Taken on December 13, 2010, this photo is of the grandfather of my host family, Renee OUEDREOGO in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. Taken on my last morning before departing for swear-in ceremonies in Ouagadougou.
Photo taken on August 26, 2011 during Camp GLOW (Girls Leading our World), a leadership training camp geared toward school-age females in Burkina Faso.
Volunteers Luis, Scott, and Joey commemorate World AIDS day 2011 with their community in Burkina Faso. The mural was a great way to get the community interested in talking about HIV/AIDS. The Volunteers held multiple information sessions on...
Peace Corps Volunteers on the left are welcomed to Winneba Ghana for the start of their in-country training by a local Chief and his elders on the right. In the center with the tie on in a Ghanian Peace Corps employee, Will E. Last (or Willie...
The newly installed Chief of Winneba in the Western Region of Ghanainitiates teh swearing in ceremony in Winneba on September 18, 1977. Approximately 200 volunteers were sworn in on that day. For those male volunteers wearing a traditional cloth,...
This young lage in Keta Ghana is working as a vendor at the annual Hogbetsotso Festival which celebrates the Ewe people's escape and arrival in the Volta Region of Ghana. She is offering a mixture of water and sugar flavored with burnt corn. I...
While traveling across the border from the north, I stopped in Bolgatanga and asked about where I could stay. A young man invited me to stay with his extended family here where I slept on the roof. Several adobe round houses for the extended family...