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- They're Going to Change the World and Ukraine on Along their Way
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No one believed these young people could start a foundation by themselves. Maybe they didn't themselves in the beginning, but they believed in their ability to create fun, alternative things for young people to do besides drinking and doing... - Volunteer Photos
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- Sittin Pretty
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This photo was taken on July 25, 2011 of children playing on the new playground equipment installed at the Child Development Center. The Peace Corps volunteer and her Thai counterparts organized a playground building project with volunteer... - Volunteer Photos
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- Candy Colored Paint Buckets
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This photo is of Peace Corps Volunteer, Kathlyn Paananen on July 7, 2011. The volunteer organized a playground design-build skills training, in which community volunteers built playground equipment for five different Child Community Development... - Volunteer Photos
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- Playground Technical Training
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I took this photo on July 4, 2011. The photo shows two trainers on the left from a Bangkok based NGO explaining how to build playground equipment with used seatbelts. Surrounding the trainers are community members who have volunteered their time to... - Volunteer Photos
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- Helping Efficiency of Liberian Chief's Sugar Cane Farm
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In 1972 my students and some of the Chief Mamady's sons invited me to help squeeze sugar cane juice using the Chief's 'new' mechanical box. Crushing efficiency was critical to the success of his sugar cane farm. Every possible amount of juice... - Volunteer Photos
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- Camp GLOW in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan
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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
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- Christmas in Burkina Faso
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A friend sent me a miniature Christmas tree, which no one there had ever seen. So I got the opportunity to share how Christmas is celebrated in America and learn about how they celebrate it there. This picture was taken in my village of Bagare,... - Volunteer Photos
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- Phagwah Day
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This photo was taken in Georgetown, Guyana during the Hindu Celebrate of Phagwah in 2010. The celebration involves throwing colored powder on everyone who is out in the city for the day and, as shocked as I was to be thrown into such a situation,... - Volunteer Photos
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- Donkey Race in Gurkovo, Bulgaria
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This past weekend (September 4th, 2011) in a small village in central Bulgaria 21 PCV's came together to participate in the village's 23rd Donkey Race. Activities included a donkey cart race, donkey cart tug-of-war and donkey soccer. Three... - Volunteer Photos
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- The First Ever Easter Egg Coloring in Loko Masama
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Celebrations; children -
Day Before Easter 1992, Loko Masama, Sierra Leone Submitted for the sharing American culture category. My neighbor children are coloring Easter eggs for their first time. I had to buy eggs from 5 different houses in the village so that I could have... - Volunteer Photos
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- Herd Boys on top of Thaba Mokhele
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These two boys accompanied about one dozen hikers representing six different countries to the top of Thaba Mokhele in Mohale's Hoek District in Lesotho. They led us through fairly easy passages all the way to the summit, all the while herding... - Volunteer Photos
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- Sylvie at the Waduk
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This photo was taken during my first few weeks at site (June 2011). It's an incredibly difficult transitional time but the children in my village embraced me and took me in like one of their own best friends. We went exploring by bicycle, children... - Volunteer Photos
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- Joyful Drummer
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This is a boy really enjoying playing his drum at a religious event for the youth at the end of the school year. Taken in Bagare, Burkina Faso in May, 2008. - Volunteer Photos
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- Appreciate Our Modern Conveniences
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I wanted to bring home how much we take for granted. In Kolila, Liberia where I was the first Peace Corps Volunteer from 1971 to 1973 I learned that every one of my students (about 20 4th, 5th, and 6th graders) all had to wash their own laundry -... - Volunteer Photos
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- Tumisi and Gary
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Early on at my site I made it a point to socialize with my colleagues. I figured if I was to spend two years of my life here, I may as well enjoy it. Tumisi was one of those guys who could make even the most dull situation joyous. This photo... - Volunteer Photos
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- Son of the Soil
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Clement taught Religious Studies and Bookkeeping at our school for many years. He absolutely loved gardening and spent untold hours tilling his plot by hand until the soil was as fine as course sand. Son of the Soil was a real term of endearment... - Volunteer Photos
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- Dancing with the Mossi ladies
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During our training in Summer 2006 in Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, we gained the opportunity to learn some of the cultural dances of the Mossi people. - Volunteer Photos
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- The Play Devil and Liberian Ingenuity
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Music and dance are part of Liberian life. In 1972 some of the people in Kolila, Liberia where I was the first Peace Corps volunteer from 1971-1973 surprised me with a visit from the Play Devil. The sounds of one musician soon called many of the... - Volunteer Photos
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- Dancers at the Completer's Farewell
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Every year at my school, we had a huge celebration for the Form C's and Form E's, who were completing their respective levels of education. This photo shows Form C boys dancing with their bookkeeping teacher in November 1989 - Volunteer Photos
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- Genie Info Diplomes - Mention Tres Bien
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I took this photo at the graduation ceremony at the Institut Superieur de Technologie de Mamou, on July 20, 2011. This was the 3rd graduation ceremony for the IST, which was founded in 2005 as Guinea's national polytechnic university. The 2... - Volunteer Photos
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