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.
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. ...
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.
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 Katie Powell teaches primary school children swimming lessons on Timothy Beach on St. Kitts for the Ministry of Education Summer Camp. The picture was taken in July of 2011.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
During my pre-service training (June 2007) I visited a site in Hato Chami, Panama. Here the local artisans are showing us how to weave strings to make bags.
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.
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...
After we had just finished a team-building activity during pre-service training in December of 2010, the boys crowded around to have their photo taken.
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,...
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...
This picture was taken in 1962 while sailing in the Sulu Sea. The small islands south of Siasi, Sulu in the Philippines consisted of two cultural groups: Tausug and Samal. The dances that the women performed were influenced by the music and culture...
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...