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    • Thumbs Up For Voting!

    • Thumbs Up For Voting!

    • Teachers and students

    • I took this photo in January 2011 at a primary school in Guyana. Our school had just implemented a student government program. This specific day was our election day complete with campaigning, a polling booth and voting. For each student who passed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Beans

    • Beans

    • Agriculture; Food and meals

    • Moyogalpa, Isla Ometepe, Nicaragua- 2008 Don Miguel is sifting through a harvest of beans. On Ometepe, many families harvest their own crops to feed themselves for the year.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mami and Ziah

    • Mami and Ziah

    • Children; Host community friends

    • This photo was taken in our house in Ziahtown, Zwedru County, Liberia in 1976. These are neighbor children who enjoyed hanging out in our house in the afternoon. They are enjoying the list drops of an afternoon snack.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stanley and Tarlue

    • Stanley and Tarlue

    • Children

    • These are two neighbor boys in Ziahtown (Zwedru County, Liberia) with a tow money bus that they made themselves from bamboo. The windshield was made from the plastic wrap from tee shirts my parents had sent to me. The photo was taken in 1976.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Best Wishes!

    • Best Wishes!

    • Weddings; Youth

    • My students held up a message for me to photograph. It wished my brother and his wife good luck in their marriage. The children loved being photographed and having a different activity then their normal drill. It took many tries.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Act like a tree!

    • Act like a tree!

    • Agriculture; Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken after some students helped me plant new fruit trees on their school compound. Hopefully when these trees yield fruit the kids can eat it at lunch instead of chips! The students loved helping me and were shocked that I let...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tafao

    • Tafao

    • Health

    • This is the high chief's wife with me. We have just finished a health training session where i weighed some of the village ladies. Mena is the most genuine person I have met in this country and I admire her strength and pride.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Weave

    • Learning to Weave

    • Crafts

    • This was taken in September 2010. Ese is teaching me to weave a mat. She was somewhat patient, but pushed me to learn quickly. I gave these mats as a gift when I returned home.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Taking Notes in English Class

    • Taking Notes in English Class

    • Teachers and students

    • In this photo, Peace Corps Volunteer Mark Fullmer is teaching English vocabulary and pronunciation to 4th year (16-year old) high school students. The photograph was taken by a student, who had been assigned to be the class photographer, a way of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 4th of July

    • 4th of July

    • Celebrations; Camps and clubs

    • This is a photo of Peace Corps Volunteer Rose with an American eagle tattoo on her face to celebrate the 4th of July. This photo was taken in Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Borsch Time!

    • Borsch Time!

    • Food and meals; Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken at Camp Survivor in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine. Students wait to be served their dinner- borsch, a traditional Ukrainian soup.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Camp Excite

    • Camp Excite

    • Camps and clubs

    • This is a photo of students and campers that was taken at Camp Excite, a camp in the Sumy oblast region of Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Harvest Blessings

    • Harvest Blessings

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • This is a photo of an Easter basket in Ukraine about to be blessed by the priest. Early in the morning on Easter Sunday, people gather at the church with a basket that includes a traditional Easter bread called "paska," with a candle in it, as well...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Sunday in Ukraine

    • Easter Sunday in Ukraine

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • People gather at the church at 4a.m. with baskets complete with traditional paska bread, a candle, and items from their garden and wait for the priest to bless everything.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Goal #3

    • Goal #3

    • Technology

    • This is a picture of me Skyping with my family back home. I love telling them about my service and experiences in Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos

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