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    • Methane Gas Generators

    • Methane Gas Generators

    • Technology; Environment; Construction

    • This Peace Corps Volunteer constructs methane gas generators around the cities of Loja and Saraguro. During the past two years, he has constructed three such generators, each being a huge success. Here, he works with Ecuadorians to install storage...
    • Agency Photos
    • Conch Shellfish

    • Conch Shellfish

    • Knight Foundation; Fishing; Environment

    • This Volunteer is assigned to Belize as a marine biologist studying the sexual maturity and reproductive habits of the queen conch shellfish in Belize, Central America. The conch, a member of the mollusk family, is a valuable export item for...
    • Agency Photos
    • Environmental Engineer

    • Environmental Engineer

    • Environment; Knight Foundation

    • This Volunteer is shown with a Belize helper testing the stress level of soil samples taken at sites where buildings, bridges and roads are under construction. Harris has been serving in Belize since February 1973 in the field of engineering....
    • Agency Photos
    • Spelunking

    • Spelunking

    • Knight Foundation; Environment; ACTION

    • This Action Peace Corps Volunteer iis serving in Belmopan, the capital city of Belize. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1969 with a BA in Anthropology and is a member of the National Speleological Society. With 13 years experience...
    • Agency Photos
    • Reforestation Project

    • Reforestation Project

    • Knight Foundation; Environment; Agriculture

    • This Volunteer works in village reforestation projects in Ouahigouya. In a government effort to halt the steady encroachment of the Sahara Desert, he has helped plant nearly 30,000 trees. His base of operations is the Ouahigouya tree nursery which...
    • Agency Photos
    • Water Systems

    • Water Systems

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation; Environment

    • This Volunteer is stationed in Orange Walk Town, Belize. He works with the Medical Department in the Public Health Bureau and plans and supervises the construction of local water systems. 1974
    • Agency Photos
    • Wildlife Biologist

    • Wildlife Biologist

    • Agriculture; Environment; Fishing

    • This Volunteer is a wildlife biologist at Mole National Park in Ghana. His duties include anti-poaching activities, general management of the park, and compiling wildlife surveys on the number and species of animals and their food, movement, and...
    • Agency Photos
    • Salt on Fields

    • Salt on Fields

    • Environment

    • The whiteness over the fields in the photograph is the layer of salt which has come on the surface due to the rise in the subsoil water table.
    • Agency Photos
    • Washing Surface Salts

    • Washing Surface Salts

    • Environment; Agriculture

    • Profuse watering washes down the surface salts on fields. Water for this purpose is supplied generally by tube-wells sunk by the Government of West Pakistan with the assistance from the United States.
    • Agency Photos
    • Park Trails Workshop

    • Park Trails Workshop

    • Environment

    • Lani beside the poster announcing the Park Trails Workshop in Bilar, Bohol wherein she assisted the Volunteers, the staff and the Volunteer counterparts in their logistical and administrative needs.
    • Staff Photos

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