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    • 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...
    • 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
    • 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
    • Marching

    • Marching

    • Children; Celebrations

    • This primary school student was taking part in the independence day celebrations in town - Sierra Leone's fiftieth year of independence. Her eyes say more than I could write here. So much about her life, about her country, about the world. April...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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...
    • 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
    • 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
    • "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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • A Day's Catch

    • A Day's Catch

    • Fishing; Children

    • This photo was taken in November of 2006 in between Tibati and Meng, in the Adamaoua province of Cameroon. My husband, friend, and I were attempting to fish in the river, but a thunderstorm came upon us suddenly. These boys offered us their catch,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • First Pumpkin

    • First Pumpkin

    • Celebrations; Children

    • Host kids Hadiza, Kader, Balki, and Rakia help Volunteer Laura Ballard carve a pumkin to celebrate Halloween. Zinder, Niger. October 29th, 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dance Lessons

    • Dance Lessons

    • Dance; Traditional dress

    • I took this picture of my wife while she was learning traditional dances with some local children. We are serving together in Costa Rica.
    • Volunteer Photos

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