This photo was taken in April 2011 in Guatemala. As an outlet and self-esteem builder, I started a basketball league for teenage girls from surrounding areas. This picture shows some of the girls wearing their newly donated jerseys from a family...
This is a picture of the Volunteer playing basketball with local youth behind the youth center. The hoops were renovated with funding from a Peace Corps/USAID SPA grant.
I took this picture in August 2010 during my pre-service training in Cambodia. This photo shows a group of my fellow Volunteers practicing yoga during some free time in one Volunteer's host family's wooden home.
This photo was taken in July 2009 at the Dominica National Stadium. The cricket match was the West Indies vs. Bangladesh. During the match, I joined in a Lapo Cabwit band with other horn blowers and drummers.
This photo was taken during the Annual National Youth Celebration Day in Niue, South Pacific. The youth from many villages made their own rafts and raced them in the ocean (our raft won!) Another part of the day was a ladies' and men's vaka canoe...
This is a photo of Tomarjay & myself during an afternoon football game. At the time, Tomarjay was a grade 6 student at the primary school. He and I traveled with out school team to the neighboring village to watch the boys football match. Here,...
Peace Corps Morocco began a collaboration with Morocco Special Olympics with 20 Volunteers assisting at a regional event in Tangers in May 2011. In the photo my husband, Jim (YD Morocco 2010-2012) awards a Special Olympic medal to a young boy...
This photo was taken in Bugaria on the day of my American Football Camp with the village. The village is mostly Roma, and is located about 20 miles outside of Burgas. I had brought face paint and ribbons so all the girls could have their team...
I took this photo in a small Muslim village in Bulgaria. The boys were climbing the fence after our soccer (football) game of Americans versus Bulgarians. Another Volunteer and I played together against some of the boys in the village. We had an...
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...
This photo was taken on May 22, 2011 during a soccer tournament. Honduras Peace Corps Youth Development Volunteer Ashley Bass was giving a "charla," or chat, about the proper use of a condom to a large group of men ages 15-15 during a break in a...
This picture was taken during a village holiday celebration on August 7, 2011 in Ukraine. Each year there is a big celebration for the village of 3500 people. There is a concert, games for children, shaslik (Ukrainian style bbq) dancing, and a...
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.
Joe Jauregui pictured with the St. Martin basketball team. Basketball was introduced by Peace Corps Volunteers in upcountry Liberia prior to my arrival. It had been popular in the capital city of Monrovia for many years. Tubman Methodist Mission...
This photo was taken in Kampong Cham town, Kampong Cham province in early 2008. This photo is of the first girl's basketball team from Peam ChiKang USS (green jerseys) lining up prior to the start of their first competition of the season (which, I...