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    • First Indigenous Women's Ascent Volcano Cotopaxi, Ecuador

    • First Indigenous Women's Ascent Volcano Cotopaxi, Ecuador

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Women's movement

    • EMPOWERMENT, LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH THE ANDEAN WOMEN’S MOUNTAINEERING MOVEMENT In our “progressive” modern world, women continue to be discouraged from pursuing many of their hopes and dreams, especially in the developing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ratanakiri Waterfall

    • Ratanakiri Waterfall

    • Terrain

    • I took this photo in July 2011 in Ratanakiri, Cambodia on a trip with one of my students to her homeland. This photo shows my student, her sister, brother-in-law, and fiance wading through a pond on their way to a waterfall.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yoga

    • Yoga

    • Sports; Pre-service training (PST)

    • I took this picture in August 2010 during my pre-service training in Cambodia. This photo shows a group of my fellow Volunteers practicing yoga during some free time in one Volunteer's host family's wooden home.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Are You Ready For Some Football?

    • Are You Ready For Some Football?

    • Sports; Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken in Bugaria on the day of my American Football Camp with the village. The village is mostly Roma, and is located about 20 miles outside of Burgas. I had brought face paint and ribbons so all the girls could have their team...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jumping for Joy...and for a Playground!

    • Jumping for Joy...and for a Playground!

    • Secondary projects

    • This photo includes RPCV Teresa Havenar and Volunteer Patrick. It also includes two children, Alyona and Igor, that attended the school I was working at and who also helped build our playground. We were jumping for excitement over the delivery...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Laundry Day

    • Laundry Day

    • Life skills

    • This photo was taken in August 2010 in Cambodia. This photo shows my neighbors laundry splayed over their barbed wire fence to dry.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walkway

    • Walkway

    • Housing

    • This photo was taken in fall 2010 during my site visit to Cambodia. This picture shows the space between the wall of my bedroom and the floor.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ya-ee

    • Ya-ee

    • Host families

    • I took this photo in December 2010 in Cambodia. The photo shows my ya-ee (Khmer language for grandmother) fanning herself on another hot Cambodian day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • "Hello!"

    • "Hello!"

    • Children; Host community friends

    • I took this photo during a morning walk one day in my village in January, 2011 in Cambodia. Though I frequent the same roads daily on my walks/runs I am still bombarded with children yelling "Hello!" at me. This is my favorite group of children who...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water Festival

    • Water Festival

    • Children; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in November 2010 Cambodia during the National Water Festival. In this photo three children are watching a boat race.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Splash Day

    • Splash Day

    • Children

    • I work at a youth shelter in Dominica in the Easter Caribbean. This photo was taken during a "sea bath" with the children. I loved the expression of happiness on the young man's face.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Future Women

    • Future Women

    • Children

    • I took this picture on a visit to a students home in northeastern Cambodia. These are her two youngest sisters and he younger brother in the background.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mama y Machete

    • Mama y Machete

    • Children

    • My husband and I currently serve in rural Costa Rica. During our community assessment process we conducted interviews around the community. On July 12, 2011, I took this photo as my husband took his turn at conducting the interviews. There were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wat in Cambodia

    • Wat in Cambodia

    • Architecture

    • I took this photo on a clear day during my training in July 2010 in Cambodia. I went to this pagoda to study language with another Volunteer and we were captivated by the beauty. This photo depicts the roof of one pagoda.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • American/Malian Cross Culture

    • American/Malian Cross Culture

    • Traditional dress

    • Pamela and Ashton celebrate the 4th of July in Mali, West Africa. Here we see a perfect example of cross culture as Pamela and Ashton wear traditional Malian pagne (which is a wraparound skirt) and the colors of the United States of America.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning Lots

    • Learning Lots

    • Teachers and students; Schools

    • The class of five-year-olds at the community preschool enjoying their music class with their enthusiastic teacher. I took this photo during the first few months of the preschool, which started in May, 2011. To date, the preschool is funded...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Future Volunteers

    • Future Volunteers

    • Staging

    • This picture was taken on June 2, 2011. After finishing staging in Washington D.C, here are the Peace Corps Trainees taking a final picture before leaving to Mali, West Africa. The June staging has water sanitation and education Volunteers.
    • Volunteer Photos

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