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    • Village Wedding

    • Village Wedding

    • Weddings

    • This picture was taken on July 16th, 2011, in a village in Bulgaria. Kay and Tyler are the bride and groom, and are accompanied by a few of the many babas (grandmothers) in this small village. Kay and Tyler met during pre-service training (PST),...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girls

    • Girls

    • Youth

    • While walking back to the village during my Volunteer visit, these three young women came up to talk with us. They asked me to take their picture. After a few shots they grabbed each other's hands to stand in this circle. April 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Vinegarville

    • Vinegarville

    • Business development; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture

    • This is a picture of some of the 25 women who are learning to to make vinegar, wine vinegar, and herb-infused vinegar. The man in the picture is the agricultural agent who is teaching them. They come every week from all over the valley. They hope...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Kids Next Door

    • The Kids Next Door

    • Pre-service training (PST); Children

    • This picture was taken during our pre-service training (PST) in Belize, April 2011. We are sitting on the steps of a "board house." Every night the girls would come over and say, "Miss Cat, you could tell us a story?"
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Janginoowoo

    • Janginoowoo

    • Language training

    • Sidy Toure, Peace Corps' Pulaar du Nord language trainer. April 2011. (NOTE: Janginoowoo means teacher in Pulaar)
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Take Me Out To The Ball Game

    • Take Me Out To The Ball Game

    • Sports; Children

    • This photo was taken during training for health group 33 in Namibia, at an organization named Kayec. This is an after school program that we visited during training and we were teaching the learners how to play baseball. The young girls were my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Safety First

    • Safety First

    • Sports; Children

    • This photo was taken in Namibia at the after school program Kayec during our pre-service training for health group 33. We taught the kids how to play the American game of baseball. This boy was trying on a baseball helmet for safety.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Locks of Love

    • Locks of Love

    • Statues and monuments

    • I took this photo while site seeing across Cherinihiv, Ukraine and came across this bridge that had locks in formed into the shape of a heart. I learned from the locals that when you fall in love you take your significant other to the bridge lock...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Profile of María

    • Profile of María

    • Elders

    • This photograph was shot in Honduras during a nutrition and healthy cooking class for mothers in June of 2011. María is a Lenca women, one of the indigenous populations of Honduras famous for their brightly colored pañuelos (head scarves)....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Honduran Folkloric Dance

    • Honduran Folkloric Dance

    • Dance; Celebrations

    • One of my favorite experiences as a Peace Corps Volunteer has been to witness and take part in the various festivals and celebrations in my community. Folkloric dance dates back to the colonial times, but still holds a lot of importance today....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Solidarity

    • Solidarity

    • Dance; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This is a picture of the Garifuna Women's Solidarity Dance. It was taken in Belize, March 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Down Time

    • Down Time

    • Sports

    • Soccer is almost as sacred to life as religion in Honduras. If there are five minutes to spare, someone will always manage to find a ball, and a pickup game of soccer will commence. This idea is not lost on Peace Corps Volunteers, and we quickly...
    • Volunteer Photos

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