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    • Girl Guides

    • Girl Guides

    • Camps and clubs

    • “Peace Corps is all about trying different things because we come here and have access to grants and different ideas and we have the luxury to fail. That’s something that’s pretty unique for anyone to have,” Alyssa, a Returned Peace Corps...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Don't Forget to Brush!

    • Don't Forget to Brush!

    • Health; Camps and clubs

    • At a day camp held in Massa, Morocco, campers brought toothbrushes and toothpaste everyday to ensure that they were brushing their teeth after lunch as part of a health campaign during the camp. Another part of this was to bring in health...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The End of a Successful Trip

    • The End of a Successful Trip

    • Children; Camps and clubs

    • I work at a youth center in Ukraine, and one of the big events for the small children is the annual trip to the regional center for a visit to "Dendropark" to play at the amusement park. It takes about 1 1/2 hours each way on a bus to get there and...
    • 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
    • Human Boggle

    • Human Boggle

    • Games; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo, Volunteer Robin plays a game with students at an English immersion summer camp that took place in South Kazakhstan in June 2011. The camp was attended by 83 students who participated in the "English Olympics." The students in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Piñatas

    • Making Piñatas

    • Camps and clubs

    • In this photo, Volunteer Erin assists students in making piñatas at an English immersion summer camp in South Kazakhstan. In connection with this project students learned about Mexican culture and it's presence in the United States.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Team Building

    • Team Building

    • Games; Camps and clubs; Youth

    • The photo was taken during an Information, Education, Communication (IEC) campaign the Philippines. The kids in the photo are 4th year high school students along with the Volunteer who is leading them through a a team building exercise....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Composting

    • Composting

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken in July 2010, as I'm surrounded by fifth and sixth graders of primary school in Club Huascaran in the school in my site in Peru. I formed this environmental club to promote conserving and protecting the environment as well as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girls' Summer Math and Leadership Camp

    • Girls' Summer Math and Leadership Camp

    • Camps and clubs; Youth; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • I took this photo during the summer camp that I organized and led during the summer between my two years of service. I invited girls from my 8th and 9th grade classes to participate in a week-long camp that consisted of math and science review,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Work Together, Play Together

    • Work Together, Play Together

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken in Andringitra, Madagascar. Two Peace Corps Volunteers, Kurt and Sonia, along with their sisters (visiting), met up with the Club Vintsy (an environment club). Kurt and Sonia did a lot of their work with Club Vintsy in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Snack Break

    • Snack Break

    • Camps and clubs; Schools; Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken at an educational institution known as "La Escuelita Que Yo Quiero" (The School That I Want). The school is held on Saturday mornings, and provides non-traditional instruction in personal development, health and hygiene for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Maratou's Dream

    • Maratou's Dream

    • Life skills; Girls' education; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo, Maratou creates her dream. During the summer of 2009, I co-facilitated a girl’s camp in Komteaga, Burkina Faso. We led the participants through nutrition, sexual education, good hygiene and goal-setting programs. For many of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Camp GLOW in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan

    • Camp GLOW in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan

    • camps and clubs; girls' education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This is a photo of our group of girls in Chalkar, Kazakhstan. This Camp GLOW was the fourth of four Camp GLOWs that took place throughout Kazakhstan in the summer of 2011. There were 30 participants at the 5 day/6 night sleepaway camp. It was an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Putting Your Hand Forward

    • Putting Your Hand Forward

    • camps and clubs; girls' education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Secondary school learner Patricia shows off her primary artistic tool while making hand-print t-shirts at a Camp GLOW in Graskop, South Africa on February 9, 2011. The week-long camp consisted of sessions on life skills, girls empowerment and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • GLOW Girls Rock!

    • GLOW Girls Rock!

    • camps and clubs; girls' education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken on our final day of a 6 day girls' empowerment camp that I planned and lead with a fellow PCV in July of 2011. Throughout this camp we discussed topics ranging from healthy relationships, to domestic violence, to journaling and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wheelbarrow

    • Wheelbarrow

    • camps and clubs; sports

    • This photo was taken in March 2008 in Santa Rosa, Paraguay at a regional youth leadership camp. The camp was held during one day where youth, ages 13-21 came to be empowered to become leaders. They learned skills, such as this one, which focused...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Apple Pie

    • Apple Pie

    • camps and clubs; girls' education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); food and meals

    • This photo was taken of Sarah, an environmental education PCV in Senegal, while she teaches middles school girls how to make apple pie during the food cultural exchange session of our girls' leadership camp July 2011 in Ndioum, Senegal.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lessons

    • Lessons

    • camps and clubs; girls' education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This was taken during our 1st annual Camp GLOW in Rwanda. GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) is a leadership, health education and empowerment camp for young women. PCV Kate Hulbert and I had an ambitious plan to create the next Annie Leibovitz. We...
    • Volunteer Photos

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