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    • Vlada Catches

    • Vlada Catches

    • Sports

    • Vlada is a Ukrainian student ambassador who ensured our international participants had an incredible experience. It is partially due to Vlada's influence that several of those students run similar programs in Armenia today. July, 2007
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ukrainian Thanksgiving

    • Ukrainian Thanksgiving

    • Host community friends; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in November 2004, as I celebrated Thanksgiving with my friends, the Obidin family. We had such fun cooking and eating a traditional Thanksgiving meal, substituting chicken for turkey. They especially enjoyed my home-made...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tsagaan Sar (Whtie Month)

    • Tsagaan Sar (Whtie Month)

    • Host families

    • This photo is of my host mother Nara, myself and the Russian Language teacher overlooking Baruunburren soum in Mongolia. This photo was taken during the annual Tsagaan Sar holiday. 2004
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tsagaan Sar (White Month)

    • Tsagaan Sar (White Month)

    • Host families

    • This photo is of myself with my Mongolian family (my host mother Nara is right beside me to my right). This was taken during the winter month holiday in 2004. I stayed with my family over this vacation time off from school/classes. They were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Togo Falls

    • Togo Falls
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    • This photo was taken in October of 2003 at the Togo Falls in the Volta region of Ghana, and shows several members of my group playing in the water.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Times, They Are a-Changing

    • Times, They Are a-Changing

    • Technology; Host families

    • When I arrived in Cuisnahuat in 2003 few people knew what the internet was. When I left in 2005 most had never used a computer, much less been online. Nothing could have come a a bigger shock than the fact that when I came back in 2010 I was able...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tiky's Birthday Party

    • Tiky's Birthday Party

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • This is a photo of Tiky, my dog, with the children of Zacapa, Guatemala on his birthday in November 2002. Tiky and I had been living in Zacapa for almost nine months. After biting a child who had come into our backyard while I was away, Tiky had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The School Garden

    • The School Garden

    • Secondary projects; Children; Agriculture; Environment

    • This photo was taken in Nicaragua in the village of Las Palmeras outside of the city of Rivas. I worked with this group of children ages 5-10 at their school to create a tree nursery and organic garden. This project ultimately fulfilled the goal...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The next generation

    • The next generation

    • Host community friends; Counterparts; Children

    • I returned to visit my counterparts at AFEDES in Santiago Sacatepequez Guatemala March 24, 2010. My counterpart and dear friend, Milvian Aspuac was married and had a baby since I returned to my site in 2008. This photo is of my son, Milvian, her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Crushing Cost of Education

    • The Crushing Cost of Education

    • Transportation

    • This photo was taken in 2004 at the Botanical Gardens located in Roseau, Dominica. A parked school bus has been left undisturbed for decades after an adjacent tree had fallen on it and has since gained new use as a tourist attraction.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Art of Silk Weaving

    • The Art of Silk Weaving

    • Artisans; Host community friends

    • I took this photo during one of my visits to a silk weaving group in my community. I was located in a subdistrict of 13 villages. Almost every house in every village had a weaving loom -all day you would hear the wood hitting the loom to make the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving "Lunch"

    • Thanksgiving "Lunch"

    • Schools; Camps and clubs; Teachers and students; Food and meals

    • I was teaching Conversational English in two high schools, one was Colegiul Baptist. This picture was at the teacher's cafeteria of Colegiul National Elena Ghiba-Birta in Arad, the then director of the school Doamna Iegariu poses for the camera in...
    • Volunteer Photos

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