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    • Happy and Smile

    • Happy and Smile

    • Children

    • I took this photo of Education sector Volunteers Shantay (left) and Jeng-Tyng (right) with a Roma child during PST Training event entitled Roma Culture Day in Kyustendil, Bulgaria on May 10th, 2008.
    • Staff Photos
    • Tending to the Garden

    • Tending to the Garden
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    • This was my next door neighbor. Every morning she would tend to her garden, and after a long day of hard work, she would take an evening ride on her motorcycle with her son.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • New Year's Eve in Nedelino

    • New Year's Eve in Nedelino

    • Celebrations

    • New Year's Eve celebration in the center of Nedelino, Bulgaria. Basically, the whole town gets together, sings, and dances a giant horo dance. A horo dance is a traditional Bulgarian dance.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Christmas in Bulgaria

    • Christmas in Bulgaria

    • Celebrations

    • For the Winter Wonderlands Collection. This is the Christmas tree (2008) placed near the center of Samaranovo, Bulgaria, where I trained and lived with my host family.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A New Year's Eve to Remember

    • A New Year's Eve to Remember

    • Celebrations; Elders

    • After visiting my host family for Christmas 2004, my now-husband and I were thinking about what to do for New Year's Eve. He remembered his grandfather was from a village nearby, deep in the Balkan mountains, and we decided to catch the bus there...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kukeri in Shiroka Laka

    • Kukeri in Shiroka Laka

    • Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • Kukeri is traditional dress worn by Bulgarians to scare away evil spirits. This photo was taken in Shiroka Laka in January or February, 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Celebration of the mountains

    • Celebration of the mountains

    • Ceremonies; Host community friends; Volunteers

    • This photo was taken on 6 Sept. 2010 at a Monastery in Bulgaria. The 6th of September is a major holiday for the town. Everyone hikes to the monastery ruins, for blessings from the priest and a picnic. The picture shows me and people from the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baba and Boy

    • Baba and Boy

    • Children; Elders; Host community friends

    • Grandmothers (babi) play a huge role in a family household. Often, the grandmother is the main family member that takes care of the children, cooks and takes care of the overall household chores. It is very common for many generations to live under...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • P and Z Dancing the Horo

    • P and Z Dancing the Horo

    • Dance; Traditional dress; Host families; Swearing-in ceremonies

    • This photos was taken shortly after the Peace Corps swearing-in ceremony in Bulgaria on June 10, 2011. After the ceremony volunteers new and old and their host families and friends went out to the Plaza for music and dancing. As a brand new Peace...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • How Do You Spell That?

    • How Do You Spell That?

    • education; youth

    • In March of 2011, hundreds of students across Bulgaria participated in the 1st Annual Spelling Bee. These three youngsters from a primary school were winners of their local spelling bee, and were now competing in the regional spelling bee. They...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Cycle: Grow, Gather and Conserve

    • The Cycle: Grow, Gather and Conserve

    • food and meals

    • Many families in Bulgaria survive by tending gardens. They grown and eat fruits and vegetables, and gather them to conserve them in jars for the winter, when there are much fewer locally grown fruits and vegetables. Many times, the conserving...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sitting on the Stoop with Baba Stoyakovich

    • Sitting on the Stoop with Baba Stoyakovich

    • Host community friends

    • I was greeted coming home from language training each day by an 84-year old grandmother next door. She often gave me fruit or boiled potatoes, and invited me to sit down and chat, though we could not understand each other. In this photo, I was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Grape Harvesting

    • Grape Harvesting

    • host community friends; agriculture

    • This photo was taken September 27th, 2010 in a garden near Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria. I spent the day harvesting grapes for homemade wine with my friend, Yulka (pictured). She taught me folk songs while we worked.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Helping Hand

    • A Helping Hand

    • Host community friends; Elders; Gardens

    • Baba Mita was my next door neighbor. I used to help her in the garden and she would give me fresh vegetables at the end of the day. She taught me how to cook many traditional Bulgarian meals and make homemade wine. As most men in the village, her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Smores

    • Smores

    • Host community friends; Volunteers

    • This photo was taken in the mountains of Bulgaria. It shows two of my local friends enjoying smores. One of my top care package requests was marshmallows and graham crackers, two things that are impossible to find locally, but everyone loves. One...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Little Slice of Perfection

    • A Little Slice of Perfection

    • Host community; Architecture

    • The town I spent my service in is named Nedelino. This view captures most of the town from a hotel on a nearby mountain. Nestled in the Rhodopi Mountains, Nedelino still uses Roman and Turkish bridges to cross the river, has both mosques and a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A New Soccer "Field"

    • A New Soccer "Field"

    • Host community; Pre-service Training (PST); Children

    • Alex, a fellow Volunteer, is helping the kids from the local orphange at our training site sweep the debris off the asphalt so they can create a space to play soccer. They prefer playing soccer on asphalt as opposed to grass.
    • Volunteer Photos

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