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    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Whoa There!

    • Whoa There!

    • Celebrations; Animals

    • This photo was taken in May 2008 in Tibati, Cameroon, during the town's annual Independence Day parade. This horseman was getting a bit out of control with all of the crowd's oh's and ahh's.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Ugandan Teachers Have Fun with Math

    • Ugandan Teachers Have Fun with Math

    • Games; Teachers and students

    • At a workshop of the new Primary Five Curriculum Rollout, I took this picture of our participants (P5 teachers) engaging in some of the stations I had set up. The new P5 curriculum is focus on learner-centered teaching. This station is a math...
    • Trick or Treat!

    • Trick or Treat!

    • Celebrations

    • About mid-way through pre-service training was Halloween. A lot of people in our group really loved the holiday, and we knew we wanted to celebrate it with Macedonians in country. We decided to each go as a US holiday, including: Valentines Day,...
    • Tomasita, with Love

    • Tomasita, with Love

    • Pre-service training (PST); Host families

    • This photo was taken in Nicaragua in September of 2010. The woman in the center is celebrating a birthday. The married couple are current Peace Corps Volunteers, Julie Westerman and Matthew Reid. Tomasita, the woman featured, was host mom to...
    • The Challenge

    • The Challenge

    • Youth

    • The youth of Sierra Leone. These guys look like superheroes on a Hollywood movie poster. Stand in their way and you're going down. I met them at their house across from the mosque in town after school. A mixture of primary, secondary, and out...
    • The Boys and Their Bird Out for a Stroll

    • The Boys and Their Bird Out for a Stroll
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    • While taking a walk, I met these boys excitedly meandering their way in the opposite direction. They saw I had my camera and asked for a snap. I saw their bird with its foot tied to a string and made a deal: a snap for the bird's freedom. With a...
    • Teaching in Samoa

    • Teaching in Samoa

    • Teachers and students

    • This was taken while I was reading a Winnie-the-Pooh story to my Year 6 students in Samoa, in June 2010. The story involved Winnie-the-Pooh pretending to be a rain cloud so he could get the honey in the tree. I made a buzzing noise to help bring...
    • Sylvia and baby Leslie

    • Sylvia and baby Leslie

    • Children

    • Peace Corps Volunteer Sylvia Zellers bathing her new born baby, Leslie. Leslie was born in the University Hospital, Cali Colombia, on 4-25-67 to Peace Corps Community Action Volunteers Jim and Sylvia Zellers.
    • Successful Potato Harvest

    • Successful Potato Harvest
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    • The agriculture minister was very delighted to see the results of the expertise that Peace Corps Volunteer Bill brought to Yo Creek, OW District, Belize. I took this photo on an educational tour of the potato farm for the locals. The minister is...
    • Story Telling

    • Story Telling

    • Camps and clubs; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Volunteers Marisa and Ashley pass some free time telling stories to their Young Girls' Empowerment Camp participants. Zinder, Niger. 3/24/2010
    • Squirts

    • Squirts

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in April 2007 in Tibati, Cameroon, in our compound. These boys came to live with the family who lived in the compound for several months. I call them little squirts for several reasons, one of which being the fact that the...
    • 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.
    • Sisters

    • Sisters

    • Traditional dress; Weddings

    • This photo was taken in January 2007 in Tibati, Cameroon. We had attended a wedding. Wedding attendees have the option of buying and wearing a specific patterned fabric. I obviously stand out for several reasons, one of which being that I was too...
    • Scrabble Buddy

    • Scrabble Buddy

    • Host community friends; games

    • Yuan Xiao Lu, a graduate student at the univeristy where I served teaching English, became one of my favorite Scrabble buddies. April 2011.

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