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    • Yes We Can

    • Yes We Can

    • Children; Elders

    • The picture was taken by my home village, Tougouri, Burkina Faso. In the picture are my best-friend's mother (therefore MY grandmother) and my friend's son. The little boy is the smiliest and giggliest little boy ever created and his grandmother...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yebo Gogo!

    • Yebo Gogo!

    • health; elders

    • For the past 9 months, I have been working with a group of Grannys (in South Africa they are known as Gogos) to form a health education group. Often the ones left to cook, clean, and care for young babies while their own children go to cities to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yebo Gogo

    • Yebo Gogo

    • Elders; Youth

    • I took this photo in Naas, South Africa on March 23, 2011. The woman pictured is the grandmother or Gogo in siSwati of a client that I work with. Gogos have frequently become the primary care givers in a country where many children are orphaned as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Woodcutter in the Woods

    • Woodcutter in the Woods

    • Elders

    • While staying with two Slovak young men at a historic mill in the woods of the High Tatry of Northern Slovakia, I was invited to join them in walking to a cabin, the home of an old woodcutter. One of the young men had promised to take photos of his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Without a Door

    • Without a Door

    • Elders; Host community friends

    • I took this photo on December 9, 2010 during the 16 Days of Activism, an annual campaign on gender-based violence. In one of our door-to-door outreach efforts in Block A, South Africa, a woman invited me and my coworkers into her house to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • With a Favorite Friend at Her Loom

    • With a Favorite Friend at Her Loom

    • Elders; Host community friends

    • This is one of the sweetest people around. She is "Yai," or "grandmother." At age 86 she continues to be involved in the community and to make cotton and herbal medicines in her home. I pass her house on the way home from school, and after tough...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • We Heart Beans

    • We Heart Beans

    • Elders; Food and meals; Cooking

    • Bulgarians eat a lot beans. This picture was taken in late September after the pods of the beans had dried on the stalk. Ahmed is taking the pleasure of beating all of the dried beans out of their shells and after this labor intensive work they...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Two Women at the Corn Mill

    • Two Women at the Corn Mill

    • Elders

    • It was the day after Christmas 2004 and a few volunteers and I decided to visit the picturesque village of Vevcani, Macedonia. As we wondered the streets we came across these women and asked if we could take their picture. They laughed and seemed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Two Old Ladies

    • Two Old Ladies

    • Elders; Children

    • I served as town photographer while teaching secondary school in Kolahun, Lofa County, Liberia, West Africa. This sitting was of an older woman and her grand daughter who were both called "Old Lady." Out of respect for her age, the woman was Old...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • These Smiles Are Rare

    • These Smiles Are Rare

    • elders; markets

    • I took this photo during a large market day in Sourou, Burkina Faso on the 14th of August 2011. There are three different ethnic groups within the small village I live in and the two women captured in the photo are of the Pheul ethnicity. This...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Store

    • The Store

    • elders; children

    • THis photo was taken in the Camotes Islands, Cebu, Philippines, November 2010. I was bike riding, and I happend to see the beautiful fish for sale, so I stopped and took a look. The older lady was excited I was interested in the fish. I asked if i...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Fair

    • The Fair

    • elders; agriculture

    • Our town hall put on an Agriculture Fair event. All the towns had representatives from the different areas or baranagays, each with their agriculture specialty, like bananas, camotes, baked goodies and of course some live stock.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Elders Teach and the Youth Listen

    • The Elders Teach and the Youth Listen

    • Education; Elders; Teachers and students

    • This picture was taken in my village in the Region of Mbeya, Tanzania. It was taken during a training session on Communicable Diseases and Water Sanitation in one of the sub-villages. During the training one of the small children decided to take...
    • Volunteer Photos

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