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    • Parachute Game

    • Parachute Game

    • Games; Children

    • A group of Elementary School School students play the Parachute game in Guatemala. All of the elementary school students participated in a day of games and activities organized by the local municipality. Children in this part of Guatemala often...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Farmer Paul

    • Farmer Paul

    • Gardens; Host families

    • This is photo is of me during pre-service training woking in the garden at my host families house. The woman is Lena, my host mother. The photo was taken in April of 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Songkran in My Village

    • Songkran in My Village

    • Celebrations

    • I took this photo during the Songkran Festival on April 14, 2011, in Thailand. Songkran celebrates the traditional Thai New Year and is a national holiday. One of the hallmarks of Songkran is the throwing of water - people flock to the streets to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Barbie in Islam

    • Barbie in Islam

    • Signs

    • This photo was taken during pre-service training, and shows a street sign in the northern region in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It was remarkable given that it took a very traditional western image, the doll Barbie, and transitioned her into a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Brain Camp Karak

    • Brain Camp Karak

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken during a Brain Camp session I instructed in Karak, Jordan during July of 2011. The camp was focused on developing critical thinking skills for college age students who would, after familiarizing themselves with the curriculum,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Getting Our Hands Dirty

    • Getting Our Hands Dirty

    • Pre-service training (PST); Agriculture

    • This was taken at a "Sufficiency Economy" visited during Peace Corps training in Ayutthaya, Thailand in March, 2011. These trainees were practicing building a hut out of mud bricks. Sufficiency Economy was an idea created by the King after the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making "Pad Pak" (Thai fried vegetables)

    • Making "Pad Pak" (Thai fried vegetables)

    • Cooking; Food and meals

    • This photo taken in the kitchen of a home in a village in Thailand in March, 2011. Thai food is cooked at such a high temperature, it's useful to cook in front of an open window or outside, otherwise a hot house gets even hotter! This photo...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mid-Air Aerobics, or Takraw

    • Mid-Air Aerobics, or Takraw

    • Sports

    • This photo was taken at a takraw match during Sports Week in a village in Thailand during March, 2011. Takraw is a popular sport in Southeast Asia, in which players use their feet and heads to play a game similar to volleyball. They kick and bunt...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rice Paddies, Gasy Style

    • Rice Paddies, Gasy Style

    • Terrain

    • I took this photo July 4th, 2011, while hiking on the outskirts of Andringitra National Park in Southern Madagascar. I was hiking with a guide and porter, both of whom I work and live with in a small village, and two French tourists. I remember...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • "I didn't win?"

    • "I didn't win?"

    • Sports; Youth

    • In between soccer matches during Sports Week, the kids had the opportunity to get on the field for a game of catching ducks. This March 2011, there were torrential rains in Thailand, making for a field more set for mud wrestling. These boys had...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bung Karno lives on

    • Bung Karno lives on

    • Dignitaries

    • This photo was taken in Indonesia at the Bung Karno Museum in early May. I shot this photo before I discovered the "dilarang memfoto" sign. Bung Karno, Indonesia's first President, grew up in Blitar, and people pride themselves on the fact that he...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Camp HEAL

    • Camp HEAL

    • Camps and clubs

    • Camp HEAL (Human trafficking, Education, Aids/HIV, Leadership) is a camp held in Ukraine. The camp is a week long camp that helps educate the Ukrainian youth in these topics. In the picture are the camp directors, both Peace Corps Volunteers and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Watching

    • Watching

    • Children; Celebrations; Sports

    • This picture was taken during a village holiday celebration on August 7, 2011 in Ukraine. Each year there is a big celebration for the village of 3500 people. There is a concert, games for children, shaslik (Ukrainian style bbq) dancing, and a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • International Language - Laughter

    • International Language - Laughter

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken of a fellow Volunteer walking with her host grandmother and grandson on April 20, 2011 in Ukraine. The photo show a connection between the Volunteer and host family, although there is a language barrier.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Happiness is Village Life in Bulgaria

    • Happiness is Village Life in Bulgaria

    • Sports

    • I took this photo in a small Muslim village in Bulgaria. The boys were climbing the fence after our soccer (football) game of Americans versus Bulgarians. Another Volunteer and I played together against some of the boys in the village. We had an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Friends

    • My Friends

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken July 30, 2011 during a mountain hike with the children of my host family in Guatemala. At this point in my service my best friends are these two boys, ages 9 and 11. We explore the mountains surrounding my town every weekend....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water Color

    • Water Color

    • Anniversaries; Celebrations

    • I took this picture at the Peace Corps 50th anniversary celebration in Stefan cel Mare park in Chisinau, Moldova in August 2011. The photo shows decorations of balloons on the right hand side, with the Peace Corps logo displayed on the stage in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Independence to All Youth

    • Independence to All Youth

    • Celebrations

    • Photo was taken at Vergenoegen Secondary School, in Region 3 of Guyana. This student, Christopher, was throwing a ball to another student. The school was having a student appreciation day in conjunction with the week long celebration of Guyana's...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Family Madness

    • Host Family Madness

    • Host families; Children

    • This photo is a picture of me and some of the kids living on my host family's homstead in northern Swaziland. It was taken during a 'silly faces' photoshoot when I returned to my host family homestead from PST for a visit in early August 2011. We...
    • Volunteer Photos

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