This photo was taken on Easter Sunday. This is my host mother and I preparing a traditional Grenadian feast of mackerel fish, tomatoes and onions. Gathering in the kitchen to help prepare meals is a tradition in Grenadian culture and its not...
This photo was taken in Ukraine in April 2010. During my 2.5 months of training I have stayed with a host family. This is a photo of my host mother and me at her 50th birthday party, complete with food and gifts. We ate dinner twice, and I felt...
Me and my host mom, Marilyn (aka the best host mom ever) at my swearing in ceremony!
Marilyn was the best host mom ever! Marilyn's 22 year old daughter had just left for 5 years of schooling in Russia when I arrived. I think because of that she...
I took this photo during the first few weeks of meeting my host family, July 8 ,2010, in Ecuador. The photo shows the joy we have in being together and learning through play. My headlamp on her forehead may be a symbol of the progress young...
During Camp Fortuna in Ukraine, Volunteer Maggie Hankamp teaches a yoga pose, known as The Camel, to interested students aged from 6 to 17. August 12, 2010.
I took this photo in Ecuador while walking to visit a family farm. The kids are all students, and were making the 30 minute walk home from school, as they do every day.
This photo was taken in July 2010 during an event called Shelter Quest. My organization hiked through the mountains of Ukraine with a large group of about 25 teens and young adults. During this week we went on various hikes, played games, told...
Children; Water and sanitation; Teachers and students
This photo show Peace Corps Volunteer Leana NĂ¡poles and preschool children in Ecuador. This picture was taken after Leana and her fellow HIV/AIDS program trainees gave a charla (or talk) to the preschoolers on the importance of handwashing and...
This photo was taken last week in a park in my town. The boy sitting with me is showing me how to make a necklace by stringing together flowers. Photographer is another boy the same age that loves using my camera.
This photo was taken a few weeks ago at a health fair in Ecuador. My counterpart agency is Plan Internacional, and part of our booth included proper condom use demonstrations. These are students from a local high school that attended the fair,...
Usually the highlight of my day is hanging out with these kids and their friends, who shine shoes at the center of my town. The problem is they should be in school, and some of them have never gone to school and can't read. I figured I'd be...