This was taken after Church in the village of Hakupu one Sunday with my host family - Mother Tiva Toeono and twins Simoe and Anton. Ladies over 18 years old had to wear hats to Church and the women weaved incredibly beautiful hats they loved to...
Abuti, a herd boy, on his donkey collecting corn feed for the cows. This 14 year old boy spends most days walking across the mountains in the Senqu river valley of Lesotho, herding my host family's cow, donkeys and sheep.
On an outing with my host family, we stopped along the road and asked some local rice farmers if they would take a picture with me. This picture was taken during just my second month in country.
My host family Grandmother. Too old to work in the fields, she spends most days sitting against the stone wall of her hut absorbing the heat of the stones. She patiently sorts grain and beans, watches the goings-on of the village and sends all her...
This was our "family" in Iran. Ernie is on far left. Sue is 3rd from right. Mr. Salehi and Mrs. Salehi are 3rd and 4th from left. Salehi children are in front. Behrouz is squatting down with his younger brother. The other women in the picture are...
This was the last dinner I had with my host family before I left training. This is in the city of Chernigov--my host mother is the blond woman at the far left. The person sitting next to me is another Peace Corps Volunteer with her host mother. I...
Volunteers; Host families; Pre-service training (PST)
During our training our host mother asked us to go with here into nature (hike) into the hills surrounding the village of Modra. We didn't know at the time that is was a political rally for a political party, of which there were many. We were...