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    • Easter Eggs

    • Easter Eggs

    • Celebrations; Children

    • Taken in March 2010 in Bulgaria. This is Sevgi, and she is holding the two eggs she just dyed in preparation for Easter. Although the village is primarily Muslim, people there appreciate and sometimes participate in Christian holidays.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Horses graze on new spring grass

    • Horses graze on new spring grass

    • Animals; Environment; Wildlife

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Milking a camel

    • Milking a camel

    • animals; host community friends; agriculture

    • Shubat is a traditional Kazakh drink made from fermented camel's milk. This woman owns a herd of camels in Ayrtau, Northern Kazakhstan and milks them twice a day. Photo taken June 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • New Year's Eve, Ukraine, 2001

    • New Year's Eve, Ukraine, 2001

    • Celebrations

    • The picture was taken in the home of my host family on New Year's Eve, 2001. The picture is taken in front of the decorated tree with the two children of my host family, This picture accompanies the story I submitted about the events of that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fourth Grade Graduation

    • Fourth Grade Graduation

    • Children; Host community; Traditional dress

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wishing Tree

    • Wishing Tree

    • folklore

    • Kazakhs traditionally tie strips of cloth to trees at special places, such as the top of a mountain or near a stream, and make a wish. Photo taken near Ayrtau lake, Northern Kazakhstan in July 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • An American in Turk's Skin

    • An American in Turk's Skin

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • This is my best friend in the village dressing me in traditional Turkish costume for a wedding. It was taken in March 2010 in my Bulgarian village which is almost completely inhabited by Turkish Bulgarians.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Family in Ukraine

    • Host Family in Ukraine

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken on New Year's Eve, 2001 in the home of my host family in Berdychev, Ukraine. The family members were each dressed in their best clothes to celebrate the coming of Father Christmas at midnight. It was such a marvelous...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Singing in a yurt

    • Singing in a yurt

    • music; celebrations; traditional dress

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Praying at the mausoleum

    • Praying at the mausoleum

    • religion

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reading in English

    • Reading in English

    • schools; children

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning New Tricks

    • Learning New Tricks

    • Teachers and students; Cooking; Youth; Children; Schools; Camps and clubs

    • Taken in April, 2010 in Bulgaria, this picture shows an after school group of children learning how to make pitkas, traditional Bulgarian rolls, for the first time. It was taken in the community center of the village, and the woman frying the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bingo!

    • Bingo!

    • youth; education

    • My students loved to play bingo as a review activity during English lessons. Here, third grader Nursultanbek chooses and reads a letter of the alphabet while the rest of the students find it on their bingo cards. May 2011, Saumalkol Kazakh...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Play Time

    • Play Time

    • Youth; Schools; Dance; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken on May 24th, 2010 at the primary school in a Bulgarian village. It was the last day of schools for the first graders. These girls are dancing a traditional Bulgarian dance, called the Horo, in celebration.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chief's Chair

    • Chief's Chair

    • children; animals

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos

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