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    • International Relations

    • International Relations

    • traditional dress; celebrations

    • This photo was taken during the 610th anniversary of the town of Perechyn, Ukraine, I served for 3 years. About five feet away, 14 members of the community and I had just finished selling 700 raffle tickets. The money, in-kind donations and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kids Will be Kids, Perechyn, Ukraine

    • Kids Will be Kids, Perechyn, Ukraine

    • Celebrations; children

    • Each year the Perechyn orphanage, like most orphanages, holds a Fall Festival. Tanya and Ivan play the role of nature and earth. These kids grew up in front of my eyes the three years I spent with them. Just before I left, Ivan ran away from the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching and Learning About Erosion

    • Teaching and Learning About Erosion

    • youth; environment

    • On this day I did a lesson about erosion and my assistant program director came to observe me. She took this photo. This community, Guanacastillo, has a river they use for everything. It was an important lesson for them. We built a mountain of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Smithsonian Festival

    • Smithsonian Festival

    • dance; traditional dress

    • What a rush - to perform on the stage of the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Peace Corps. I was humbled by the talent of the group with whom I performed. Everyone of these young people, despite their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Handwashing!

    • Handwashing!

    • water and sanitation; children

    • Taken at my site in central province, Zambia. These are two of my friends that come over daily using the new tippy tap I installed outside my latrine. They are so fond of it that they rub there hands in dirt when I'm not looking just so they can...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Game Time

    • Game Time

    • youth development; games

    • I helped lead an English leadership summer camp at a school in L'viv. Here I was explaining a game, and the kids were excited to get started. I believe the game happening in this picture was "Giants, Wizards, & Elves."
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mapuche Totem - Ninth Region

    • Mapuche Totem - Ninth Region

    • health; folklore

    • Totem picture taken in rural area within Lautaro Hospital sector while traveling with rural health team. Area is populated by indigenous Mapuche Indians. Daily visits to the rural sector were taken for pirmary health care including provision of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Lamb

    • Easter Lamb

    • food and meals; host community friends

    • It was as if I became an instant part of every family in my town. I first met this lady when the owner of the local veterinary pharmacy took me home with her to try the fat they had rendered from their hog, which she spread on a big piece of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Choir at Murager

    • Choir at Murager

    • schools; children; music

    • This is a photo of my 5th grade choir. Their debut performance was at the graduation ceremony for the 11th graders in May 2011. They did a fantastic job!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Camp GLOW in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan

    • Camp GLOW in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan

    • camps and clubs; girls' education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This is a photo of our group of girls in Chalkar, Kazakhstan. This Camp GLOW was the fourth of four Camp GLOWs that took place throughout Kazakhstan in the summer of 2011. There were 30 participants at the 5 day/6 night sleepaway camp. It was an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Trainees in Kazakhstan

    • Trainees in Kazakhstan

    • Pre-service Training (PST)

    • During PST Training, trainees went on a field trip to Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Here are a few trainees, now PCVs, at the train station in Karaganda.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Beekeeping

    • Beekeeping

    • agriculture

    • I was inspecting my beehives in Macuelizo, Santa Barbara, Honduras when the sisters Dina and Senovia offered to help (1981).
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pilliaring

    • Pilliaring

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • Here I am, Emily Heller, Peace Corps Volunteer in Panama, Community Environmental Conservation Group 68 in my community. The date is 7/12/2011 - eight days after I arrived at site. I am with my host grandmother on her front porch learning how to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Galletas

    • Galletas

    • food and meals; host families

    • Here I am, again, on August 17th 2011 with my host sister, Jenifer, in her parents' kitchen baking oatmeal raisin cookies - an American favorite. We thoroughly enjoyed learning together how to cook cookies over a flame in their Panamanian stove.
    • Volunteer Photos

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