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    • Clowning Around

    • Clowning Around

    • Pre-service training (PST)

    • I took this photo during Pre-service Training (PST) of H-17 on July 9, 2010 in Honduras. It includes all members of the H-17 Municipal Development class that were invited to Honduras and were later sworn in on September 10, 2010. The photo shows...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stove Building

    • Stove Building

    • Pre-service training (PST)

    • This picture was taken in Honduras on August 18, 2010, after the completion of building a cookstove in one day. As municipal development trainees, we were tasked with building new cookstoves for families, together with the local University in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Christmas Trees in Western Honduras

    • Christmas Trees in Western Honduras

    • Celebrations; Children

    • These children attend one of the few government-run centers in the country catering to families with severe economic hardships and children of working mothers. Just before Christmas 2010, they made these decorations to bring home and spread the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Street

    • My Street

    • Architecture; Terrain; Climate

    • This is my street during winter 2010. We don't receive a lot of snow, but it gets gray and cold and, unfortunately, muddy. However, I enjoy my small town and the worn, comfortable feeling of the buildings and streets.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Steeler Pride, Nation Wide

    • Steeler Pride, Nation Wide

    • Host families; Celebrations; Sports

    • I took this picture prior to the 2011 Superbowl match between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Greenbay Packers. The man standing with me is my host father, Pak Bowo, while we are beside our house the the rice field that surrounds it.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Indepenence Day Festivities

    • Indepenence Day Festivities

    • Celebrations

    • The month before Indonesia's Independence Day, there are many different activities that go on within the villages. Here, they dug a hole, placed a massive bamboo pole into the ground (approximately two stories high) and covered it in grease. At...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Student, Amber

    • My Student, Amber

    • Teachers and students; Children

    • Belize, in a village with a population of about 150. This is one of my students, Amber. The beauty of her soul is reflected in her eyes!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Goodbyes on a Bench

    • Goodbyes on a Bench

    • Swearing-in ceremonies; Host families

    • After our swearing-in ceremony (the summer of 2010 in Armenia), we came back to our training village for a final night of goodbyes, toasts, and a lot of food. These are some of my extended host family who often sat on this bench in the shade to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Skype

    • Skype

    • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); Host community friends

    • This family just came to my house to skype with their son whom they have not seen since 1998. He is living illegally in the states. It was also the first time the mom had ever seen a computer. When her son's face came on the screen she started...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bottle-bridge

    • Bottle-bridge

    • Secondary projects

    • As we were making our eco-benches made out of bottles filled with trash, one of the girls helping decided to make a path to walk and balance across.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hiking Out of My Site

    • Hiking Out of My Site

    • Transportation

    • This photo was taken at the end of November 2010 in the outskirts of my site in Namibia. My hiking pack is resting against the sign on the B3. It was a beautiful and very hot, dry, dusty day. You can see the lack of vegetation in the southern edges...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • International Women's Day

    • International Women's Day

    • International Women's Day

    • March 8, 2011. Four Peace Corps Volunteers participating in a day-long celebration of International Women's Day in Madagascar. In this picture, we are singing about AIDS prevention using the popular rhythm of "Waka Waka." Other posters were also...
    • Volunteer Photos

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