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    • Write On Competition

    • Write On Competition

    • Libraries

    • I am doing practice writing classes for the students before the Write On contest, which will be February 12th at our high school in the Philippines. They write in the library. When this picture was taken there were 11 students; we are up to 14 and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Timket Service

    • Timket Service

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • Orthodox priests line up and chant during the Timket (Epiphany Celebration) Service on Jan. 19, 2013 in Gondar, Ethiopia. Gondar is a large pilgrimage site for Epiphany, and the service includes the blessing of holy water at Fasilides Baths, unique...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Candlelight Prayer at Dawn

    • Candlelight Prayer at Dawn

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • Woman praying by candlelight at dawn at the Timket (Epiphany Celebration) Service on Jan. 19, 2013 in Gondar, Ethiopia. Timket is celebrated every year on Jan. 19th and marks the baptism of Jesus by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church calendar.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Getting around in Ukraine's snow!

    • Getting around in Ukraine's snow!

    • Climate

    • In December 2013, after a meeting with my counterpart, he needed to take his son to the store, so we got him dressed and prepared for the walk in the snow. He was bundled up in his snow suit, boots, gloves and scarf. Ukrainians really know how to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waiting for the Boat

    • Waiting for the Boat

    • Transportation; Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken in November 2012. Me and a few local Ni-Vans were waiting for a boat to take us across to another island to attend a church service. The 'Island Dress' is a traditional outfit worn by the local women.
    • 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
    • Cultural Experience

    • Cultural Experience

    • Dance

    • Dancing to Azeri Music at one of our elders' birthday. Getting integrated into the host community is an a great way to becoming a productive and an effective volunteer.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • To the Table

    • To the Table

    • Life skills

    • My Peace Corps friend, Adam Szabunio, took this photo during my Sewing Workshop; in his Fijian village, Korokula Village,October 2011.Almost everything in Fiji is done on the floor...so(my 60 year old hips) really appreciated the tables that the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Helping Hands

    • Helping Hands

    • Children; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken November 16, 2012 in Costa Rica at an anti-abuse march. Many schools, businesses, and PANI (Costa RIca's equivalent to Health and Human Services) were involved. Groups made signs and walked a mile in the main part of town.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • C-section

    • C-section

    • Medicine; Maternal and child health

    • This was taken in the operating room of the Nsanje District Hospital in 1982 during a c-section. I was a PCV doctor and worked as the District Medical Officeer of Nsanje District in Malawi. This is one of many operations I performed during my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Taking out the Trash

    • Taking out the Trash

    • Environment

    • This photo was taken in the village of Dihovo where all of PC Macedonia teamed up to help with a trash cleanup. We cleaned for 2 days and picked up over 30 tons of trash from the river and its banks! We pulled everything imaginable out of this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dam Project 2

    • Dam Project 2

    • Water and sanitation

    • Another picture of the construction of a dam by several Volunteers around a spring near Agbor, Nigeria to allow villagers to fill their buckets with water each morning.
    • 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
    • Gusekura

    • Gusekura

    • Food and meals

    • This picture was taken at a convent in Bugaragara Village in Nyagatare District, Eastern Province of Rwanda. The picture shows Sister Sarafina and I in the process of making soy milk using an isekuru (a pounder) to smash soybeans.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Children's Library

    • Community Children's Library

    • Libraries

    • This picture was taking in September 2012 in Mozambique. I, Theresa Cole, am an Education Peace Corps Volunteer in Mozambique who is starting a Children's Community Library in my community. The building in the photo was donated to me by my...
    • Volunteer Photos

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