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    • Zaire Fisheries

    • Zaire Fisheries
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    • Inspecting a pond with other aquaculture (fisheries) volunteers. We grew Tilapia. This was part of our orientation to farming in Zaire, prior to language training at Bukavu, Lake Kivu. 1980
    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project
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    • My Associate Peace Corps Director (APCD) suggested me to do this project with my students. It was a huge success and the students and faculty loved the project.
    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project
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    • The photo was taken in March of 2008. My students and I were working on a World Map Project. We took a large wall that everyone walks past at the school and drew a mural of a world map. This photo shows us in the finishing stages of painting it. We...
    • Working Hard...

    • Working Hard...
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    • I took this photo in 2001, while working with a community member, and good friend, Miguel. He works in the forestry and cattle industries in Eastern Honduras.
    • Working Cowboys

    • Working Cowboys
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    • While we were conducting a home visit, these two boys came tromping back from working out in the fields. They were instantly curious as to who the strangers in their house were. They looked so cute in their matching cowboy hats that I asked to take...
    • Work Together, Play Together

    • Work Together, Play Together
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    • This photo was taken in Andringitra, Madagascar. Two Peace Corps Volunteers, Kurt and Sonia, along with their sisters (visiting), met up with the Club Vintsy (an environment club). Kurt and Sonia did a lot of their work with Club Vintsy in...
    • Work Outing

    • Work Outing
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    • This is a picture was taken in June 2011 on route back to the office. This photo opportunity occurred during a work outing to visit an OTOP project.
    • Women's Group in Todos Santos, Guatemala

    • Women's Group in Todos Santos, Guatemala
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    • Peace Corps Volunteer Abimael and I worked to organize this women's group in a tiny community about a 30 minute hike from the nearest road. We encouraged the municipality to help the women start a community bank, and we conducted trainings on...
    • Wetland in Reserve

    • Wetland in Reserve
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    • This is a photo of a wetland in the wildlife reserve I helped manage--a home for flocks of birds and large fish. The characteristics of the wetlands varied by season: during some parts of the year, the entire area in this photo would be flooded; at...
    • Well Work and Field Based Training

    • Well Work and Field Based Training
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    • This is a photo of a field base training that I set up in my village Koporo-pen. We were doing a top well repair and another Volunteer and I took that opportunity to train Peace Corps trainees as well as our own village masons. We brought some...
    • Washing Machine

    • Washing Machine
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    • This picture was taken by my sister Karen when she came to visit me in Nicaragua in 2001. I got to wash our clothes by hand on the pila, a concrete washboard and sink. This was a source of great amusement and connection with my grandmother who...
    • Walking to the Rice Field

    • Walking to the Rice Field
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    • I took this photo shortly after arriving at my site in Fiadanana, Madagascar in May of 2008. This picture shows three of my neighbors (Andrea, her mother Helen and her sister in law Elva) crossing a river to get to their rice field. This day was...
    • Volunteer Work

    • Volunteer Work
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    • Introducing volunteer work to my students is one of the best ways to exchange culture. My students traveled 14 hours to volunteer at two Halloween parties I hosted for my new students. It was such an awesome act of volunteerism!
    • Visiting Students at Mbuluv

    • Visiting Students at Mbuluv
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    • During the last year of my Peace Corps service I decided to visit many of my students in their villages. Except for one, we (delegation of students and I) went everywhere on foot and had a lot fun along the way too. Our visit was greatly...

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