This Peace Corps Volunteer teaches mathematics at the Queen of the Rosary Secondary School in Bo. Here, he records the names of the winners during a girls extracurricular activity at the school. January 1980
This Peace Corps Volunteer teaches mathematics at the Queen of the Rosary Secondary School in Bo. Here, he judges the participants in a fun race at the school. January 1980
A disabiled teenager was walking with difficulty at a Peace Corps supported Disability Camp in St. Lucia. I asked if I could take her picture. She first said, "No, I am not pretty." I said "Yes you are pretty!"and she allowed me to take her...
This photo was taken during summer camp at European University--my work site. My students put on "Cinderella" with some reverse gender roles to celebrate graduations and the end of the semester.
July 2010 - With the assistance of the Small Project Assistance (SPA) grant, Volunteer Katherine Miller was able to work with the Programme for Adolescent Mothers in Grenada to host a summer retreat for the students enrolled in the organization.
In August 2009 I held a summer camp in my village of Cottage, Dominica. This is a picture of some of the kids and I waiting in line to get a chance to hit during our rounders match.
In this photo, taken on July 29th, 2010, at a GLOW camp in Mohammedia, Morocco, the facilitator is leading a natural dye workshop for the camp participants, showing them how wool can be colored using natural products in the environment. Using...
In this photo, taken on July 28th 2010 at a GLOW camp in Mohammedia, Morocco, a facilitator and camp participant are taking notes on the advantages and disadvantages of having too much or too little self-esteem.
This photo was taken on July 26th, 2010 at a GLOW camp that took place in Mohammedia, Morocco. This is the first session of the camp's curriculum, and these teens are brainstorming and taking notes about gender stereotypes and the differences...
This photo was taken in July 2010 during an event called Shelter Quest. My organization hiked through the mountains of Ukraine with a large group of about 25 teens and young adults. During this week we went on various hikes, played games, told...
This photo was taken in November 2009 shortly after I arrived at my site in Kazakhstan. This was one of the first English Clubs I held in the local Kazakh school. The photo shows myself and the children, and their completed Thanksgiving turkeys...
I teach three cooking classes a week with various women´s groups, and this time we made an home-made oven (horno casero) to cook stuffed peppers. This boy lives at the house in which we were cooking and usually loves to get involved with our...
Myself and another volunteer (who just finished her service along with two Hungarian ladies- now friends) spent time to teach and entertain over 40 children for a summer camp in near St. Gheorghe. We had such a great time, but after all the...
From December 11-14, 2010, Peace Corps Suriname Volunteers held a Camp GLOW for young women who live on the upper Suriname River. In this photo, volunteers work with a local health worker to help the campers construct a food pyramid.
Photo by Ryan...
July, 2007, we organized an international youth leadership program. Narine was one of our international participants and came to Ukraine from Armenia. This photo was taken at an old pioneer camp outside of Bashtanka in the Nikolaev Oblast, Ukraine...
After an English lesson about our solar system, campers used everyday objects to make a 3-D model for a team competition. This veteran Peace Corps Volunteer just loves science and on this day, we learned about the weather, astronomy, and anatomy,...
In this photo is Volunteer Julia during our collaborative Girls Empowerment HIV Awareness Summer Camp. Julie is centered around a number of the girls during one of our community building exercises.
Taken during spring camp in Morocco, this is Peace Corps Voulunteer Jeff (Jawad), with one of our best English students who insisted we call him "Fat Tony."
The girls in my village very eagerly embraced the art club I started. Anywhere between 3 and 15 girls would meet regularly in my kitchen to draw, make jewelry, paint, and dye eggs. Here I am with the girls as we paint Amazigh symbols on the wall of...