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- Four Generations
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This is a photo of 4 generations taken at Easter--a very special holiday in Ukraine--in 2004. The photo shows my host mother, with her mother, her daughter and her granddaughter. - Volunteer Photos
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- Mama and Papa
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This photo of my host parents was taken in March 2006, two weeks before I finished my Peace Corps service. - Volunteer Photos
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- Sign Language Class
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Teachers and students -
This was taken in December 2004. One of my secondary projects was teaching American Sign Language to deaf Ukrainians. I am in the middle wearing a plaid shirt. My students ranged in age from five to eighty years old. - Volunteer Photos
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- Winter View from Balcony
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As someone who has lived in Los Angeles for 20 years, the Ukrainian winters were quite different than anything I had experienced before. This photo was taken in January 2005 from my balcony in Khmelnitsky, Ukraine. - Volunteer Photos
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- Passover Celebration
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Host community friends; Celebrations -
This was taken in my apartment in Khmelnistky, Ukraine, during a Passover celebration in 2005. - Volunteer Photos
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- Young Friends
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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
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- Connecting with current volunteers in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia
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Libraries; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) -
This photo shows a computer being set up in the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library at Fre Siwot Elementary School in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. I enlisted the support of current volunteers in setting up the library, which opened in August... - Volunteer Photos
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- Ribbon Cutting Event at Fre Siwot Elementary School
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Celebrations; Libraries -
Ato Yohannes Gebregeorgis and I cut the ribbon to officially open the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library in Mekelle, Ethiopia, August 2009. - Volunteer Photos
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- Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
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Celebrations; Libraries; Education -
Although the official dedication of the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library and Media Center did not begin until 10:00 a.m., the children lined up at 8:00 in the blazing sun. I wondered how to keep them entertained for two hours and then it hit... - Volunteer Photos
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- Reconnecting with Peace Corps in Ethiopia
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Libraries -
I enlisted the support of current volunteers (2009) in Mekelle, Ethiopia to help set up a library project in memory of a colleague. The current volunteers were extremely helpful in setting up the library and are a continued source of support for... - Volunteer Photos
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- Painting a Wall
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Schools -
Painting a wall outside the environmental education school in Ipala, Guatemala. - Volunteer Photos
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- Teaching a Computer Class
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Teachers and students; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) -
Michael Edwards teaching a computer class with a donated computer. El Sauce, Chiquimula, Guatemala. - Volunteer Photos
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- Kite festival, San Luis Cristobal, Guatemala
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Celebrations -
Kite festival, San Luis Cristobal, Guatemala. - Volunteer Photos
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- Farmer in the Field
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Farmer harvesting beans in El Sauce, Chiquimula, Guatemala. - Volunteer Photos
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- Three Little Girls
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Children -
Three little girls near Ipala Volcano. - Volunteer Photos
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- Don Ernesto
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Host families; Children -
My host family in my village of El Sauce, Guatemala. Don Ernesto, whom I deeply admire and respect, and two of his grandchildren. - Volunteer Photos
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- Walking with Children
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While walking with a fellow Volunteer on the island of Bohol in the central Philippines in 1980, these children wanted to join us on our walk. - Volunteer Photos
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- Teacher Amanda and Her Students
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Teachers and students -
One of my students took this photo of me with my students in 2007 during a break between English classes. - Volunteer Photos
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- At a Naming Ceremony (Koolio)
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Ceremonies; Children -
I took this photo at a naming ceremony (Koolio) in 1981 in Jambanjelly, The Gambia, West Africa. When a child is seven days old he or she is given a name, and the village comes to celebrate the occasion. The mother (with face covered by material)... - Volunteer Photos
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- On the Road to Site
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Terrain -
After completing training in Rabat, it was time to travel to "site", home for the next two years. This highway led the bus over the Atlas Mountains to Errachidia, Morocco. - Volunteer Photos
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