I saw this young boy when I was visiting one of the girls that we are sponsoring. It was very evident that he was very sick and malnourished. His family lived in not the best living conditions and just wanted to share the picture I took of him. I thought it was striking.

The boy from Brikama…
•June 26, 2009 • Leave a CommentA BIG THANKS!
•June 24, 2009 • Leave a CommentI would like to thank the following people that made donations for the education project. The children really needed the assistance for their school fees, uniform’s and school supplies. Without your support, this could of not happened. Everyone here appreciates your support. I wanted to share the first eight students.
A big thanks to the following:
Ray & Joanne Walton, Betsy Walton, Karen Scheifer, Lorrie Tritch, Jay Gold, Joni Klassen, Cyndi Pederson, San Wong, Bing Feng, Thao Le, Glenn Yanagi, Sakura & Family, Kazuko Machida, Alma Reed, Thanya Ruenprom, Ringga Bell, Sally Godwin, Jane Godwin, Kimmy Hyunh, Wei Wu, Hugo Van Tran, and Lauren Wiedt.
THANKS AGAIN! Each student will be able to go to school for six months and hopefully I can continue to help them in the future.








relaxing time at the beach…
•June 10, 2009 • Leave a CommentLast night went with a friend to just relax at the beach, to talk and escape for a bit. It was a beautiful sunset.

portraits from Dakar…
•June 10, 2009 • 1 CommentIt was a very long trip back to West Africa. One of my luggage was stuck in Chicago for a few days so I spent time with my friend Dawda at his family’s house til last thursday and spent the whole night travelling by road back to The Gambia. I wanted to share with you a few pictures that I took there. I have a great new little friend and her name is Ben.







the favorites of Isatou…
•May 24, 2009 • Leave a CommentFrom all the prints that I made when I was home, sweet Isatou won the awards of popularity! The little girl from the village of Sara Samba has touched so many.





the family in Sara Samba…
•May 24, 2009 • Leave a CommentI was just going through some images that was shot in the past and saw this one. It was taken last September when we left the training village. It was the morning I was leaving and wanted to take one last shot of the family. Rambo which was the family’s dog died so a little memory for him as well.

at the festival…
•May 19, 2009 • Leave a CommentLast Saturday was the Iowa Asian Heritage Festival. I have been a photographer for the Iowa Asian Alliance for the past five years. It was the first year that I was not a photographer. My friends at the festival let me setup a small booth to sell my prints that I took in The Gambia. All the proceeds will go to help sponsor children with books and school fees. Well, I didn’t get to sell all the prints that I wanted but interest to talk about my experiences with The Peace Corps. If anyone would like to buy some prints, please contact me, I will be going back on June 1st.

home sweet home….
•May 19, 2009 • Leave a CommentI’m currently on vacation back at home. I have been gone for 10 months and great to be back with family and friends. There is no place like home but I do miss my good friends in The Gambia and trying to get all re-charge to go back, still have 14 months to go! Just wanted to show off the Walton Family here, the portrait was taken a few days ago by my friend Thao.

a day in Banjul….
•April 7, 2009 • 1 CommentIn The Gambia, the thing to do is just to hang out somewhere, talk, look at people and chill. These are some shots that I saw when my friend and I were in Banjul sitting around on the weekend.



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