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    • My friend Sophia

    • My friend Sophia

    • Children; Host families

    • This is a photo taken during training in Paraguay. Sophia is related to my training family and lives next door. Many times Sophia would come and visit me while I was studying and go through my pictures from home. After many times of looking through...
    • Little Host Sister

    • Little Host Sister

    • Children; Host families

    • This is a picture of one of the sisters of my host family, where I stayed during pre-service training in the extreme north region of Cameroon. I was always welcomed back to the house after a long day of training with the beautiful smiling faces of...
    • Aissatou Roasting a Marshmallow

    • Aissatou Roasting a Marshmallow

    • Cooking; Host community friends

    • My neighbor’s family consisted of the previous mayor of the village, Meri, where I was posted, his 3 wives and countless children and grandchildren. I brought marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate to their house to make s’mores and the...
    • Mambajao Agro Fair

    • Mambajao Agro Fair

    • Education; Host community

    • This is me and two of my site mates hosting a booth for our town's annual Agro-Fair. We had just gotten there and were trying to explain our servicesto the citizens of Camiguin.
    • FES Work Crew

    • FES Work Crew

    • Environment; Host community friends

    • This is Ed and Sue with our local work crew (and friends). The project we were assigned was called Improved Temotu Traditional Agriculture (ITTA), a tree crop farming system based on traditional tree crops, such as breadfruit, several varieties of...
    • Judith and her Fishponds

    • Judith and her Fishponds

    • Fishing; Host community friends

    • This photo is of Judith, more often known as BanaEster, at her farm near Kazembe, Zambia in 2007. She's standing in front of two of her fishponds. As an aquaculture Volunteer, I worked with BanaEster on expanding her fish ponds and improving...
    • 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.
    • Hassana and Zina

    • Hassana and Zina

    • Food and meals; Cooking;Host community friends

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in September 2010. The woman on the left is Hassana Garba who taught me how to pound and winnow my own millet. The other woman is Zina Hashimu, Hassana's...
    • Laughter at Lunch

    • Laughter at Lunch

    • Food and meals; Host community friends

    • This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. These are three of my closest neighbors and friends eating tup (boiled millet mush) with okra sauce. From left to right are Zali Sanushi with her...
    • Yerba Mate, Paraguayan Style

    • Yerba Mate, Paraguayan Style

    • Food and meals; Host community; Host community friends

    • This photo taken on August 27th, 2006 shows my wife and I engaged in the classic Paraguayan ritual with our favorite progressive farmer in our site in Paraguay. Sharing the indigenous green tea, yerba mate, with a communal cup is the universal way...

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