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Bots 3 Close of Service Conference with HE President Festus Mogae
Bots 3 close of service conference. Dignitaries in attendance: His Excellency President Festus Mogae of Botswana, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana Katherine Canavan, and Minister of Health Prof. Sheila Tlou. March 3, 2007.
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Bots 3 Swearing-In Ceremony
Bots 3 training group Swearing-In Ceremony at Kgosi Kgari Sechele II Secondary School in Molepolole, Botswana on May 25, 2005. All 27 trainees who arrived at staging in Philadelphia 10 weeks earlier made it through training and 1 year of service.
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Rwandan Rainforest
Nyungwe rainforest comprises one of Rwanda's three national parks, and is a popular destination for hiking and camping.
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Nursery School Students
These young students study at Saint Leonard Nursery and Primary School in Nyagatare, Rwanda. Nearly all students in Rwanda wear school uniforms, and at Saint Leonard, they consist of blue blouses, blue sweaters, and blue shorts or skirts.
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Mountain Gorillas
People come from all over the world to see the mountain gorillas in Rwanda's breathtaking Volcanos National Park.
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Rwandan Sunset
The sun sets in Nyanza, Rwanda.
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Island-Hopping in Lake Kivu
Amahoro Island, a small island on the Rwandan side of Lake Kivu, is a beautiful place for Volunteers to relax.
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East African Border
Rwanda on the left, Democratic Republic of Congo on the right
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Mom and her poster child for child weighings
When we first met, I thought this beautiful Fulani mother's young child would die of malnutrition. He was so severely underweight and malnourished that his weight was similar to children a full year younger than he. The health volunteers and I biked to her farm community every month during the dry season to hang a Salter scale from the branch of a tree and weigh all the children. We counseled this mom on enriched porridge, organized a demonstration to prepare the porridge with the farm women,...
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Nothing like fresh pork
Meat was a very rare delicacy in my village Affem Kabye but on very special occasions I would join my health counterpart in a pig slaughter and then enjoy a delectable meal eaten with his beautiful wife and his 8 bubbly, contagiously happy children. At one point during my service an entire pick up truck full of PCVs came to visit because they heard we were slaughtering a pig and preparing spicy peanut sauce. Oh c'est bon!
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“Sunset at the Railroad” by PCV Nicholas Baylor Hall. Namibia, 2011.
