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    • Making Churchkhela

    • Making Churchkhela

    • Cooking; Food and Meals; Host community friends

    • I took this during a visit to the village home of one of my Georgian friends. His family was making "churchkhela" - a candy made by boiling grape juice and flower and coating strings of walnuts. It's delicious and making it is always a family...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gros Piton

    • Gros Piton

    • Ecotourism

    • This photo is of me at the top of Gros Piton, the second tallest mountain in St. Lucia. The mountain in view behind me is Petit Piton.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host parents with Molly, Donna, and Heather

    • Host parents with Molly, Donna, and Heather

    • Host families

    • This is a photo taken in Fall 2009 of our Ukrainian host parents with three volunteers whom they hosted during training. Our host mother, Lyuda, invested many hours and late nights teaching us Ukrainian and Russian, and our host father, Misha,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Malika and Me

    • Malika and Me

    • Host families

    • Taken a few days before I was to finish training and swear-in as a volunteer in Morocco. My first host mother Malika was everything I needed her to be being so far from home. Here we are in the kitchen as we are cooking dinner and having girl talk...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Feast

    • Easter Feast

    • Host families; Food and meals

    • I took this picture of my host family on Easter Day, 2004, in Sartichaala, Georgia. It's a tradition to have a feast in a cemetery on Easter. This was my third day in country and a wonderful introduction to Georgian customs.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Somlyo

    • Somlyo

    • Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • As a Peace Corps volunteer, I took part in the annual Somlyo pilgrimage. "Ave Maria" echoed through the high mountain valley as it has every Pentecost for 440 years. Horsemen in wool Hussars uniforms, cardinals in jewel-tone robes and peasant...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dr. Seuss in Transylvania

    • Dr. Seuss in Transylvania

    • Schools; Education; Youth

    • Bianca, an 11th grader, helps fifth graders sound out words in a Dr. Seuss book as part of a project aiming to promote English and reading. The books were donated by friends in the United States. The 5th graders loved the attention from high...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Romania Wedding

    • A Romania Wedding

    • Weddings; Religion

    • My counterpart married in February 2008. After the civil ceremony in town hall, the procession moved to the Orthodox church - unheated in the chilly Transylvanian winter. Then came a 200-person party that lasted until sunrise.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Arrrr, Middle Schoolers

    • Arrrr, Middle Schoolers

    • Youth; Celebrations

    • Three members of English Friendship Club were among those dressed as pirates for a monthly themed party in Balan, Romania. After pirate-themed activities, the 30 members were given "booty," matching club t-shirts. The January 2008 meeting was one...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Romania Journalism Camp

    • Romania Journalism Camp

    • Camps and clubs; Youth development

    • In August 2007, a group of Peace Corps Volunteers across Romania converged on Sovata, Ro., in Transylvania for a week-long journalism camp. Here Volunteer Matt Zdon helps students prepare articles for the camp newspaper.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Life Skills

    • Life Skills

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Youth; Education

    • This is a photo of a class doing life skills at my school attachment. The principal and I worked together to get the classes started.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saying Goodbye

    • Saying Goodbye

    • Children; Teachers and Students; Youth;

    • Peace Corps volunteer Ferris Badge and I took on an additional project of teaching preschool. My primary assignment was in the high school, and Ferris worked with an eco-club. With our most advanced class, we ended every session singing the Barney...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Mother & Best Friend

    • Host Mother & Best Friend

    • Host community friends

    • This is Saya, the woman I considered "mother" in Niger, West Africa. Although I did not live with Saya and her family, she treated me as part of her family. This picture was taken in October 2006 during the fete de Ramadan. Saya is a beautiful...
    • Volunteer Photos

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