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    • Water Color

    • Water Color

    • Anniversaries; Celebrations

    • I took this picture at the Peace Corps 50th anniversary celebration in Stefan cel Mare park in Chisinau, Moldova in August 2011. The photo shows decorations of balloons on the right hand side, with the Peace Corps logo displayed on the stage in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Lost Village

    • The Lost Village

    • Architecture

    • This photo was taken while visiting the (abandoned) village of Arbescadjau on the island of São Nicolau in Cape Verde, Africa. To get there I had to hike for about 3 miles over the biggest mountain on the island. My friend and his family were all...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mural

    • Mural

    • Art; Teachers and students; Youth development

    • This pictures includes youth painting a mural on the wall in Juan O'Leary, Alto Parana on July 14, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Leave it to Weaver

    • Leave it to Weaver

    • Artisans; Volunteers

    • This photo was taken on November 12, 2010, a month into the training of the 23rd group of Volunteers to serve in Burkina Faso. The Small Enterprise Development Volunteers took a field trip to visit a local artisan group in Koudougou, and pictured...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Celebrating at Camp Superman

    • Celebrating at Camp Superman

    • Camps and clubs

    • Volunteer Jenni celebrates with young Dominican boys during Camp Superman, April 2011. The camp was designed to teach Dominican youth about making healthy life choices and becoming responsible, respectful men in their communities.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yoga in the DR

    • Yoga in the DR

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken during a Chicas Brillantes conference in February 2011. Volunteer Phoebe is teaching 50 young Dominican girls how to use yoga to relieve stress, build self-confidence and stay healthy. It was part of a 3-day conference that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Carnaval!

    • Carnaval!

    • Celebrations

    • This photo was taken on February 16th, 2012 in Faja de Baixo,São Nicolau in Cape Verde, Africa. I like this photo because so many of the subjects are looking at the camera. This photo was taken in the small farming community of Faja de Baixo. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waiting to March

    • Waiting to March

    • Celebrations; Children

    • This photo includes young girls before marching in their school parade. The event was the Paz del Chaco. The photo was taken on June 11, 2011 in Juan O'Leary.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • E.T. Phone Home

    • E.T. Phone Home

    • Children

    • I was helping make hamburgers and fries with some other Volunteers for some of our Cameroonian friends while visiting my regional capital in the East, Bertoua. I love children here and this young girl seemed amiable enough that I could approach...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Creative Kids

    • Creative Kids

    • Children

    • I took this picture in Moldova on 6/20/2010. The picture was taken in front of the high school in where kids and teenagers like to hang out and play. The kids on this picture are being creative, showing how funny and interesting they are.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Not Different From You

    • Not Different From You

    • Children

    • I took this picture on 07/5/2010, in front of a high school in Moldova. The picture shows a young girl playing with her little sister. When i took this picture it occurred to me that a child is a child, it doesn't matter what part of the world that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Benny and her Baby Brother

    • Benny and her Baby Brother

    • Children

    • Benny is a village child who is holding her baby brother on her back. Sweat is pouring down her face as it is hot and it is a lot of work to carry around a child. This picture was taken in a village on the east coast of Madagascar. This picture was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jaja and Kids

    • Jaja and Kids

    • Children

    • Jaja is hanging out with local children from a village on the east coast of Madagascar. A photo opportunity presented itself. The photographer took advantage of the moment to snap a picture of the Volunteer and four children.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Barack Obama Shirts

    • Barack Obama Shirts

    • Children

    • These kids are wearing their best Obama shirts to a dance party in Mali in 2012. The party was a celebration of local hunters who gathered to make a sacrifice and show off some of their best kills, including monkeys, antelope and a huge wild boar.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Two girls and a bird

    • Two girls and a bird

    • Children; Animals

    • I took this photo in Juan O' Leary, Alto Parana while in the backyard of a friend's house on February 13, 2011. It's a photo of two girls posing while one is holding a bird.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Odeke Drawing on Front Terrace

    • Odeke Drawing on Front Terrace

    • Children; Art

    • This photo was taken in Togo, West Africa in May 2010, after I had been at post for 9 months. The subject is one of my favorite neighborhood children - Odeke - who "warmed up to the resident Yovo" and came to draw each morning on my front...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hilagro

    • Hilagro

    • Children; camps and clubs

    • This picture includes volunteers accompanying a group of students on a field trip. The field trip was at Hilagro, a factory that produces pastas, flour, wheat products, etc. It took place in Campo 9, Caaguazu, Paraguay on June 12, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos

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