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    • A Whole New Dawn

    • A Whole New Dawn

    • Pre-service training (PST)

    • This photo was taken on my last morning at my training site in Indonesia. Later this day, I would start my new life at my permanent site, which meant I had to say goodbye to six new friends I had spent the previous ten weeks with. Before that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Above the Horizon

    • Above the Horizon

    • Games; Youth

    • On August 23, 2011, a girl plays a game in which you must leap and successfully get your feet over an elastic string. Two children were holding the ends of the string and moved it higher and higher with each jump. Orphans and vulnerable children...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Accompanying Artisans to a Craft Fair

    • Accompanying Artisans to a Craft Fair

    • Markets; Artisans

    • My Peace Corps service included working directly with artisans to facilitate their understanding of basic marketing fundamentals. I accompanied them to a craft fair and suggested they put price stickers on products to facilitate sales to tourists;...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Act Like a Local

    • Act Like a Local

    • Water and sanitation

    • Photo was taken January 17, 2013. In my village, water is collected and stored in water bins because our water system is not reliable or able to flow on a daily basis. The majority of villagers have multiple water bins placed around their homes to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Advocacy Starts Young

    • Advocacy Starts Young

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken at the junior high school I teach at in Ghana during the week of World AIDS Day which was December 1, 2012. During the week, the students were taught lessons on HIV/AIDS and the teachers wore red ribbon pins to commemorate...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • AIDS Awareness in Mural in Burkina Faso

    • AIDS Awareness in Mural in Burkina Faso

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo on our last day of painting an AIDS awareness mural at a local CSPS in Burkina Faso, May 26th 2012. The mural was painted with the help of a secondary school girls group. The girls also came up with a skit and presented it at...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • AIDS Education and Prevention

    • AIDS Education and Prevention

    • HIV/AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this clas,s that was a part of one day camp in a high school, this teacher is teaching about how HIV spreads. The theme of the day was "choose better life skills" and a tee shirt with this logo was given to each kid. There were more than 100...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • AIDS Memorial

    • AIDS Memorial

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This picture was taken in Ukraine on May 21, 2012, at the city-wide remembrance event following the International Candlelight Vigil the night before. It shows myself and my co-worker, Jenya, holding hands over memorial candles in the shape of a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Akee Fruit

    • Akee Fruit

    • Food and meals

    • This photo is of the Akee Fruit eaten on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica. Careful, its poisonous until it opens! It is usually prepared with fish and vegetables, and tastes delicious!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • All Smiles

    • All Smiles

    • Teachers and students

    • Taken after a successful first day of co-teaching in Ecuador!! By the look on my face alone, nothing else can seem as certain as the knowledge that this day was the day I learned I could actually learn to love teaching... And what's more... Know...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Almost There

    • Almost There

    • Environment; Water and sanitation; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • 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
    • American/Malian Cross Culture

    • American/Malian Cross Culture

    • Traditional dress

    • Pamela and Ashton celebrate the 4th of July in Mali, West Africa. Here we see a perfect example of cross culture as Pamela and Ashton wear traditional Malian pagne (which is a wraparound skirt) and the colors of the United States of America.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • An American Icon Goes to Thailand

    • 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
    • An American Pastime

    • An American Pastime

    • sports

    • This photo was taken outside of Sozopol, Bulgaria in July of 2012. A Ukrainian English Language summer camp with 5 PCV counselors held a baseball game after lessons were given about how to play. This is a student playing the game as pitcher for his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • An Unexpected 4th of July

    • An Unexpected 4th of July

    • Sports; Celebrations

    • This action shot was taken on, you guessed it, the 4th of July. Our Ecuadorian training crew treated us to an afternoon of American games and food (which we thoroughly enjoyed preparing and eating!). Afterwards, we all convened in the backyard of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ancient Pagoda

    • Ancient Pagoda

    • architecture

    • I took this photo on a trip with my host family to Dujiangyan, a 2000 year old irrigation project in Sichuan, China. Even though the irrigation system had not been damaged, the pagodas had been affected by the 2008 earthquake. Fortunately, this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Another One Shaved

    • Another One Shaved

    • Pre-service Training (PST)

    • Barb gets her hair trimmed to a buzz one night in February 2011 in South Africa. Shavings became a nightly ritual for trainees during the first week in-country. In the background, from left to right, are Lanna, Stephanie Martone, and Shaelyn.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Art and Craft Activity

    • Art and Craft Activity

    • youth; environment

    • After an environmental trash pick-up activity, we planned an art and craft activity to teach the students/youth to enhance their creative mind through making tables and chairs from recycle goods like soda cans. As the students explored their...
    • Volunteer Photos

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