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- Youth Computer Classes
- Technology; Youth
- This photo was taken while my husband taught a Basics of Computers class to a group of young Basotho men in Lesotho. The photo captures him explaining the use of the keyboard for the first time.
- Volunteer Photos
- Grandfather Portrait
- Host families
- Taken on December 13, 2010, this photo is of the grandfather of my host family, Renee OUEDREOGO in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. Taken on my last morning before departing for swear-in ceremonies in Ouagadougou.
- Volunteer Photos
- Friends
- host community friends
- Friends. They translate into any language and any culture. And no matter where you are in the world, you have them. They may not be the same friends you had when you were 6 or 16, but they are there for you. Always. This photograph was taken...
- Volunteer Photos
- Birthdays
- host community friends
- If it wasn't for Maria, I would have left Moldova a long time ago. I had a hard time understanding my rather strict (but caring) host parents when I first arrived at my permanent site and they kept telling me they were going to introduce me to...
- Volunteer Photos
- Taking Pictures with Kids
- host families
- Volunteer Jo Troyer looks at pictures with host siblings in Morocco. May 2011.
- Volunteer Photos
- Painting the Mountain
- celebrations; weather; hiv/aids
- I took this photo during a Peace Corps 50th Anniversary celebration in Lesotho on July 2nd, 2011. The Peace Corps Volunteers in the district, along with local government officials, chose to repaint a large HIV/AIDs ribbon on one of the surrounding...
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace
- Dignitaries
- Vice President Joe Biden made a visit to Moldova in March 2011. He gave a speech in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, to I'm not sure how many thousands of Moldovans. There were so many there, in fact, that they were not allowed in the gates to see...
- Volunteer Photos
- Teddy Bear Donations for First Grade
- youth
- This photo was taken at Waterberg Primary School in Ongombombonde, Namibia (Otjozondjupa Region) June 6, 2009 . The school and PCV solicited for an in-kind donation of teddy bears for the full first grade class (100+ students) from an organization...
- Volunteer Photos
- Vice President visits Moldova
- Dignitaries
- Vice President Joe Biden made a visit to Moldova in March 2011. He gave a speech in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, to I'm not sure how many thousands of Moldovans. There were so many there, in fact, that they were not allowed in the gates to see...
- Volunteer Photos
- Around the World
- diversity; education
- This photo was taken at a youth event for primary school students at the Southern Mountain Association for Rural Transformation and Development Center in Lesotho on September 6th, 2011. The picture shows two young girls reading a picture atlas. The...
- Volunteer Photos
- Traditional Dress
- traditional dress; counterparts
- This photo was taken at a local fundraising dinner event in Okakarara, Namibia on Aug 21, 2009. I wore a friends traditional Herero dress and am photographed with a fellow teacher. It was a great honor to be invited to the event with my other...
- Volunteer Photos
- Wait! Let me change.
- host community friends
- In August 2011, my dad came to visit Moldova. Like me, he likes to travel... but being my father, he also likes to see where I'm living (because, you know, he has to give his approval. He's cool like that). Anyways, he came to visit for two weeks....
- Volunteer Photos
- Same
- environment
- No matter where you are in the world, the sky is always the same. Don't forget that. Especially when so far from home. (2011, Moldova)
- Volunteer Photos
- Working and Learning in the New Computer Lab
- Technology; Education
- This photo features a group of 5th graders at Waterberg Primary School in Ongombombonde, Namibia (Otjozondjupa Region). It was taken November 10, 2009 shortly after the new computers arrived and the desks and painting had been completed. Along...
- Volunteer Photos
- Hero
- teachers and students; education
- Last year (2011), I taught the 8th grade English class by myself. I'd struggled with the classroom management a bit, being as that was my first semester ever teaching, so I had the feeling the students didn't like me too much (or maybe they did...
- Volunteer Photos
- Speak English Every Day
- education; counterparts
- My position as a Co-teacher and Collaborator with a Thai teacher of English is to help her teach and the students learn English. In order to do this Ning (pictured with me) and I started a program called SEED (Speak English Every Day). When...
- Volunteer Photos
- Collecting Trash!
- environment; youth
- This photo was taken in the open courtyard at the Waterberg Primary School in Ongombombonde, Namibia (Otjozondjupa Region) on November 24, 2009. As a small rural village, there only form of trash collection was through the dedicated work of a...
- Volunteer Photos
- Her Whole Life is in That Room
- death; funerals
- When I put this photo up on facebook to get help in choosing which photos to submit to this contest, someone wrote a comment on this one saying "her whole life is in that room." And while the woman in the corner is not the wife of the man who has...
- Volunteer Photos
- Window of Hope Graduating Class
- hiv/aids; youth development;
- This photo was taken on August 2, 2009 with one of the several Window of Hope groups that I worked with at Waterberg Primary School in Ongombombonde, Namibia (Otjozondjupa Region). Window of Hope is a UNICEF driven educational program made up of...
- Volunteer Photos
- An American Icon Goes to Thailand
- Art; Schools
- PCV Carla is introducing Principal Sawat (April 2011) to the world of rainbows, munchkins, and the belief that all things are possible. The principal has allowed other areas of the school to have rainbows painted in connection with an award party...
- Volunteer Photos