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    • The Meeting of Spring

    • The Meeting of Spring

    • Host families; Celebrations

    • On March, 6th 2010 a small village in Ukraine celebrated it's annual Meeting of Spring or Зустріч Весна. The subjects in this photo are Olexi, his daughter and Laryssa. As neighbors, they and others on their street created a float and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Street Hockey in the Snow

    • Street Hockey in the Snow

    • Sports; Games; Weather; Housing

    • This photo shows the view from my apartment in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Winters are long, cold and snowy there but kids enjoy playing hockey in the courtyard no matter what the weather is like.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • In Front of the School in Baruunburren

    • In Front of the School in Baruunburren

    • Schools; Host families

    • This photo was taken in front of the school in Baruunburren during the winter break. I believe this was taken during the Tsgaan Sar holiday. My host mother Nara was a Mongolian langauge teacher at this school. She helped me a great deal during...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Mom and Me during the Holiday Season

    • Host Mom and Me during the Holiday Season

    • Host families

    • The holiday season was the most difficult time for me to be away from family and friends. My host mom made sure that I was well taken care of. She wanted me to have a good time and we celebrated the New Year in the same way that they had in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Malika and Me

    • Malika and Me

    • Host families

    • Taken a few days before I was to finish training and swear-in as a volunteer in Morocco. My first host mother Malika was everything I needed her to be being so far from home. Here we are in the kitchen as we are cooking dinner and having girl talk...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Celebrating My Moms

    • Celebrating My Moms

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in southern Morocco, in my site, which is comfortably nestled into a river valley in the Sahara Desert. In April 2009, my mom came to visit me in Morocco. I treasure this picture, sitting in between my real mother (on the left)...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Bap Chip

    • The Bap Chip

    • Host community friends; food and meals

    • This picture was taken in Chung Mu City in July 1976. This is the "boarding house" house restaurant where the city and county workers who were living away from home came for their meals. It was run by a woman, her mother, three daughters and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • View of the Lake and Farmers' Homes

    • View of the Lake and Farmers' Homes

    • Housing

    • Pig farmers lived in this brick house across from my apartment building. I heard the pigs squealing as they were killed. In the background is a modern white building in the city of Neijiang, across the river from our village near Neijiang Teachers'...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Down by the River

    • Down by the River

    • Host community

    • This is the road leading down to the Tuo River. The road was in the 'bad' part of the village surrounding Neijiang Teachers' College in Sichuan, China. There were karaoke bars, tea houses, and a two-kuai movie theater along this road. 1998
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Resource Centre for the Blind Walkathon

    • Resource Centre for the Blind Walkathon

    • Youth development; Education; Teachers and students

    • These students from Resource Centre for the Blind have just completed the second-annual Walkathon on May 19, 2010. They walked the 2.5 mile route through St. Georges, the capital of Grenada and ended at the Tanteen playing field. The purpose of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Look in the Past

    • A Look in the Past

    • Host community friends; Elders

    • My 96-yr old (now 97) Grenadian neighbor was placed in a nursing home facility last year. Her freedom to operate her own home was becoming too burdensome for her, despite her wishes to remain in my community. Her attitude changed with every visit I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Shopping in the Art Market

    • Shopping in the Art Market

    • Markets

    • This photo was taken August 2009 at the art mark on Stefan cel Mare street in the center of Moldova's capital Chisinau. This art market is widely known around Moldova for its handicrafts including the Moldovan designed stacking dolls that can be...
    • Volunteer Photos

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