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    • New Bride Brings Luck to Unmarried Women

    • New Bride Brings Luck to Unmarried Women

    • Weddings; Celebrations; Dance

    • This picture was taken in September 2007 at the wedding of my neighbors Zenick and Marta in Zhovkva, a small town in Western Ukraine. After the church and town hall ceremonies, the couple threw an elaborate reception complete with dinner and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Grandmothers' Participation in Town Celebration

    • Grandmothers' Participation in Town Celebration

    • Elders; Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • In April 2007 I traveled to Poltava Oblast in the center of Ukraine to visit a fellow Volunteer. I took this picture in Reshetylivka, her town, on the anniversary of the town's founding. These women are babusiyas (grandmothers) and they're...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Unusual (and Everyday) Neighbors

    • My Unusual (and Everyday) Neighbors

    • Housing; Animals

    • This picture was taken in the spring of 2006 in Zhovkva, a small town in Western Ukraine. This is my neighbor's house and his fowl which frequented the side of the road that ran in between his house and mine. They often chased after me as I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Long Jump

    • Long Jump

    • Games; Sports; Schools; Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in the last hours of Waterberg Primary School's Annual Athletics event. Students, divided into red and blue teams, participate in track and field events all day in a field just outside of the school grounds. Here, a 5th grade...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Herero Funeral

    • Herero Funeral

    • Funerals; Ceremonies; Traditional dress

    • At a funeral in a rural village in Namibia, four women from the Herero tribe show their sympathy by gathering outside the home of the person who has passed away. The women are wearing traditional Herero dress (derived from the Victorian dresses of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Arriving Home from the River at Dusk

    • Arriving Home from the River at Dusk

    • Transportation; Work; Host community friends

    • I took this photo one evening as I was walking home. It was taken in February of 2006, in the pueblo of Miramar where I lived. Miramar is a small agricultural town located on the River Chira in Paita, Piura, Peru -- the northern coastal region of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Art; World Map Project

    • The photo was taken in March of 2008. My students and I were working on a World Map Project. We took a large wall that everyone walks past at the school and drew a mural of a world map. This photo shows us in the finishing stages of painting it. We...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fastiv Host Family

    • Fastiv Host Family

    • Host families

    • This is my host family in Fastiv, Ukraine: Volsy and wife with children, Tonya, Pasha, and baby Natasia. I lived with them for three months from March 2005-May 2005.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fifth International SOFT Seminar

    • Fifth International SOFT Seminar

    • Work; Business Development

    • This photo was taken outside City Hall in Uzgorhod, Ukraine on October 3rd, 2006. The event was an International Seminar where I had made a presentation on Strategic Parnterships. Included in the Photo: are myself and other Volunteers as well as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Arrival at L'viv Train Station

    • My Arrival at L'viv Train Station

    • Counterparts; Transportation

    • I took this picture of my Coordinator, Natalya, upon my arrival in L'viv, Urkaine in May 2005. I was assigned to work with Natalya at the Institute of Non-Profit Management at the Ukrainian Catholic University.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saturday Morning Walk

    • Saturday Morning Walk

    • Architecture

    • This photo shows me in front of the L'viv Opera House on Prospect Svody Boulevard. The photo was taken on a Saturday morning walk in August of 2006. I resided up the street in a beautiful apartment building across from the Hotel George. L'viv,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mama with Firewood

    • Mama with Firewood

    • Host community friends; Food and meals; Elders

    • This photo was taken in the area Craig Cove, on the island of Ambrym (west), in the country of Vanuatu. The old lady just came from the bush after collecting firewood and coconuts for preparing dinner. This photo symbolizes the strength and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gift Procession at Wedding

    • Gift Procession at Wedding

    • Weddings; Celebrations; Crafts

    • This photo was taken during the gift procession at the wedding of my host sister Momon, at Ranvertlam village on the north of Ambrym Island in the country of Vanuatu. Guests lie their gifts in a pile and go and shake hands and cry with the newly...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fifth and Sixth Grade Class in Vanuatu

    • Fifth and Sixth Grade Class in Vanuatu

    • Schools; Teachers and students

    • This is at the end of the school day as my students were leaving. The class was a combination 5th and 6th grade. A total of 20 students would sit in this room for instruction. The walls are made by weaving coconut palm. The girls in the photo are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rom Dance

    • Rom Dance

    • Dance; Traditional dress; Folklore

    • This is the Rom dance, a traditional dance of the men of Ambrym island in Vanuatu. The men in full dress are the Roms. The other men are dressed in nambas, which is traditional dress for men. You can see Chief Mansop banging on a piece of bamboo....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wild Pig Hunt on Ambrym Island

    • Wild Pig Hunt on Ambrym Island

    • Wildlife; Food and meals

    • Although I lived on an island in the South Pacific it was a two hour walk to the ocean. was not the main staple for a man living in the bush, wild pig was. Starting at a young age, men and boys partake in the hunt for wild pig. Here are four...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Host Mother

    • My Host Mother

    • Host families

    • This is a picture of me and my host mother and was taken around February 2007 in Alarobia, Madagascar. About half way through my Peace Corps service I went back to my pre-service training site to visit my host-stay family. We are standing outside...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stuck in the Mud

    • Stuck in the Mud

    • Transportation; Terrain

    • This picture was taken toward the end of 2006 outside of my village of Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar. My village was mostly a "hike site", meaning that the only way to get in was to hike 7 miles up and over a mountain (about a 2 hour strenous...
    • Volunteer Photos

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