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    • Yoga in Pilatovets

    • Yoga in Pilatovets

    • Sports; Children; Volunteers

    • On August 18th, 2011, the second day of a summer camp in Bulgaria, I led a yoga class. The picture shows me, second from the left, and a group of girls, ages 8-12, in the Warrior I pose. Women and girls were very interested in fitness. As an after...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yoga in the DR

    • Yoga in the DR

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken during a Chicas Brillantes conference in February 2011. Volunteer Phoebe is teaching 50 young Dominican girls how to use yoga to relieve stress, build self-confidence and stay healthy. It was part of a 3-day conference that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yoga Masters

    • Yoga Masters

    • Youth Development; Girls' Education

    • Over the past year, I have been working with a youth club with the aim of lifeskills education and girls' empowerment. Part of our aim is empowerment through health and ownership of one's body. Every Wednesday after school, anywhere from 15-25...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • You Don't Have to Be a Dentist to Find Cavities

    • You Don't Have to Be a Dentist to Find Cavities

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; Children

    • The children in my village have taken me in at their big sister, calling me "kakak" rather than my actual name. It's heartwarming. They love to take me to the sugarcane fields that surround our village. They run with knifes, and it makes me...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • You Go Girl

    • You Go Girl

    • Girls' education; Host community

    • Many of the men in my village leave to find work in Italy. They are gone for years at a time while the women and girls have to make ends meet in village, waiting for money to be sent over. This is a photo of three girls from my village in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • You vs. Me

    • You vs. Me

    • Education; Sports

    • In the Spring of 2011, two of my very best friends came from Kansas to visit me in my village in Moldova. Because I am a teacher, I brought them to my school for the day so they could get to know some of my students, and my students could meet some...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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
    • Young Friend

    • Young Friend

    • Children

    • This photo was taken in 1964 in Danané, Ivory Coast, where I taught English and physical education at a secondary school. The little boy, the son of the town photographer, was quite brave. Many of the other kids would run away when I approached.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Friends

    • Young Friends

    • Children

    • I was greeted by these two beautiful little girls during the dedication of the Thomas Hooyman Library in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia on August 29, 2009. It was a return visit to Ethiopia, where I had served in the 1970s.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young girl

    • Young girl

    • Children; Host families

    • This is a photo of a young girl posing for the camera. The photo was taken (using color accent) at a friend's house in Juan O'Leary, Alto Parana on December 25, 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Kichwa Dancer

    • Young Kichwa Dancer

    • Children; Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken on May 23, 2009 at a dance competition in Ecuador. Traditional Kichwa dances are performed at every public event in the Napo province and troupes are composed children of all ages. The dance steps describe traditional...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Love

    • Young Love

    • Celebrations; children; traditional dress

    • This photo was taken in May 2008 at School #3662 in Isla Tobati, Paraguay. This is a traditional dance that the students were doing for a Mother's Day celebration. The photo shows a girl and boy in costume during the performance. They are both six...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Muslim Girl

    • Young Muslim Girl

    • Traditional dress; Children

    • This little girl is one of my neighbors and she is the loudest little girl. She will see me coming from a mile away and scream my name as loud as she can before running over and chatting non-stop in the local language, Kiborana. On this day in June...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Students

    • Young Students

    • Children; Education; Schools; Women in Peace Corps

    • Students attending school every morning or afternoon. School sponsored by local Association to Aid Youth of Jequie.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Women in Contrast

    • Young Women in Contrast

    • Maternal and child health

    • This is a picture of a Peace Corps trainee and a Liberian farmer in Zorzor, Lofa County, Liberia, West Africa. The African woman had her son at about the age of 14, is pregnant again, and briskly walks from her farm balancing 50 pounds on her...
    • Volunteer Photos

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