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    • Human Trafficking Project

    • Human Trafficking Project

    • Youth development

    • This is a photo of a group of students in Ukraine who had a debate in English about Human Trafficking and learned about different programs within their country used to fight the trafficking battle.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Message Behind the Game

    • The Message Behind the Game

    • Camps and clubs

    • The message behind the game that is pictured is this: Everyone must work together so that the goal of placing the stick on the ground can be achieved. Even though it is just a game, I feel as though it is very similar to our Peace Corps service. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Campers

    • Campers

    • Camps and clubs; Youth

    • Students pictured here are at Camp Excite in the Sumy Oblast of Ukraine. This picture is special to me because Ukrainians are not often caught smiling. You can tell these campers were having a good time at camp.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Camp Excite Flag

    • Camp Excite Flag

    • Camps and clubs

    • This picture was taken at Camp Excite near Sumy, Ukraine. The flag is the symbol of Camp Excite- the Ukrainian and American flag joined by a light bulb.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Maipa Seeds

    • Maipa Seeds

    • Food and meals

    • I took this photo during a maipa oil mashing session in Toemaipa, Suriname on March 2, 2009. Toemaipa is known for its plentiful maipa palm trees, the fruits of which the locals eat and then use the seeds to make cooking oil. The seeds in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Maipa Seed Mashing

    • Maipa Seed Mashing

    • Cooking; Food and meals

    • I took this photo during a maipa oil mashing session in Toemaipa, Suriname on March 2, 2009. Toemaipa is known for its plentiful maipa palm trees, the fruits of which the locals eat and then use the seeds to make cooking oil. The seeds in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Brokopondo Lake Sunset

    • Brokopondo Lake Sunset

    • Terrain

    • I took this photo while crossing the man-made Brokopondo Lake in Suriname in a motorized dug-out canoe on January 28, 2009. I was traveling with the local Boslanti drum band, Jung Djote Bala, to a performance for a burial ceremony. The lake was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Every Day Smiles

    • Every Day Smiles

    • Children

    • I took this photo on the day that I made portraits for all of the children in Boslantie, Suriname in November 2008. These children are some of the most positive and energetic who I have ever met. During my two years living in Boslantie, the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stefano

    • Stefano

    • Children

    • I took this photo on the day that I made portraits for all of the children in Boslantie, Suriname in November 2008. These children are some of the most positive and energetic who I have ever met. During my two years living in Boslantie, the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Songkran in My Village

    • Songkran in My Village

    • Celebrations

    • I took this photo during the Songkran Festival on April 14, 2011, in Thailand. Songkran celebrates the traditional Thai New Year and is a national holiday. One of the hallmarks of Songkran is the throwing of water - people flock to the streets to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • New Best Friends

    • New Best Friends

    • Host families; Children

    • This photo was taken in the Comarca Ngobe Bugle, Panama in 2007 during my site visit, part of the pre-service training. The host mom and dad were too busy preparing meals but the host brothers and sisters took me around the neighborhood posing for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rice Paddy Training

    • Rice Paddy Training

    • Counterparts

    • In conjunction with my neighbor (also a Volunteer), we are training our counterparts how to construct and plant rice paddies in the rural areas of Panama, 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Barbie in Islam

    • Barbie in Islam

    • Signs

    • This photo was taken during pre-service training, and shows a street sign in the northern region in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It was remarkable given that it took a very traditional western image, the doll Barbie, and transitioned her into a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Brain Camp Karak

    • Brain Camp Karak

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken during a Brain Camp session I instructed in Karak, Jordan during July of 2011. The camp was focused on developing critical thinking skills for college age students who would, after familiarizing themselves with the curriculum,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Getting Our Hands Dirty

    • Getting Our Hands Dirty

    • Pre-service training (PST); Agriculture

    • This was taken at a "Sufficiency Economy" visited during Peace Corps training in Ayutthaya, Thailand in March, 2011. These trainees were practicing building a hut out of mud bricks. Sufficiency Economy was an idea created by the King after the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making "Pad Pak" (Thai fried vegetables)

    • Making "Pad Pak" (Thai fried vegetables)

    • Cooking; Food and meals

    • This photo taken in the kitchen of a home in a village in Thailand in March, 2011. Thai food is cooked at such a high temperature, it's useful to cook in front of an open window or outside, otherwise a hot house gets even hotter! This photo...
    • Volunteer Photos

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