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    • Adventures in the Forest

    • Adventures in the Forest

    • Children; Teachers and students

    • I had just finished teaching my English class wtih the kids and then we would go and play in the forest after. We had just played a game. Then all of us were lying down and I decided to capture this precious moment with my camera. This photo was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Horno Casero

    • Horno Casero

    • Children; Cooking; Camps and clubs

    • I teach three cooking classes a week with various women´s groups, and this time we made an home-made oven (horno casero) to cook stuffed peppers. This boy lives at the house in which we were cooking and usually loves to get involved with our...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Face to Face

    • Face to Face

    • Youth; Animals

    • This was taken in my village in the highlands of Guatemala in August 2010. This girl is one of my English students and after class we went on an adventure to play outside. We walked passed one of her neighbors cows and she got down to see it face...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • ´´Paseando´´

    • ´´Paseando´´

    • Children

    • I go to this house every week to teach English as well as teach a cooking class. While the food was cooking, we went outside and the kids were showing me the bicyce cart their dad uses to sell their goods at the market. They love having their photo...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bottle-bridge

    • Bottle-bridge

    • Secondary projects

    • As we were making our eco-benches made out of bottles filled with trash, one of the girls helping decided to make a path to walk and balance across.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bakary's Hat

    • Bakary's Hat

    • Host families; Children

    • I found my host brother sitting outside in our concession all by himself after finding, and clearly loving, this straw hat. I have not seen it worn by anyone since...!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ramadan Feast

    • Ramadan Feast

    • Host families; Cooking; Food and meals; Celebrations

    • My grandmother grilling up every possible piece of the goat that was just slaughtered for the big religious feast for Ramadan.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Night

    • Night

    • housing

    • My husband, Peace Corps Volunteer, Matthew Wolf, took this picture of me, Alyssa Wolf, in our home in Natuvu Village Fiji. He took it one evening in 2010. The picture shows our usual night time lighting- kerosene lamp- as there is no electricity...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Talitali

    • Talitali

    • artisans

    • In this photo, I am weaving (talitali) a mat with two friends, Serema and Kata. We are weaving in their home in Natuvu Village, Fiji. The photo was taken in 2010. The mats are made out of a plant called 'voivoi' that the women grow and process...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Rubbish Pit

    • The Rubbish Pit

    • environment; youth

    • In this photo, some children from Natuvu Village, Fiji, are burying rubbish. The photo was taken in 2011, during 'Natuvu Clean-up and Fun Day.' The village is rural and must manage there own rubbish, as there is no removal service available. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The monster mash

    • The monster mash

    • Celebrations; Children; Crafts

    • This picture was taken at my school in Armenia on October 31st 2010. This was the first time the Armenian students had ever heard of Halloween and celebrated it. In the picture they are holding up pictures of monsters they that they made and are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Happy birthday Dr. Seuss from Armenia

    • Happy birthday Dr. Seuss from Armenia

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • This photo was taken at the local YMCA in Armenia where I held a read to kids day in honor of Doctor Seuss. Peace Corps Volunteers read Dr. Seuss stories aloud to children in small groups. The kids then made arts and crafts related to the stories...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • "Payaso"

    • "Payaso"

    • Children

    • Face painting, dressing up as clowns while juggling is a common theme among Guatemalans seeking extra income in the cities.
    • Volunteer Photos

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