Houses are varied in a small pueblito in Mexico. These are my neighbors to the back. The “ditch” in front is the major river here during rainy season. This house will never survive another flood as occurred the previous year.
teachers and students; Camps and clubs; girls' education
This photo was taken during a PDM workshop in April, 2011 in Chengdu, China. Two students from Sichuan Normal University attended the workshop, and will serve as leaders during the camp. The photo shows two PCVS, and two Chinese students holding...
This photo was taken in August, 2011 in Qinghai, China at Qinghai Lake, one of China's largest saltwater lakes. PCVs were visiting Qinghai Lake when they were invited to a local family's home to sample some local foods. In the photo, PCVs are...
I took this photo on a trip with my host family to Dujiangyan, a 2000 year old irrigation project in Sichuan, China. Even though the irrigation system had not been damaged, the pagodas had been affected by the 2008 earthquake. Fortunately, this...
A PCV painted the photo booth cutout and all during the celebration young and old posed as a Turkmen boy, Turkmen girl, or PCV. In this shot is the Health Program Manager, PCMO, and Language and Cultural Facilitator Coordinator.
Myself and the two new foreign teachers were introducing ourselves to the school faculty and to the Minister of Education and the Chairman of all Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools.
June 2011 - I took this photo while visiting my friend's house in my village in Madagascar. Pictured is his shy baby sister, two years old, who has just woken from her noon nap, looking on at us chatting outside from the window. You can see the...
Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); elders
PCVs visited the Village of Buteni, Romania on September 8, 2008 to assist a skills training workshop for Roma Girls funded by Peace Corps GAD Romania. They met this wonderful Romania lady who gave information about the life of the Romas in the...
This is a group photo of everyone that participated in the Bastau Language School Summer Camp session 1 during the summer of 2011 that took place in Tekeli, Kazakhstan. I worked with the director and English teachers of the Bastau language school...
This is a group photo of everyone that participated in the Bastau Language School Summer Camp session 2 during the summer of 2011 that took place in Tekeli, Kazakhstan. I worked with the director and English teachers of the Bastau language school...
This is a group photo of everyone that participated in the Bastau Language School Summer Camp session 3 during the summer of 2011 that took place in Tekeli, Kazakhstan. I worked with the director and English teachers of the Bastau language school...
Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
The picture shows some members of the Roma Girls Club "Fete Pentru Viitor" (Girls for the Future) during one of their life skills' training days (GAD PC Romania funded) together with two local volunteers teaching them a variety of crafts like...