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    • Ghana

    • Ghana

    • Teachers and students

    • These are the "cowboys" of Ghana. They don't attend school because they have to take the cows out to the field for their family. When they come back into town in the evenings, I tutor them in English and art.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Basic Schools HIV Workshop

    • Basic Schools HIV Workshop

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo in Ewarton at a workshop for presenting HIV/AIDS information to basic school principals and educators. It was part of a program introducing healthy lifestyle habits during early childhood. This was earthshaking as both the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching Peace Through Art

    • Teaching Peace Through Art

    • Art

    • Two young dar chebab (youth center) students in Morocco participated in creating an art mural for the dar chebab where Volunteer Elizabeth Chon taught the students how to paint properly and the meaning behind the art mural.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Neighborhood Event

    • Neighborhood Event

    • Animals

    • I couldn’t resist taking this happy snap of my neighbor’s dog nursing her brood. Pupup belonged to an 8 year old child who took very good care of her. Please note that the nursing puppy on the far right is a kitten. As in the US and as in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Creative Kids

    • Creative Kids

    • Children

    • I took this picture in Moldova on 6/20/2010. The picture was taken in front of the high school in where kids and teenagers like to hang out and play. The kids on this picture are being creative, showing how funny and interesting they are.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Moldovan Traditional Dress

    • Moldovan Traditional Dress

    • Traditional dress; Weddings

    • I took this picture during a wedding in Moldova on 7/22/2010. In the picture is a young man and two ladies dressed in Moldovan traditional dresses. Most weddings in Moldova will have professional traditional dancers dressed in traditional dresses...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Moldovan Wedding

    • Moldovan Wedding

    • Dance; Weddings

    • I took this picture in Ciorescu, Moldova on 7/22/2010. The picture was taken during a Moldovan wedding. In the picture, the bride is dancing with some professional traditional Moldovan dancers. They are dancing the "hora", Moldova's national dance....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking To The Drums

    • Walking To The Drums

    • Dance

    • A group of Nyau dancers of the Chewa tribe walk towards the drum circle in Zambia. During the hosting of my first site visit, I booked the local dancers for the entertainment of the new intake. Although, I really enjoyed the show as well. August...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Moldovan Tradional Dance

    • Moldovan Tradional Dance

    • Dance; Weddings

    • I took this picture on 7/22/2010 in Moldova. In the picture are dancers dressed in traditional Moldovan dress during a wedding. They are dancing the "hora," Moldovan national dance.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Moldovan Traditional Dressing

    • Moldovan Traditional Dressing

    • Dance; Weddings

    • I took this picture on 7/22/2010 in Moldova. On the picture is a a young man and a lady dressed in Moldovan traditional dressing. This picture was taken during a Moldovan wedding and it is customary to have a group of dancers like the people in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Not Different From You

    • Not Different From You

    • Children

    • I took this picture on 07/5/2010, in front of a high school in Moldova. The picture shows a young girl playing with her little sister. When i took this picture it occurred to me that a child is a child, it doesn't matter what part of the world that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kay and Tyler's Wedding March

    • Kay and Tyler's Wedding March

    • Weddings; Celebrations; Music; Dance

    • This is another photo I took of Kay and Tyler's village wedding, hosted by the gracious community of Gorno Dryanovo, Bulgaria. It is customary for the bride and groom to parade down the street, dancing the traditional horo, and celebrating their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Babas

    • Babas

    • Elders

    • I took this photo in a predominantly Muslim village in the heart of the Rhodope Mountains. The babas (grandmothers) in the picture were walking their horses to an unknown location in their usual attire; loud socks, blue overcoats, and headscarves. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Seeing Through The Teeth

    • Seeing Through The Teeth

    • Traditional dress; Dance

    • A Nyau dancer of the Chewa tribe looks through the mouth of a mask as he performs at a local cultural ceremony. This photo was taken August 8, 2011 in Zambia. I booked the local village dancers to come for the first site visit I was hosting.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Klay Chief and Wife

    • Klay Chief and Wife

    • Elders

    • This photo was taken when we arrived in Klay, Liberia for our in-country training in January 1987. We were welcomed by a small crowd from the village with drumming, dancing, and even a devil on stilts. The chief of the village and his wife...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Neighbor Girl as an Adorable Little "Mushroom"

    • Neighbor Girl as an Adorable Little "Mushroom"

    • Children; Host community friends

    • Taken approximately April, 1964, the photo shows the little 2 or 3 year old neighbor girl on the porch of her "nipa hut"---the house she lived in with her parents and brother. I don't remember her name but her father was an aide to Gregorio Dedal,...
    • Volunteer Photos

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