PCV Rachelle celebrated her 26th birthday in The Gambia will a pinata. Rachelle is of Mexican heritage, and for both of her birthdays in The Gambia chose to share of culture with her host family. She constructed a pinata out of newspaper, and...
This was taken in early 2011 as part of a joint birthday party in my compound in Sifoe, The Gambia
The children are from various families in the village. The boy and girl in the center, red shirts, are the Birthday Boy and Girl for the day.
This is a photo of Tiky, my dog, with the children of Zacapa, Guatemala on his birthday in November 2002. Tiky and I had been living in Zacapa for almost nine months. After biting a child who had come into our backyard while I was away, Tiky had...
This photo was taken during my 24th birthday party my host family had for me. This was my second birthday in country. My family gave me mango ice cream for my birthday! It was delicious. From left to right: (In the back) My host father, my host...
Several Albanian Volunteers sitting on the remains of a Roman colosseum in Apollonia. They came from all over the country to celebrate another PCV's birthday.