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    • Lesotho Bus Ride

    • Lesotho Bus Ride

    • Transportation

    • Waiting for the Lesotho Freight Bus to take us from Qacha's Nek to Sethlabathebe National Park. Our backpacks were loaded in the undercarriage of the bus, along with a few reluctant sheep.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peace Corps Volunteers in Jamaica

    • Peace Corps Volunteers in Jamaica

    • Housing; Transportation

    • This photo shows fellow Volunteer Donna and myself in front of a little apartment in Kingston, Jamaica. Machetes were a common landscaping tool and very cheap. Notice the bike, which was the common way we got around in the city. We were just...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Journal Writing

    • Journal Writing

    • Housing; Terrain

    • Self portrait of daily life in my village. Every afternoon I would sit in the doorway of my rondavel and journal, read or play the guitar as I watched the sunset over the Drakensburg mountains in Lesotho.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Last Supper

    • The Last Supper

    • Host families; Celebrations; Food and meals

    • This was the last dinner I had with my host family before I left training. This is in the city of Chernigov--my host mother is the blond woman at the far left. The person sitting next to me is another Peace Corps Volunteer with her host mother. I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Bunica Welcomes Me to Romania

    • The Bunica Welcomes Me to Romania

    • Host community friends; Ceremonies

    • Just after visiting my first commemoration of the dead ceremony at the local Romanian Orthodox biserica, the bunica, who literally lives, works, eats and sleeps in her bucataria, gave me a plate of homemade goodness, a lovely bunch of garden...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Grandmother in Lesotho

    • Grandmother in Lesotho

    • Host families; Elders; Housing

    • My host family Grandmother. Too old to work in the fields, she spends most days sitting against the stone wall of her hut absorbing the heat of the stones. She patiently sorts grain and beans, watches the goings-on of the village and sends all her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Basotho Herd Boy

    • Basotho Herd Boy

    • Host families; Animals; Terrain

    • Abuti, a herd boy, on his donkey collecting corn feed for the cows. This 14 year old boy spends most days walking across the mountains in the Senqu river valley of Lesotho, herding my host family's cow, donkeys and sheep.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Printer is Thirsty

    • The Printer is Thirsty

    • Host community friends; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

    • This is my landlord showing me how Ukrainians refill ink cartridges in Ukraine. The photo was taken in my apartment in the city of Uman.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ukraine's "Cinderella"

    • Ukraine's "Cinderella"

    • Camps and clubs; Teachers and students; Universities

    • This photo was taken during summer camp at European University--my work site. My students put on "Cinderella" with some reverse gender roles to celebrate graduations and the end of the semester.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Past Moves in the Moment

    • The Past Moves in the Moment

    • Host community friends; Celebrations

    • This is a family photo of my neighbors as younger parents--now, their daughters are adults with their own children. The father was a former Communist Party official in Uman who is now a pensioner. This picture was taken on the night of Christmas...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cultural Exchange in Lesotho

    • Cultural Exchange in Lesotho

    • Children; Host community friends

    • A Peace Corps Volunteer and a herd boy enjoy time together at Semonkong Falls in Lesotho. Children in Lesotho are usually curious about white skin and this boy really wanted to check out the Volunteer’s hand. This duo was with a group of children...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Misto!

    • Misto!

    • Pre-service Training (PST)

    • This was the last moment of our PST training in Targoviste, Romania and we are so very cool as we look ahead toward our service in Romania as new Peace Corps Volunteers. Here we are one hour before swearing-in!
    • Volunteer Photos

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