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    • Yoga

    • Yoga

    • Sports; Pre-service training (PST)

    • I took this picture in August 2010 during my pre-service training in Cambodia. This photo shows a group of my fellow Volunteers practicing yoga during some free time in one Volunteer's host family's wooden home.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yi Teenage Boy

    • Yi Teenage Boy

    • Youth; Traditional dress

    • I lived in an area that was the capital of the Yi nationality. Although many Yi women are seen wearing traditional dress, it is less common to see the men in traditional dress. That's part of why I was so impressed with this boy's clothing. He...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yi Baby

    • Yi Baby

    • Children

    • Most people don't know that China is home to 55 different "minority" groups. My Peace Corps site was in Xichang, Sichuan and was home to one of the largest groups, the Yi people. The Yi people have their own language that is still very much alive...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ya-ee

    • Ya-ee

    • Host families

    • I took this photo in December 2010 in Cambodia. The photo shows my ya-ee (Khmer language for grandmother) fanning herself on another hot Cambodian day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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
    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project

    • This photo was taken on May 21, 2010 in East Java, Indonesia during Pre-Service Training. We did the world map project in the village community center. The little kids in the village loved to help paint!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day Bike Ride - Piman Thailand

    • World AIDS Day Bike Ride - Piman Thailand

    • HIV/AIDS

    • We had a bike ride on World AIDS Day in Piman, Thailand. All riders wore a sign on their back with the themes of "Getting to Zero." More than 120 children/adults rode in a caravan. This was a picture when the ride was finished. The ride took place...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2011 - Piman, Thailand

    • World AIDS Day 2011 - Piman, Thailand

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is a picture at the end of the World AIDS Day 2011 bike ride in Piman, Thailand. The two people in the middle are teachers that helped spread the word at a large school about the ride. Som Ying (female teacher) is holding one of the signs that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2011 - Piman, Thailand

    • World AIDS Day 2011 - Piman, Thailand

    • HIV/AIDS

    • These are four of the adult riders in the bike ride for World AIDS Day in Piman, Thailand - December 2, 2012. Each rider wore a sign (either in Thai or English) that used the themes of "Getting to Zero." The 2nd and 4th people (from left) are both...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Work Outing

    • Work Outing

    • Transportation; Counterparts

    • This is a picture was taken in June 2011 on route back to the office. This photo opportunity occurred during a work outing to visit an OTOP project.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • With a Favorite Friend at Her Loom

    • With a Favorite Friend at Her Loom

    • Elders; Host community friends

    • This is one of the sweetest people around. She is "Yai," or "grandmother." At age 86 she continues to be involved in the community and to make cotton and herbal medicines in her home. I pass her house on the way home from school, and after tough...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Window to the Future

    • Window to the Future

    • Schools; Education; Children

    • At the teacher training session for the k5 trainees in Cambodia, a class full of mostly college English students listen to suggestions by Peace Corps trainees on how they might better their English teaching in the classroom.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wind in the Willow

    • Wind in the Willow

    • Camps and clubs; Games

    • February 2011, Girl Power Camp - a girl's empowerment camp in the Philippines for third year high school girls. This activity was introduced by the participants as a trust exercise. The game is called wind in the willow.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Where in the world is Cambodia?

    • Where in the world is Cambodia?

    • World Map Project

    • \During the Grade 12 semester exams, there are no classes for the underclassmen. I took this break as an opportunity to do the Peace Corps World Map Project. About 50 students, from grades 10 and 11, worked together to draw and paint the map on the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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