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    • Operation Smile

    • Operation Smile

    • Hospitals; Celebrations

    • Dr. Sanaa Ademi and Volunteer Andrew Harris spread Christmas cheer to patients in Jordan during the most recent Operation Smile mission.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Passing the Time Bonding

    • Passing the Time Bonding

    • Host community friends

    • This photo was taken July 10, 2011 in my house in Ecuador. It was taken in the afternoon after lunch time, when most of the people in my rural town are resting and staying out of the hot sun. The two girls in the photo are sisters, Juana (6), and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hollowed our Jicaro (Hee-ka-ro) for Coffee!

    • Hollowed our Jicaro (Hee-ka-ro) for Coffee!

    • host community friends

    • This is a picture of a very dear friend of mine, Felicia, hollowing out a dried Jicaro Fruit, in order to use it as a mug for coffee drinking! They live in Costa Rica in the small fishing village on the golf of Nicoya, Colorado de Abangares. Her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Supermen

    • Supermen

    • Host community friends

    • This photo was taken July 2012. My friend came to visit me and we were walking through my barrio with my host nieces. This is a beautiful view of what I get to see everyday.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking in the Corn

    • Walking in the Corn

    • Host community friends; Host families

    • Taken in October 2010 in Chivarreto, Totonicapan, Guatemala. My in-laws and brother in-law came to visit our village and see what life for the majority is like here in Guatemala. Our neighbor kids were so welcoming and loved spending time with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ya-ee

    • Ya-ee

    • Host families

    • I took this photo in December 2010 in Cambodia. The photo shows my ya-ee (Khmer language for grandmother) fanning herself on another hot Cambodian day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • International Language - Laughter

    • International Language - Laughter

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken of a fellow Volunteer walking with her host grandmother and grandson on April 20, 2011 in Ukraine. The photo show a connection between the Volunteer and host family, although there is a language barrier.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Friends

    • My Friends

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken July 30, 2011 during a mountain hike with the children of my host family in Guatemala. At this point in my service my best friends are these two boys, ages 9 and 11. We explore the mountains surrounding my town every weekend....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Malika and Me

    • Malika and Me

    • Host families

    • Taken a few days before I was to finish training and swear-in as a volunteer in Morocco. My first host mother Malika was everything I needed her to be being so far from home. Here we are in the kitchen as we are cooking dinner and having girl talk...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Celebrating My Moms

    • Celebrating My Moms

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in southern Morocco, in my site, which is comfortably nestled into a river valley in the Sahara Desert. In April 2009, my mom came to visit me in Morocco. I treasure this picture, sitting in between my real mother (on the left)...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walkway

    • Walkway

    • Housing

    • This photo was taken in fall 2010 during my site visit to Cambodia. This picture shows the space between the wall of my bedroom and the floor.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Laundry Day

    • Laundry Day

    • Life skills

    • This photo was taken in August 2010 in Cambodia. This photo shows my neighbors laundry splayed over their barbed wire fence to dry.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Couscous For Sale

    • Couscous For Sale

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • This is a photo of six members of the "Golden Fingers" association in Massa, Morocco, leaving to sell six plates of couscous. Couscous is a local delicacy in Morocco and traditionally eaten on Friday, their holy day. "Golden Fingers" uses the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Just Landed

    • Just Landed

    • Pre-service training (PST); Host families

    • Taken during in the first week of May 2011 during the beginning of my Peace Corps training. This picture was taken using a timer, from the rooftop of my host-family's home in Guatemala. I'm taking in my new surroundings, contemplating the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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