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    • Fish Fête

    • Fish Fête

    • Fishing; Celebrations

    • I took this photo during fish fête, an annual festival in the desert of Haute Guinea. These festivals take place after the dry season, when there is a lake left where the river usually flows during rainy season. These lakes are not fished until...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mount Kahuzi-Biega Summit

    • Mount Kahuzi-Biega Summit

    • fishing

    • Portion of our fishculture training group on top of Mt. Kahuzi-Biega near Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo 12/31/1978. Kahuzi-Biega is the home of a group of mountain gorillas. Our objective that day was to get to the top and although...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Building Tilapia pond during training

    • Building Tilapia pond during training

    • agriculture; fishing

    • For the Inland Fisheries Program in Sierra Leone, training took place at Makali Fish Station. A site was selected by the earlier group of fisheries volunteers and a pond was built by those volunteers and trainees and local residents of the country.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Installation of Bamboo Pipe for Pond Drain

    • Installation of Bamboo Pipe for Pond Drain

    • fishing; agriculture

    • In December 1981 during in-country training in Sierra Leone for the Inland Fisheries Program, trainees (including myself) contructed a fish pond with volunteers who had served before us and local Sierra Leoneans. This photo was taken as a bamboo...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Katuyola Ponds

    • Katuyola Ponds

    • Terrain; Fishing

    • This picture of two of my farmers' fish ponds in the village of Katuyola, Zambia. This photo was taken on the morning of our first fish harvest in 2002. It was a bit chilly and a mist was rising off the pond's surface. The pond on the right is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Necessary Protein

    • Necessary Protein

    • Children; Fishing; Nutrition

    • This photo was taken in 2003 at Mwindwiji Farms, Zambia. The child holding the fish is most likely suffering from Kwashiorkor Syndrome, which is a severe protein malnutrition that affects children. I think this photo sums up the Peace Corps...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • In-Service Training on Lake Iteshi-teshi , Zambia

    • In-Service Training on Lake Iteshi-teshi , Zambia

    • Pre-service Training (PST); agriculture; fishing

    • This was taken on Lake Iteshi-teshi during in-service training for the Rural Aquaculture Promotion Project, Peace Corps, Zambia, April 2000. All of these volunteers were dedicated to improving the food security of Zambians by teaching them how to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fishing at Dusk

    • Fishing at Dusk

    • Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); terrain

    • While visiting a fellow Peace Corps Volunteer in Laoang, Philippines, we take a break to relax on its white sandy beaches. In the distance a local fisherman quietly pushes along his boat in the evening twilight. It is May 14, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Look at What I Caught!

    • Look at What I Caught!

    • Children; Fishing

    • This photo was taken in Buchanan, Liberia while visiting another Volunteer. We were hanging out on the beach when this little boy came up to show us his catch of the day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Inland fisheries

    • Inland fisheries

    • Fishing; Work

    • This photo shows J. Carl, Inland fisheries Volunteer in Liberia, working on a water control feature, part of the main channel for the Duo Town Fisheries Complex. The other fellow (in the trench) is Stanley, a farmer and master carpenter. Carl...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Three Musketeers ZairianStyle

    • Three Musketeers ZairianStyle

    • Host community friends; Fishing

    • Taken in 1988 as we waited on the pond bank for the first harvest of fish for this group of farmers. They showed me how to make hats out of big forest leaves for protection from the hot equatorial sun.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mukobo's First Harvest

    • Mukobo's First Harvest

    • Fishing

    • Sylvain Mukobo was among the first to build his pond in the Manga Fish Farmer's Association. With this harvest, he motivated a second group to invest in fish farming.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Family Affair

    • A Family Affair

    • Fishing; Host community friends

    • Fish farmer Papa Ngwanza adds compost to his pond with his two boys. The program was called Projet Pisiculture Familiale, or Family Fish Project, and had just celebrated its 10th anniversary when this picture was taken in 1988.
    • Volunteer Photos

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