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    • Start of the Annual Horse Race in Georgia

    • Start of the Annual Horse Race in Georgia

    • Celebrations; Sports

    • This photo was taken August 19, 2010 at the start of the annual horse race in a mountainous village only inhabited in the summer due to its 2050 meters above sea level status. Every year this village hosts a horse race, drawing thousands of people...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Friends

    • My Friends

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken July 30, 2011 during a mountain hike with the children of my host family in Guatemala. At this point in my service my best friends are these two boys, ages 9 and 11. We explore the mountains surrounding my town every weekend....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ultimate Frisbee

    • Ultimate Frisbee

    • Sports

    • Girls from the three southern-most provinces of Mozambique incorporate HIV-prevention methods while learning to play ultimate frisbee at the 2011 Southern Regional REDES (Rapariga em Desenvolvimento, Educação e Saúde--Girls in Education,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • City High School's World Map

    • City High School's World Map

    • World map project; Teachers and students

    • The photo was taken on November 1st, 2010 at a high school in the Philippines. During the semester break, I worked with four artistic Filipino students on this world map mural. This wall is located at the entrance of the school, where students...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kareema

    • Kareema

    • Host community friends

    • Illela, a rural town about five hundred miles northwest of Niamey, sits at the mouth of the Sahara Desert in the Republic of Niger. The desert moves inexorably forward, swallowing bit by bit farmers’ fields north of town. While living there as a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water Color

    • Water Color

    • Anniversaries; Celebrations

    • I took this picture at the Peace Corps 50th anniversary celebration in Stefan cel Mare park in Chisinau, Moldova in August 2011. The photo shows decorations of balloons on the right hand side, with the Peace Corps logo displayed on the stage in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rice Distribution

    • Rice Distribution

    • Host families; Food and meals

    • This photo was taken on November 25th, 2010 in the Philippines. My Filipino host family and I decided to buy a bunch of rice, put them in a decent sized bags, and distribute them to the poor people on the street. Nearby a cathedral, there are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • It's not 4th of July, It's Diwali

    • It's not 4th of July, It's Diwali

    • Celebrations

    • Diwali is the festival of lights, and each year Guyanese decorate their houses with hundreds of small votive like candles and sparklers. This picture is of myself and my neighbor during Diwali celebrations in 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Halloween in Guyana

    • Halloween in Guyana

    • Celebrations

    • A fellow Volunteer and myself decided to have a Halloween party for the neighborhood kids in Guyana. We made the costumes, which included a pirate (pictured), a mouse, a cat, a bumblebee, a ladybug and a basketball player.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Planting a tree in Nicaragua

    • Planting a tree in Nicaragua

    • Children

    • This photo was taken during a tree planting event in Macuelizo, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua in 1997. I helped Macuelizo establish a tree nursery and the trees were planted around town, on farms and riverbanks, and in degraded areas. The boy planting...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Volunteer Visit

    • Host Volunteer Visit

    • Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken during my host Volunteer visit during pre-service training. I traveled into the interior to visit another Peace Corps Volunteer in a remote Amerindian village. This picture was taken after we completed teaching a session on...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing for a Wedding

    • Preparing for a Wedding

    • Cooking; Weddings; Host families

    • My host sister got married, and the festivities included 5 days worth of celebrating and 10 days worth of preparation. In this picture we are making the dessert Mathai.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Passing the Time Bonding

    • Passing the Time Bonding

    • Host community friends

    • This photo was taken July 10, 2011 in my house in Ecuador. It was taken in the afternoon after lunch time, when most of the people in my rural town are resting and staying out of the hot sun. The two girls in the photo are sisters, Juana (6), and...
    • Volunteer Photos

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