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    • Chicano-Macedonian Folk Group

    • Chicano-Macedonian Folk Group

    • Celebrations; Music

    • This is my multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-national folk group: Los Kratovskis Chicanos Fantasticos. It was comprised of a Macedonian music teacher, a Roma student, a Macedonian student, and myself, a Mexican-American. We were practicing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • White Sunday in Western Samoa

    • White Sunday in Western Samoa

    • Children; Religion; Celebrations

    • This photograph was taken on the island of Manono in Western Samoa in 1975, during my time as a Peace Corps Volunteer (1974-1977) in that country. My host family lived on Manono and I would try to visit them whenever I was able to get away, and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Malta from the Air

    • Malta from the Air

    • Terrain

    • Photo taken from plane as we arrived in Malta, November, 1991. This shows the typical limestone construction of all buildings and the arid nature of the island. This was not the growing season, so the farms look barren. Fields are separated by...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Party Before Departure to Malta

    • Party Before Departure to Malta
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    • Taken November 1991 before our depature as Volunteers to Malta. Bob was recruited to help computerize the Malta government, and Carol was to train counselors in a government residential drug rehabilitation center.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tarxien

    • Tarxien

    • Statues and monuments

    • PCV Carol standing by one of the many statues in Malta presumed to be of the earth goddess. This was in the small town of Tarxien, a main prehistoric site.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Environmental Activism

    • Environmental Activism

    • Art; Education; Teachers and students

    • After getting permission from the school, Volunteer Sam Garland-Renn and his Environmental Education students spent Earth Day of 2005 putting up hand-made posters promoting environmental care. Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Gansu, P.R. China
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Carreras de Caballo

    • Carreras de Caballo

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken September 2006, for the patron saint festivals of San Miguel in the community of San Miguel Ingenio, Metapan, Santa Ana, El Salvador. There is a Catholic church in the background, which is the host of the festivities. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • San Miguel Ingenio Girls Soccer Team

    • San Miguel Ingenio Girls Soccer Team

    • Sports

    • We took this picture after receiving our new soccer uniforms. The girls had written letters to local establishments, and a fast food restaurant bought them shirts and shorts. The girls on the team were able to travel to other local communities a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Close of Service (COS)

    • Close of Service (COS)

    • Close of Service (COS)

    • This photo was taken in El Salvador during our COS conference, September 2006. Out of the original 15 in our Agroforesty/Environmental Education training group (2004-2006), these are the only ones who COS'ed, although two others were still in...
    • Volunteer Photos

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