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    • Family

    • Family

    • host families; children

    • I took this photo in March 2011. I love this picture because it portrays so much of what I love about Peace Corps: my relationship with my host family. I spend many afternoons laughing with Gogo, and teaching English to and playing with the small...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Choir

    • Choir

    • music; schools; counterparts

    • A teacher, and school choir conductor, takes a bow after her learners sing the national anthem at an inter-school cultural and art competition in South Africa on August 30, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Donald

    • Donald

    • music; youth

    • An out-of-school youth spends his time making music how ever he can, in this case he uses a wire and an old deodorant stick to make a trumpet-like instrument. The caregivers seen in the background were doing a home visit in South Africa. June 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Another One Shaved

    • Another One Shaved

    • Pre-service Training (PST)

    • Barb gets her hair trimmed to a buzz one night in February 2011 in South Africa. Shavings became a nightly ritual for trainees during the first week in-country. In the background, from left to right, are Lanna, Stephanie Martone, and Shaelyn.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Concentrate

    • Concentrate

    • Pre-service Training (PST)

    • Ethan carefully trims the hair of Barb as fellow trainees look on one night during training in South Africa. February 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Netball

    • Netball

    • sports; youth

    • Sindri joins a scramble for the ball with some students during a game of netball in South Africa in January 2011. Netball is similar to basketball and is popular among South African girls.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Proud to be a Woman

    • Proud to be a Woman

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Over the past year, I have been working with a youth club with the aim of lifeskills education and girl's empowerment. Here, we celebrated International Women's Day by discussing what our roles are as women today, successful and significant women...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dance Party

    • Dance Party

    • youth development; dance

    • This photo is taken in my village. For over a year I have been working with a youth club which focuses on lifeskills education and girls' empowerment. To commemorate one year together as a group, we had a party complete with a talent show. In this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing Children

    • Dancing Children

    • Youth development; Dance

    • Primary school children participate in traditional dance during a culture and art competition in South Africa on August 30, 2011. The competition was held in the school's biggest hall and categories included modern and traditional dance, choir and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yoga Masters

    • Yoga Masters

    • Youth Development; Girls' Education

    • Over the past year, I have been working with a youth club with the aim of lifeskills education and girls' empowerment. Part of our aim is empowerment through health and ownership of one's body. Every Wednesday after school, anywhere from 15-25...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Picking Chili Peppers

    • Picking Chili Peppers

    • agriculture; host community friends

    • The people seen here are part of large farming family from a small pueblito in Queretaro, Mexico. They go out together to their milpa in the country every Sunday to do whatever is needed to raise maize, peppers, beans, squash, and marigolds (for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Casa 1

    • Casa 1

    • animals; housing

    • Houses are varied in this small pueblito in Mexico. Homes are sometimes left with walls unfinished and rebar exposed to avoid the higher taxes imposed on completed homes.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Muñecas

    • Muñecas

    • artisans; crafts

    • Muñecas are colorful cloth dolls made and sold by indigenous Mexican women in a style traditional before the conquest of Mexico by Spain.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding Day

    • Wedding Day

    • celebrations

    • 15 pots of mole sauce were made in preparation for this wedding in a small town in Mexico. The wedding and reception involved 2 small adjacent pueblitos and lasted almost 24 hours. Ultimately, over 800 people were fed a full dinner (cooked and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Boda Parade

    • Boda Parade

    • celebrations

    • 15 pots of mole sauce were made in preparation for this wedding (boda) in a small town in Mexico. The wedding and reception involved 2 small adjacent pueblitas and lasted almost 24 hours. Ultimately, over 800 people were fed a full dinner (cooked...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mariachi Reception

    • Mariachi Reception

    • celebrations; music; traditional dress

    • 15 pots of mole sauce were made in preparation for this wedding in a small town in Mexico. The wedding and reception involved 2 small adjacent pueblitos and lasted almost 24 hours. Ultimately, over 800 people were fed a full dinner (cooked and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mexican Independence Day

    • Mexican Independence Day

    • celebrations; traditional dress

    • September 16 is a day of major celebration all over Mexico, commemorating Mexican Independence from Spanish rule. Fiestas are celebrated in all parts of Mexico, beginning September 15 with the “Grito de Delores” or battle cry for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mourning in the Procession of Silence

    • Mourning in the Procession of Silence

    • celebrations; traditional dress; religion

    • Semana Santa (Holy Week) is celebrated all throughout Mexico, from large cities to small pueblitos. Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday), along with the following week of Pascua, is celebrated as a national holiday. On Good Friday of Semana...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Procession of Silence

    • Procession of Silence

    • celebrations; traditional dress; religion

    • Semana Santa (Holy Week) is celebrated all throughout Mexico, from large cities to small pueblitos. Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday), along with the following week of Pascua, is celebrated as a national holiday. On Good Friday of Semana...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Procession of Silence

    • Procession of Silence

    • celebrations; traditional dress; religion

    • Semana Santa (Holy Week) is celebrated all throughout Mexico, from large cities to small pueblitos. Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday), along with the following week of Pascua, is celebrated as a national holiday. On Good Friday of Semana...
    • Volunteer Photos

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