Posts tagged host country national
Life is calling. How far will you go?
At the market in Azerbaijan - 2010
Bolivia - 1998
the father of one of my students, working on his fields on a sunday afternoon, harvesting melons among several other noms
Mouhou Boussine, my counterpart, and I are sitting amongst her drying roses in the Valley of the Roses in Morocco. As a small business development Volunteer, I helped Mouhou develop the weaving association in the village. The weavers were all agrarian farmers and every spring, we woke at dawn to harvest roses which we often cooked into rosewater.
- Peace Corps Business Development Volunteer Terra Fuller
(Source: peacecorps.gov)
Every International Women’s Day, the ladies of Burkina celebrate by participating in dances, sports and other festivities. Here, my friends from village make their way to our closest city for the March 8, 2009 activities. Each year, the country produces a new fabric design to celebrate the day and women rush to the textile retailers and tailors to have outfits made in time for the holiday.
Peace Corps Health Volunteer Karla Morrison
Burkina Faso, 2009
An elder woman in Panama paints a Peace Corps Volunteer with a temporary paint from the juices of a fruit called Jagua.
Honduran baby sleeping on Flickr.
“Rural villagers in Tanzania had never heard of the American holiday called Halloween. Also they had never seen this type of pumpkin before. I gave my friend some seeds and after some weeks, she proudly brought a home grown pumpkin to my house. I showed her how we carve jack-o-lanterns, roast the seeds, and bake pumpkin bread. She kept a few of the seeds to share with others and to plant again the following year; and for many years after that.” - Peace Corps Environment Volunteer Heath Roy
Guyana - 2005
SAF-2006-D007 on Flickr.
A Peace Corps Volunteer hosts a baseball game for his students in South Africa.
