

    • Water and sanitation

    • Water catchment and storage was a big part of what we did to make a real difference in the life of a Tuvaluan. As Peace Corps Volunteers we had a wonderful collaboration with Save the Children Foundation to build 1,000 gallon water tanks in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Filifau and Her Mom, Mamele

    • Filifau and Her Mom, Mamele

    • Host community friends; Agriculture

    • This is one of my favorite pictures. Mamele was the mother who adopted us into her family and Filifau was her daughter that was just a few years young than me. We loved so much doing things together. In this photo they are sitting a watching a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Seaplane Was Our Transportation

    • Seaplane Was Our Transportation

    • Transportation

    • Whenever the seaplane came to the island...usually twice a week, the children would run through the village announcing they had just heard it flying overhead. They would scream "Si bi eaa" for "Sea Bee Air" the name of the plane. The plane was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Farewell Party

    • Farewell Party

    • Host community friends; Housing; Close of service (COS)

    • There were numerous farewell parties for us as we prepared to leave our beloved home of Vaitupu, Tuvalu. This is a picture of our little thatched house in the background that kept us as cool and comfortable as possible. We loved to look at the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • At the Fatelle

    • At the Fatelle

    • Host families; Swearing-in ceremonies

    • Dan & Donna sitting with the host family mother and father (Sina & Faiva) at the party the night we were sworn in as Peace Corps Volunteers for Tuvalu. The white around the necks is baby powder; it is a custom in Tuvalu to show appreciation during...
    • Volunteer Photos

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