Cedar boils the modified leghold traps in herbs, along with our clothing and shoes, at the farmhouse in the village of Sadovic in western Bulgaria. With members of Balkani Wildlife Society, the next day we set the trapline and checked it twice a...
Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); Host community
I took this photo during my first week as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer in Calbayog, Philippines, on May 12, 2011. I was training a small group of staff members how to operate a video camera so they could document events at the orphanage where...
Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); Host community
On July 11, 2011, my counterpart and I interviewed the director of the SOS Children's Village we were working for on the launching of the new Children's Playbus run by the orphanage. My counterpart operates the video camera while I monitor in case...
Although not really dead, these gentlemen decided to take a nap right outside our house on a hot day for the nice cool ocean breeze. It is common custom in Natuvu village that on Saturday the men drink yaqona or kava and then on Sunday spend the...
This photo was taken in July 2010 with members of my host village in Natuvu, Fiji. We are performing a Fijian War Meke (dance) with a wau (club). It was done during in the past before the men went off to war with another tribe. If you look...
While visiting a fellow Peace Corps Volunteer in Laoang, Philippines, we take a break to relax on its white sandy beaches. In the distance a local fisherman quietly pushes along his boat in the evening twilight. It is May 14, 2011.
After long day of working on our community hall digging up sand for concrete, we decided to bury some of the bothersome children in the sand on our beach. Pictured our Jo, who assisted in the burying and is holding the shovel, and the children...
Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); Host community
I take a lunch break with some men working on the docks in Laoang, the Philippines. It is a hot day outside and, after talking with the group of men for a long time, they invite me to sit down with them and share a few soft drinks out of plastic...
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...
In this photo, I am weaving (talitali) a mat with two friends, Serema and Kata. We are weaving in their home in Natuvu Village, Fiji. The photo was taken in 2010. The mats are made out of a plant called 'voivoi' that the women grow and process...