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    • Laundry Day

    • Laundry Day

    • Life skills

    • This photo was taken in August 2010 in Cambodia. This photo shows my neighbors laundry splayed over their barbed wire fence to dry.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Couscous For Sale

    • Couscous For Sale

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • This is a photo of six members of the "Golden Fingers" association in Massa, Morocco, leaving to sell six plates of couscous. Couscous is a local delicacy in Morocco and traditionally eaten on Friday, their holy day. "Golden Fingers" uses the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking with my midwifery mentor

    • Walking with my midwifery mentor

    • Maternal and child health

    • Aicha Boulmahuahib was the midwife at the local hospital at Ouled Berhill, Taroudant, Morocco where I lived for 2 years. The day I met her, we automatically started developing health workshops for women in the community. Also, I assisted her on...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Just Landed

    • Just Landed

    • Pre-service training (PST); Host families

    • Taken during in the first week of May 2011 during the beginning of my Peace Corps training. This picture was taken using a timer, from the rooftop of my host-family's home in Guatemala. I'm taking in my new surroundings, contemplating the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sunset in Semenivka

    • Sunset in Semenivka

    • Pre-service Training (PST); terrain

    • This was taken in the May of 2010 in a Ukrainian village. This lake meant a lot to me. After the intense daily routine of PST, it was very relaxing to walk past this lake on the way back home everyday.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Two Volunteers with Sunday School Class

    • Two Volunteers with Sunday School Class

    • Religion; Youth

    • Wendy and I (Theresa) usually took the kids in our village - Avatele - each week during the Church service over to the Pastor's house to do some activities with them. Church was a very important part of village life and there were two services...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • See through to me

    • See through to me

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • While serving in Jamaica (05-07) I worked at Mocho Primary School (what we would call an elementary school). I went through the school when I was first there and took many photos of the students, including several striking portraits. In this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Piercing Stare

    • Piercing Stare

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • This is a photo of an elementary school boy. In the afternoons some students would come to my house, which was across from the school. In this photo this fourth grade boy is standing in front of my door, looking directly and probingly at me. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Triptych

    • Triptych

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • This photo was taken in a little alcove in the yard of the primary school where I served. The enclosure is made by heavy foliage overgrowing a barbed-wire fence. The students had taken in some chairs, in various states of disrepair, to sit on and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Close Crocodile Race

    • Close Crocodile Race

    • Schools; Children; Education; Games

    • José Maldonado leads the crocodile race by seconds! The photo is taken in my town's Kindergarten in Honduras. In an effort to promote literacy, I started "Story Time" there, showing teachers the importance of telling stories and how to tell them...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Life Skills

    • Life Skills

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Youth; Education

    • This is a photo of a class doing life skills at my school attachment. The principal and I worked together to get the classes started.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jumping for Joy...and for a Playground!

    • Jumping for Joy...and for a Playground!

    • Secondary projects

    • This photo includes RPCV Teresa Havenar and Volunteer Patrick. It also includes two children, Alyona and Igor, that attended the school I was working at and who also helped build our playground. We were jumping for excitement over the delivery...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Secondary Projects: Fitness Center

    • Secondary Projects: Fitness Center

    • Secondary projects; Sports

    • Development Volunteer Lauren Warchol and her Ukrainian counterpart opened a Fitness Center for youth in her community, with the help of a Small Projects Assistance Grant. The Center is run by student volunteers, who monitor the Center, take care of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • English Class

    • English Class

    • Secondary projects; Teachers and students

    • During the months when kids are out of school, they either have to work in the fields or spend their days looking for things to entertain themselves. In an effort to better introduce ourselves to the community and give the kids a fun, good...
    • Volunteer Photos

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