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    • Procession of Silence

    • Procession of Silence

    • celebrations; traditional dress; religion

    • Semana Santa (Holy Week) is celebrated all throughout Mexico, from large cities to small pueblitos. Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday), along with the following week of Pascua, is celebrated as a national holiday. On Good Friday of Semana...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Procession of Silence

    • Procession of Silence

    • celebrations; traditional dress; religion

    • Semana Santa (Holy Week) is celebrated all throughout Mexico, from large cities to small pueblitos. Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday), along with the following week of Pascua, is celebrated as a national holiday. On Good Friday of Semana...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Processional

    • Processional

    • schools; children

    • As an education volunteer in southwestern Uganda, I have the opportunity to work on various secondary projects with local primary schools. In one nearby school, I facilitated a drama club where children could have the opportunity to express...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Profile of María

    • Profile of María

    • Elders

    • This photograph was shot in Honduras during a nutrition and healthy cooking class for mothers in June of 2011. María is a Lenca women, one of the indigenous populations of Honduras famous for their brightly colored pañuelos (head scarves)....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pupusas

    • Pupusas

    • Food and meals; Celebrations

    • Pupusas are the national snack of El Salvador. They are made with corn or rice flour, and stuffed with cheese and other ingredients (beans, chicharron, ayote, etc.). Pupusas are eaten in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, but El Salvador claims...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Putting the Pieces Together

    • Putting the Pieces Together

    • HIV/AIDS

    • The photo was taken on World AIDS Day 2011 at a health center in Cambodia. The picture is of a girl who was visiting the health center that morning. She helped glue pieces red paper to complete an HIV/AIDS ribbon.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Quincinera

    • Quincinera

    • Host families; Celebrations

    • Emily Heller, sector CEC (environment), July 2011-July 2013, celebrating her host sister’s quincinera.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rainy Days

    • Rainy Days

    • Weather; Agriculture

    • A Kapsiki man in the Far North of Cameroon watches as one of the rainy seasons first storms passes through his village. Though it may do damage to his home, it's a welcoming sign that the rains will soon be steady enough for him to begin planting...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Raising HIV/AIDS Awareness with Soap Operas

    • Raising HIV/AIDS Awareness with Soap Operas

    • HIV/AIDS

    • In April 2012, Peace Corps Volunteers in the Dominican Republic completed the fourth and final filming of an educational soap opera. The project was designed for Volunteers to use technology in innovative ways to address common adolescent issues...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reading with Friends

    • Reading with Friends

    • Teachers and students

    • A moment captured by community economic development Volunteer Hilary Braseth of fellow secondary education Volunteer Christina at the "Pont de Dieu," a natural bridge in Dalaba, Guinea. “God's Bridge” offers a serene getaway among fields and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Red Ribbons and Red Hands

    • Red Ribbons and Red Hands

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photograph was taken at a primary school in South Africa. A neighboring Volunteer and I taught HIV/AIDS lessons to the students and had them pledge to promote awareness and give their support to the community. Students from grades 1-5 proudly...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Relay for Clothes

    • Relay for Clothes

    • youth; education

    • At an English camp in Kazakhstan during the summer of 2011, a group of six Volunteers were teaching students the very basics of the English language. During one of the days, we taught the students different articles of clothing. One of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Remembrance

    • Remembrance

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Photo was taken in Uganda at the International Candlelight Memorial 2012. Faith, age 6, is placing a candle in remembrance of the victims of AIDS. Faith was abandoned around the age of 4 and has tested HIV negative twice but some of her fellow...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Respite under a Tree

    • Respite under a Tree

    • Environment; Terrain

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reunion Thailand

    • Reunion Thailand
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    • This is a reunion with my former students in Bangkok. I taught them English in the southern town of Pattalung more than 35 years ago. I was thrilled to see them all again at this surprise meeting at a restaurant. For so many years I wondered if my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reusable Menstrual Pads in Uganda

    • Reusable Menstrual Pads in Uganda

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken at a training for senior headwoman teachers and headteachers. The teachers are learning to sew reusable menstrual pads from affordable, locally available materials so that they can teach their upper primary girl students how to...
    • Volunteer Photos

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