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    • Wind Is Your Friend

    • Wind Is Your Friend

    • Agriculture

    • Strong winds may kick up a lot of dust in the Far North of Cameroon, but the Kapsiki women here use this force of nature to separate beans and grains from there protective layers. January 27th, 2012.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Where There is Fish, There are Birds

    • Where There is Fish, There are Birds

    • Fishing; Animals

    • In this seaside town in Morocco there is a large fishing industry. In the mornings and later at night, you can go to the fish market to pick up some fish to take home or take to a nearby restaurant and have it prepared as you like. Another common...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Where the Heck is Helena?

    • Where the Heck is Helena?

    • Transportation; Housing

    • Traveling by taxi from the capital of Guyana, Georgetown, to my new site in New Amsterdam, I flew by this road sign. Helena?? That's my hometown in Montana! It's pointing in the right direction, but I reckon it's a village here. I don't recall...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Where in the world is Cambodia?

    • Where in the world is Cambodia?

    • World Map Project

    • \During the Grade 12 semester exams, there are no classes for the underclassmen. I took this break as an opportunity to do the Peace Corps World Map Project. About 50 students, from grades 10 and 11, worked together to draw and paint the map on the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What is That?

    • What is That?

    • Drama; HIV-AIDS

    • In the scene from the Acting Out Awareness play, the AIDS virus has just appeared in the world. The virus, represented by the actor in red, is surrounded by the four corners of the world, represented by the four actors in white. Here, the four...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What is a Hammock?

    • What is a Hammock?

    • host community friends; children

    • A Fijian family lives below me. They have two young sons, and there is another boy the age of their sons that lives next door. When I am outside doing laundry or reading in my hammock they'll come bug me, its kind of silly because they speak little...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water is Life!- Agua es Vida!

    • Water is Life!- Agua es Vida!

    • Host community friends; Construction; Water and sanitation

    • This photo was taken Aug. 29th, 2007 in Carata Peru. It includes me (center in red shirt) after working with locals to install a new concrete reservoir which would provide potable water to the community. The renovation of the system coincided with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • This is the Way You Do It!

    • This is the Way You Do It!

    • Food and meals

    • Women in my village in Thailand are showing Volunteer Carla Arnold how to make kao tom, a traditional Thai dessert. Raw rice and a piece of banana are put on a small square of banana leaf. It is folded in a very special way and secured with a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • This Is a Winning Ticket, I Promise!

    • This Is a Winning Ticket, I Promise!

    • teachers and students; education

    • A principal is giving out tickets to the students who were speaking to him in English. The tickets are part of SEED (Speak English Every Day) which was established by Volunteer Carla Arnold and her counterpart Ning Saijung in March 2011. A...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Toothfairy is at it Again...

    • The Toothfairy is at it Again...

    • Teachers and students; Water and sanitation

    • Learning to brush your teeth can be a fun activity especially when you have a cool new toothbrush to do it with... We received donations of about 50 new toothbrushes and some toothpaste. So, I decided it would be a great opportunity to teach the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The solution is All of Us

    • The solution is All of Us

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was snapped on June 20, 2012. These are the winning learners at a senior secondary school, in Namibia, grades 9A and 10A. One of the AIDS Awareness Week activities was to submit a class question and the top three would win a prize. We...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Printer is Thirsty

    • The Printer is Thirsty

    • Host community friends; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

    • This is my landlord showing me how Ukrainians refill ink cartridges in Ukraine. The photo was taken in my apartment in the city of Uman.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Kid is Kind and The Sun is Bright

    • The Kid is Kind and The Sun is Bright

    • youth

    • I was cutting down a new soccer field with some guys from my village. They told me to go grab my camera and take a few shots. The first person I saw when I got back was this boy named Richardo. He turned his head, sun blazing upon his gaze, and I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Future is Now

    • The Future is Now

    • HIV/AIDS; Children

    • The photo is from World AIDS Day 2011 at a primary school in Cambodia. The photo shows a student who has already pinned his HIV/AIDS ribbon and is waiting to listen to a presentation on HIV/AIDS.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thailand is Truly the Land of Smiles!

    • Thailand is Truly the Land of Smiles!

    • Celebrations; Volunteers; Older Volunteers

    • Volunteer Carla is being honored by two Thais during Chakri, a festival celebrating the elders by putting water in their hands with flowers and powder on their faces. This picture was taken in on April 2011, shortly after I arrived at site.
    • Volunteer Photos

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