This photo was taken July 9, 2011 in Tryavna, Bulgaria, with a group of four volunteers who were taking part in Peace Corps' 20th/50th anniversary activities. The photo depicts a team building activity we are preparing to perform, and I am...
This was a World AIDS Day March that I organized along with New Life Organization in Grenville, Grenada. We distributed information about HIV and AIDS, a list of places that provide free testing and counseling, and red awareness ribbons.
Kreshenye, a Russian Orthodox holiday, is celebrated on the 19th of January in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan by dipping three times in the frozen river Ishim, which is blessed for the occasion. Young and old take part every year, despite the...
These children attend one of the few government-run centers in the country catering to families with severe economic hardships and children of working mothers. Just before Christmas 2010, they made these decorations to bring home and spread the...
I took this photo on December 19th, 2008 in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. A local boy's mother is preparing him for the parade of the traveling child (niño viajero) through the city of Cuenca. The main parade in Cuenca takes place in the week...
This photo is of the youth group in one community in which I worked, Los Limones. The event is of a graduation of the "Escojo Mi Vida!" (I choose my life) curriculum in which youth learned about Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV/AIDS, self...
This photo was taken in Guatemala in October 2010. In an effort to share American customs with the students here, during their school vacation we threw a Halloween Party, costumes, cookie decorating, pumpkin drawings and of course bobbing for...
this photo was taken in march 2004 in Nabukavesi VIllage, Fiji. They were putting on a ceremony to welcome the new computers to the school in my Village.
The streets were papered before local elections. Each candidate had their own symbol that people could identify and vote for even if they were not literate.
Christmas was big in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh. There were a couple of christian churches in town and this particular one really put on a show around Christmas.
Chicos Superman is a program for boys aged 10-14 to meet and talk about positive self-esteem, values, and HIV/AIDS prevention. In May 2012, this group met to make Mother's Day cards for their moms. Their appreciation for their mothers' is one...
I took this photo during the Guinea Pig Festival on April 4, 2010 in in Ecuador. The Guinea Pig Festival, or Festival del Cuy, is a fundraiser started by the local parish as a means to raise funds for social projects in the community. That year,...
Schools; Teachers and students; Work; Celebrations; Traditional dress
This picture was taken on May 31st, 2007 on the last day of school at Zhovkva Secondary School Number 1 in Western Ukraine. These three girls have just finished first grade and are wearing traditional Ukrainian clothing. They're holding flowers...
At the end of each of our teaching cycles the
basic training school would hold a celebration which consisted of a photograph, banquet, and entertainment. We Peace Corps Volunteers are seated with some of our students standing in Kurnool, Andhra...
Our Health Nutrition team taught at a Gram Sevika Basic Training School for young people who would become rural elementary teachers. One month we taught courses in health, nutrition, vegetable gardening, and making of a smokeless chula...
Our Health Nutrition team taught at a Gram Sevika Basic Training School for young people who would become rural elementary teachers. One month we taught courses in health, nutrition, vegetable gardening, and making of a smokeless chula...