Peace Corps Volunteer Vivian Castro's Photographs of Mauritania
Vivian Castro's Photographs
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banc d'arguin
jc and matt at banc d'arguin
<Homebound!
singer
drummer
band
<Last week we threw a going away party for our friend Tu and hired a well known Mauritanian musical group to perform. Here's the pictures from the party. My favorite instrument is the guy playing the plate with shoes (in the video).
etape 1
etape 2
making flour
<Here are some pictures of my friends and I making nutritious infant formula over the weekend.
selibaby girls camp
<Group Photo
my cat "achoo"
assemble generale
bureau 2003
<Happy New Years!
rural trainings
danse wothie
<The microfinance organization that I work with is
expanding into rural areas. We just trained 56 rural
solidarity savings and credit groups.
baham and viv
beth shooting
beth and viv
group picture in a boat
jc
viv and justin
<John-Christophe, Beth, Justin and I spent the Ramadan holiday long weekend with our friend Baham in a bird park called the Banc D'Arguin. We rented some trucks, camped on the beach, fished, and shot some cans. We didn't have a cooler to keep our food fresh, so we took some live sheep and killed them when we were hungry.
dinner at dia's
nktt homes
nktt kid
road to atar
tergit
<These are older pictures from the time that my family was here.
aioun school girls
ayoun rocks
baobab tree
fall family
john teaching
kaedi hospital room
kaedi hospital
kaedi market
marieta and edie
marieta dia
john, viv, marieta and edie
veil shopping
<These are pictures from my last trip in Mauritania to Boghe, Kaedi and Aioun. Boghe is where Djeinaba, our exchange student is from. It is a mostly Pulaar community along the Senegal River. Kaedi is where I lived during Training and it is pretty diverse - there are large Moor, Pulaar, and Soninke communities. Aioun is Justin's site. We had a picnic at the rocks and visited our friend John's English class. Marieta Dia is one of my favorite Mauritanians.
group ICT
<Volunteers and Mauritanian work partners after a week of computer training.
moulin rouge
sunset
<Moulin Rouge Performance.
<My sister Andrea, with Djeinaba, our Mauritanian exchange student.
ami et vivian
roommate portrate
<Friends.
my apartment
nktt capital
camels
<More Mauritania pictures.
terget oasis
granada church mosque
marrakesh alleys
<The Tergit picture is Me, Brenda, Justin and Djeinaba (she will be attending Centennial High in the Fall).
andy with dieng girls
mamadou dieng
nktt buss
<These are my sisters with my Mauritanian brothers and sister - Mamadou, Guysir, and Mama (Jinda). There's also a picture of the local transportation I ride frequently.
viv with snake
mom in dance circle
dad with berber women
fresh dates
oasis
viv, bren, and andy in spain
toga guys
mom and dad at alhambra
hassan mosque
apes at gibraltar
flamenco
dad with berber women
costa rica clan
casablanca mosque
brenda at gibraltar
andy with a snake
andy at a tannery in Fez
andy and bren in marrakesh
andy and bren in Fez
alhambra
<Trip to spain with my family.
view older pictures
<Because of space limitations, this site has been divided into two separate pages.
