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    • Barziwen, Liberia

    • Barziwen, Liberia

    • Funerals; Knight Foundation

    • Grave of Volunteer Susan Davey, killed in an auto accident while vacationing in Kenya in January 1970. Barziwen, Liberia.
    • Agency Photos
    • Local Funeral

    • Local Funeral

    • Funerals

    • Cerro de Pasco, Peru 1969 Another funeral procession with a small coffin...tough living conditions at 15,000 feet altitude resulted in many children dying before they were 5.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kpendua's Regent

    • Kpendua's Regent

    • Elders; Funerals

    • Near the completion of my service, I was lucky to attend the funeral of the chief of Kpendua, the village in which I served in the Northern Region of Ghana. It took 5 years for the village to raise enough money to properly commemorate his death,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Old West in Ha'afeva

    • The Old West in Ha'afeva

    • Funerals

    • This photo was taken April 20, 2011 in Ha'afeva, a small island in the Ha'apai group (Tonga). I was on a business trip with some Church of Tonga leaders to Pangai, Ha'apai and we made a last minute trip to Ha'afeva to attend a funeral. On a walk...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ukraine Cemetery

    • Ukraine Cemetery

    • death; funerals

    • I took this picture in April of 2005 during my language training in Fastive, Ukraine. I passed this cemetery everyday as I walked from my host family's home to the town center for language lessons with my training group. Note that cemetery...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Myra Carrying Funeral Feast Leftovers

    • Myra Carrying Funeral Feast Leftovers

    • Funerals; Food and meals

    • After attending a funeral feast during the Month of Flies, my "sister" Myra carried my share of the leftovers home. She carried my food in a coconut fond basket that was made on-the-spot. Myra is the oldest daughter of the couple whose home I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Solemn Mourning

    • Solemn Mourning

    • Funerals; Traditional dress

    • Cathy (foreground) and Barb attended the funeral of a fellow trainee's host father in South Africa in February 2011. Women are traditionally required to cover their heads at funerals, which typically begin before sunrise.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Burial

    • Community Burial

    • funerals; traditional dress

    • Trainees witness the burial of Danielle's (second from right) host father in February 2011 in South Africa. There were more than a thousand people at the funeral because the deceased was a distinguished member of the community and closely related...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Puru Blaka

    • Puru Blaka

    • funerals; traditional dress

    • This is an Ingi Puru Blaka, a traditional ceremony taking place in my village, Redi Doti, in Resortt Caroline, Para District, Suriname. The idea behind this ceremony is that while a family is in mourning following the death of a loved one, they...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baskets of Goodies

    • Baskets of Goodies

    • Host community; Funerals;

    • A Pohnpeian woman sits with her spoils in the nahs (meeting house) during a funeral -- e.g. the most important of social occasions in Pohnpei. January 2010
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Her Whole Life is in That Room

    • Her Whole Life is in That Room

    • death; funerals

    • When I put this photo up on facebook to get help in choosing which photos to submit to this contest, someone wrote a comment on this one saying "her whole life is in that room." And while the woman in the corner is not the wife of the man who has...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Love Lost

    • Love Lost

    • death; funerals

    • His death came unexpectedly. She said when she woke up at her usual 5am she heard her husband was having difficulty breathing, but she didn't think much of it. A couple of hours later she was surprised he wasn't out of bed yet, and it was at that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water, Water, Everywhere

    • Water, Water, Everywhere

    • funerals

    • Two women seek out the shade during day one of a funeral in Pohnpei, FSM. Beside them are the several gallons of water there for the mourners, also seeking some coolness. May, 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos

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