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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Hail to the Chief

    • Hail to the Chief

    • Dignitaries; Celebrations

    • I took this photo at the President's Day celebration on April 3rd, 2004 in Nkroful, Ghana. Many of the local chiefs had came to honor the president.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Here Comes the Queen

    • Here Comes the Queen

    • Dignitaries; Celebrations

    • I took this photo at the President's Day celebration in Nkroful, Ghana on April 3, 2004. The President was welcomed by many local chief's and their wives in a grand celebration. A very colorful event.
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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 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 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
    • 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
    • My Girls (and Sir)

    • My Girls (and Sir)

    • Children; Host community friends

    • After being away from the village for a week, I came home and found this- my girls and my small gentleman playing on the ground outside of our compound. they were so excited that their very own foreign entertainment was finally home and when I took...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Roger and Richard and Playground Workers

    • Roger and Richard and Playground Workers

    • Secondary projects

    • In Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, Philipines, Volunteers Richard and Roger worked with the city to plan and build a public playground for the children of this rural area. The photo shows us measuring out the site of the seesaws. Taken...
    • Volunteer Photos

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