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    • Fifth Form Fun

    • Fifth Form Fun

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Work

    • This 1995 photo shows a lighter moment in my fifth form classroom at School #97 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. We were learning how to make rabbit ears on ourselves and our neighbors while posing for photos.
    • 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
    • Karaganda Wedding Party

    • Karaganda Wedding Party

    • Celebrations; Ceremonies; Weddings; Host community friends

    • I was honored when my friend Lyuba asked me to be the maid of honor at her wedding in October, 1994. This photo shows the newlyweds in the center with the best man on the left and me on the right.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Wedding Tradition on the Steppe

    • A Wedding Tradition on the Steppe

    • Celebrations; Ceremonies; Weddings; Host community friends

    • Between my friend Lyuba's wedding ceremony and the wedding reception we drove a few miles out into the steppe surrounding the city of Karaganda and tied a red ribbon to a pole. The red ribbon symbolizes anger and unpleasantness, which the newlyweds...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tea and Stories

    • Tea and Stories

    • Elders; Host community friends

    • This is a photo of me with my neighbor, Maria Yegorovna. I would visit her often to drink tea and hear her stories about life as a teenager working in the coal mines of Karaganda during the Great Patriotic War (World War II). She didn't have...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Pate

    • Making Pate

    • Host community friends; Food and meals

    • Affem Kabye's village health volunteer and my counterpart Adjoua is making pate in her foyer ameliore. Pate is the staple in the Central Region of Togo. Pate is made by boiling water, adding corn flour and stirring it vigorously; it turns into a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Collecting Water

    • Collecting Water

    • Water and sanitation

    • Amavi is collecting water for her family for drinking, cooking, cleaning and bathing. At the time the only place to find water near her house was to dig a hole and hope for the best. Unfortunately some cattle found her family's water hole but she...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Children Standing in Front of "Case de Sante"

    • Children Standing in Front of "Case de Sante"

    • Health; Architecture; Children

    • These children are standing in front of Affem Kabye's "case de sante" (health hut). As you can see from the photo, the fence that is supposed to keep sheep and goats from entering the health hut is falling down, which means the village's volunteer...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Health Committee

    • Health Committee

    • Health; Architecture

    • This is a photo of the village's health committee standing in front of Affem Kabye's "case de sante" (health hut). Each "quartier" in the village is represented by one female and one male health committee member. As you can see from the photo, the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Funeral Offering to the Widow

    • A Funeral Offering to the Widow

    • Elders; Host community

    • As a school we walked to this widow's house to give her a live pig, bags of rice, bags of fruit, and our money donation (from the faculty). The widow was the wife of a respected member of the school board. She in return gave all the visitors a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Judge for Culture Day

    • Judge for Culture Day

    • Teachers and students; Dance; Music

    • The Head of the English Department of our school, Cape Rodney, asked me to serve as one of the judges of the school's Culture Day. The students performed dances and songs from their own cultural heritage - there were about 8 different language...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Students in Native Costume on Culture Day

    • Students in Native Costume on Culture Day

    • Traditional dress

    • The Headmaster sent some students - only from his tribe - home to collect ancestral headwear, dress, and artifacts for the Culture Day competition. The rest of the students had to forage in the nearby forest for their attire. The young men are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Santa Claus Comes to Loloato Island

    • Santa Claus Comes to Loloato Island

    • Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • Santa is asking the children whether they have been good. He rewards them with small candies. We were on Loloato Island for an in-service training near Christmastime. The proprietors of the place we stayed arranged for Santa to visit during our...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Swearing-In Day

    • Swearing-In Day

    • Swearing-in ceremonies

    • This is taken in front of the American Embassy in Port Morseby just after Jean was sworn-in. Clayton was sworn-in 10 days earlier with the rest of the cohort. Jean's security clearance was delayed - Jean received an individual swearing in from the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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