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    • Young Bride

    • Young Bride

    • Weddings; Youth

    • After the first year of service, I moved to a new apartment that had been occupied by a former Volunteer. She had left in one of the closets a few blankets. Another Volunteer in Arad and I decided to bring those blankets to a very poor family that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding in Azerbaijan

    • Wedding in Azerbaijan

    • Weddings

    • This photo was taken at my wedding on November 21, 2009 in Naxchivan, Azerbaijan. I married my community counterpart after completing my first two years of service, and starting my third year. We participated in a traditional wedding ceremony for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding Convoy

    • Wedding Convoy

    • Weddings

    • A traditional Macedonian wedding takes place in several different places, so its necessary to have transportation between the locations. Often times, the leading car which usually holds the wedding party, will fly the national flag out the window....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding Celebration

    • Wedding Celebration

    • Dance; Women in Peace Corps; Weddings

    • These women were so happy about their cousins marriage, they broke out into dance in the middle of the street while preparing for the celebration.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding Bliss

    • Wedding Bliss

    • Weddings; Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • The midwife at a local clinic celebrates on her wedding day in Burkina Faso. The bride is dancing with friends during a Muslim wedding celebration where friends stick money on her while singing and dancing. People all around are using technology...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding

    • Wedding

    • Weddings

    • To the best of my knowledge, I was the first Volunteer in the Baltic Countries to marry a foreign national. This is a photo of my wife, Ausra (nee Zatorskyte) Hawkridge, my step-son, Raulis Petronis and me (Arthur D. Hawkridge). Ausra and I wore...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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
    • The Despedida 6: The Newlyweds

    • The Despedida 6: The Newlyweds

    • Weddings

    • The Despedida 6: The Newlyweds shows newlyweds Jeff and Francy Hirsch leaving the Bicol Teachers College (BTC) Little Theater. Well-wishers in white are BTC students (future teachers). The two children at right are fourth-graders in the BTC...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Despedida 2: The Assemblage

    • The Despedida 2: The Assemblage

    • Weddings

    • Of the more than 30 remaining photos, The Despedida 1 – The Despedida 6 capture the essence of the event. The Despedida 2: The Assemblage, shows some of those gathered for The Despedida. Most did not realize they would be at a wedding ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Talia In Waiting

    • Talia In Waiting

    • Host families; Weddings; Pre-service training (PST)

    • This photo is of our pre-service training host family granddaughter, six year-old Talia, while waiting for the start of a wedding ceremony on July 9, 2011. Our host parents' nephew was to be married that afternoon in San Ignacio, Cayo Distrcit,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sisters

    • Sisters

    • Traditional dress; Weddings

    • This photo was taken in January 2007 in Tibati, Cameroon. We had attended a wedding. Wedding attendees have the option of buying and wearing a specific patterned fabric. I obviously stand out for several reasons, one of which being that I was too...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sierra Leone 1987 Leon and Regina

    • Sierra Leone 1987 Leon and Regina

    • Weddings

    • This photo was taken in the village of Katta on the coast of Sierra Leone where a crowd had gathered to see the washed up body of a large manatee. In the picture are Leon Poeske and Regina White who met as Volunteers and have been married now for...
    • Volunteer Photos

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