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    • Cartes Postales

    • Cartes Postales
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    • Children love using art as a way of expression. In my tiny village in northeastern Senegal, these two little boys were selected by their teachers to participate in an art club that I held once a week after classes. The children had a unique way...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Goat Games

    • Goat Games
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    • Every year, when the herders would come back around June, they would host a celebration in my village, Goudoude Diobe, Senegal. The younger men would lead their herd of goats and sheep around in a large circle, performing small tricks for the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing for Class

    • Preparing for Class
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    • In my village, Goudoude Diobe, there was one primary school with five classes. Each of the classes had anywhere from 25-45 students. This shot was captured one day when I came to help as the teacher was looking over his notes for class.
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    • Always Laughing

    • Always Laughing
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    • I took this photo one very hot afternoon after lunch in my village, Goudoude Diobe. All the adults typically slept after the meal, but the girls and I would continue to talk and laugh. As soon as I took my camera out, there was a frenzy to see...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bung Karno lives on

    • Bung Karno lives on
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    • This photo was taken in Indonesia at the Bung Karno Museum in early May. I shot this photo before I discovered the "dilarang memfoto" sign. Bung Karno, Indonesia's first President, grew up in Blitar, and people pride themselves on the fact that he...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Women Walking With Pails

    • Women Walking With Pails
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    • Building a new home in rural Zambia takes a lot of time and effort. On May 30, 2008, in the small village of Chiposa in the Luapula province, much of the community helped to build a home of mud bricks and dried grass for a struggling family in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cultural Pride

    • Cultural Pride
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    • This is a photo of the annual town fair that I took in July of 2009. In this picture one of the local school children is dressed in traditional Mayan clothing, as a celebration of Mayan culture.
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    • Teaching Nutrition

    • Teaching Nutrition
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    • In this photo that was taken in August of 2010, I was teaching women in my community how to eat a balanced diet and explained to them which foods support growth, keep the body healthy, and provide energy. As part of a wood efficient stove project...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jason, Unmasked

    • Jason, Unmasked
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    • I took this photo during class in October 2010. These are my preschool students at an English language learning center in China. They were learning about the American Holiday of Halloween and made masks in class.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mummy Wrapping

    • Mummy Wrapping
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    • In this photo, my students participated in a Halloween game, competing to be the first team to completely wrap one person, from head to toe, in toilet paper. Taken October 29, 2010.
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    • The Competitors

    • The Competitors
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    • In this photo, my students competed in a mummy-wrapping competition during our Halloween party. These students are the competitors. October 29, 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pink Umbrella

    • Pink Umbrella
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    • This is my host sister Indy Jean. We were walking to a lunch invite at our friends house. I did not know where it was so she was the leader. It was raining, therefore the umbrella. Photo was taken in March, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Group Effort

    • Group Effort
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    • In this photo, my English students are working on creating a poster to describe the musical genre of jazz through colors, pictures, drawings, and lyrics. November, 2010.
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