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    • Preparing for Winter

    • Preparing for Winter

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • This photo was taken on November 24, 2007, during my second week at my permanent site in Aksukent, Kazakhstan. My host mother and host sisters worked all day to chop cabbage and carrots into this huge pile. They then added salt and pepper and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Roof Rethatching

    • Roof Rethatching

    • Housing

    • Adding more dried grass to the hut's roof to cover up leaky gaps. The photo was taken in Mpelembe, Serenje, Central Province, Zambia in 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Let's Do Spreadsheets!

    • Let's Do Spreadsheets!

    • Teachers and students; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

    • During 2001 and 2002 I taught computer classes to high school children in my town in Eastern Honduras. We studied the basics of Microsoft Word and Excel.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Citemene

    • Citemene

    • Agriculture

    • Villagers burning a firebreak in preparation for citemene, which is the traditional slash and burn agriculture system. The photo was taken in Mpelembe, Serenje, Central Province, Zambia in 2007.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Health Post Almost Done!

    • Health Post Almost Done!

    • Health; Architecture; Host community friends

    • This is a picture of the village Iman (center), my fellow Volunteer, Allyson (left) and myself (right) in front of the health post we were building in rural Guinea. The Imam was my partner in the project and became a very close friend despite our...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saint Patrick's Day Celebration

    • Saint Patrick's Day Celebration

    • Teachers and students; Celebrations; Dance

    • My students (all future English teachers) at the Humanitarian Pedagogical College dance an Irish jig. Our celebration included a play, skits, songs, trivia, and this dance. My students loved to dance, but I am not a dance instructor and the only...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project

    • Teachers and students; World Map Project

    • My Associate Peace Corps Director (APCD) suggested me to do this project with my students. It was a huge success and the students and faculty loved the project.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Washing Machine

    • Washing Machine

    • Work; Housing

    • This picture was taken by my sister Karen when she came to visit me in Nicaragua in 2001. I got to wash our clothes by hand on the pila, a concrete washboard and sink. This was a source of great amusement and connection with my grandmother who...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • International Cooking with English Class

    • International Cooking with English Class

    • Teachers and students; Food and meals

    • Here in my bucataria at the gazda house are some of my talented chefs making a bechamel sauce. It was perfect the first time! There are twelve regular students who cook with me monthly to learn new recipes in English from all parts of the world. ...
    • Volunteer Photos

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