This photo was taken in Banyo, Adamaoua Region, Cameroon on June 2, 2010 of the neighborhood girls who attended my weekly Thursday meeting. They are playing hop scotch on my front porch. They had just learned this game for the first time and were...
I took this photo during my first year of service while some family members were staying with us. The boy, Baboucar, is a nephew named after my host father, the district Chief. The puppy under the chair is one I had recently adopted, and would...
This photo was taking in front of my own hut in my training village, around November of 2000. These three cousins had been reunited because of a naming ceremony that would be happening that day.
I took this photo at Sayram-Ugam National Park in Kazakhstan in March 2010. The Kazakh people are traditionally good horsemen who, even in the modern world, continue to have a close connection to their animals.
Even though students study at the same school from first to eleventh grade, Kazakhstani schools still hold a graduation ceremony for the fourth graders when they graduate from the beginning classes. The ceremony often includes a dance for all the...
I took this photo in March 2010 at the Ahmed Yassaui mausoleum in Turkistan, Kazakhstan. These people are praying while holding their hands in a traditional gesture. When they finish their prayer, they will sweep their hands in front of their...
Miras, a 6th grader at Saumalkol Kazakh Secondary School in northern Kazakhstan, performs a song during a Nauryz celebration on March 22, 2011. Nauryz is the Kazakh New Year and is celebrated across the country with traditional activities like...
Fourth graders Almas and Alisher practice their English reading skills with PC volunteer Anna Rodgers. This photo was taken in April 2011 at Saumalkol Kazakh Secondary School in northern Kazakhstan.