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    • American School Visits Ben Guerir

    • American School Visits Ben Guerir

    • Art

    • This photo was taken during a U.S. school group's visit to Ben Guerir. During the visit, the group of young people from Ben Guerir and young people from America talked, played games, and shared lunch at the house of a local youth center member. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching Peace Through Art

    • Teaching Peace Through Art

    • Art

    • Two young dar chebab (youth center) students in Morocco participated in creating an art mural for the dar chebab where Volunteer Elizabeth Chon taught the students how to paint properly and the meaning behind the art mural.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Brain Camp Karak

    • Brain Camp Karak

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken during a Brain Camp session I instructed in Karak, Jordan during July of 2011. The camp was focused on developing critical thinking skills for college age students who would, after familiarizing themselves with the curriculum,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Third Wise Man: Pase del Niño

    • The Third Wise Man: Pase del Niño

    • Celebrations; Ceremonies

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Youth Development In The Sun

    • Youth Development In The Sun

    • Celebrations; Host community friends; games

    • This photo was taken on July 9, 2011 in Bulgaria, with a group of four youth volunteers who were performing activities as a part of the Peace Corps' 20th/50th anniversary commemoration. In the photo the volunteers and I are attempting to make a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Caught in the Rain

    • Caught in the Rain

    • Children

    • In August of 2009, I held a children's summer camp in my village of Cottage, Dominica. While we were taking a nature walk we got caught in a downpour and took shelter under a "Christmas" tree until the rain stopped.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Santa in the West Indies

    • Santa in the West Indies

    • Children; Celebrations

    • This is a picture of the preschoolers at Cottage Faith Preschool in Cottage, Dominica. They are showing off Santa crafts they made for the the upcoming 2009 Christmas season.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dandelions

    • Dandelions

    • Children; Goal 2

    • In the photo, I was teaching two of my host sisters, Samira and Hafsa, about how in America we make wishes on dandelions. We live in the Sahara desert but near an Oasis. Here the children know every plant, herb and even weed that grows. They always...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coming Home from the Chacras

    • Coming Home from the Chacras

    • children; Host families

    • Walking around my site during my second month there in October, 2009, I happened to have my camera on me taking pictures of all the new and beautiful things Shilla, Ancash, Peru had to offer, when I came upon my host sister (20 years old at the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • English Lesson in Borugerd

    • English Lesson in Borugerd

    • Youth development; Education

    • An ACTION/ Peace Corps Volunteer started his service in 1972 teaching English in two towns in the Khorasan province of Iran. Now he is a TEFL teacher at the Peace Corps training center in Borugerd. He is shown giving an English lesson to boys who...
    • Agency Photos
    • Teaching English in Ardestan

    • Teaching English in Ardestan

    • Youth development; Education

    • A Peace Corps Volunteer serves as a TEFL teacher in Ardestan, Iran. Located at the Bourgerd TEFL Training site he teaches English to children equivalent to fifth grade level. He is shown drilling some of his students.
    • Agency Photos
    • Gallo Pinto, Peace Corps Style

    • Gallo Pinto, Peace Corps Style

    • Food and meals

    • This is my version of Costa Rica's most traditional breakfast, gallo pinto. Gallo pinto literally means "speckled rooster", and this dish gets its name from its speckled appearance of the two main ingredients, beans and rice. The dish also includes...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pupusas

    • Pupusas

    • Food and meals; Celebrations

    • Pupusas are the national snack of El Salvador. They are made with corn or rice flour, and stuffed with cheese and other ingredients (beans, chicharron, ayote, etc.). Pupusas are eaten in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, but El Salvador claims...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The First Cuy Sighting

    • The First Cuy Sighting

    • Food and meals; Markets

    • This photo was taken on July 17, 2011 in the market of Huaraz, Ancash, Peru during my Peace Corps training. Guinea pig, or rather Cuy, is a delicacy in Peru that I had wanted to try since I first arrived in the country. I took this photo because I...
    • Volunteer Photos

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