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    • David Griggs andWith

    • David Griggs andWith

    • children; environment

    • Forestry Peace Corps Volunteer David Griggs happened upon a neglected Indian reservation of the Ache/Guaiyaki in the forests of eastern Paraguay in April 1971. This first encounter led to my service working with the Ache/Gaiyaki. Ultimately, Peace...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Grammie!

    • Grammie!

    • Children; Host community friends

    • This is a picture of Halima Abdou with her grand child. The picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Father and Daughter

    • Father and Daughter

    • Children; Host community friends

    • I was a Volunteer from 1984-1986 in Pajiza, in the province of Sta Elena, Ecuador. This gentleman owned one of the two stores in town, and this is the youngest of his two daughters.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Girls (and Sir)

    • My Girls (and Sir)

    • Children; Host community friends

    • After being away from the village for a week, I came home and found this- my girls and my small gentleman playing on the ground outside of our compound. they were so excited that their very own foreign entertainment was finally home and when I took...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Liberian Children in My Front Yard

    • Liberian Children in My Front Yard

    • Children; Host community friends

    • I took this photo sometime in 1976, in my front yard as the sun was setting. I lived in "the round house" on the beach, behind the Peace Corps compound in Monrovia. The children were my neighbors who spent many hours sitting in my living room...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing to Spray Fruit Trees

    • Preparing to Spray Fruit Trees

    • Children; Host community; Environment

    • Ernie is showing neighbor children Behrouz Salehi and Shahab Daregari what he is doing to prepare the pesticide to spray on the fruit trees. This photo was taken at our house in Kerend, Iran, Summer 1970
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My friend Sophia

    • My friend Sophia

    • Children; Host families

    • This is a photo taken during training in Paraguay. Sophia is related to my training family and lives next door. Many times Sophia would come and visit me while I was studying and go through my pictures from home. After many times of looking through...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Little Host Sister

    • Little Host Sister

    • Children; Host families

    • This is a picture of one of the sisters of my host family, where I stayed during pre-service training in the extreme north region of Cameroon. I was always welcomed back to the house after a long day of training with the beautiful smiling faces of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rural Development Volunteer

    • Rural Development Volunteer

    • Agriculture; Children; Water and sanitation

    • This Volunteer works in rural development and secondary projects including forestry. He explains the importance of “live fencing” to school children at a garden project.
    • Agency Photos
    • Water Delivery

    • Water Delivery

    • Children; water and sanitation; Transportation

    • Water came from shallow wells in the creekbed. My neighbors delivered two jugs a week - about 10 gallons. This is my weekly delivery of water.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PCV Piñata Look-alike

    • PCV Piñata Look-alike

    • Games; Children; Volunteers

    • This photo was taken on June 11th of 2011 in my village in the Republic of Panama at my farewell ceremony the day before I left to begin my close of service proceedings. These are the daughters of my friends/counterparts Nori and Eloi . Neither...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Faiza and Her Date

    • Faiza and Her Date

    • Gardens; Children

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. This is Faiza Lowali. She found a date pit and brought it to our house and asked if she could plant it in our tree nurserie. We let her and it grew...
    • Volunteer Photos

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