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    • Students of Roma Desegregation Project

    • Students of Roma Desegregation Project

    • Music; Diversity training; Teachers and students

    • 10/23/09. Photo exhibition and piano concert to celebrate 10 year anniversary of "Roma Desegregation of Education in Central and Eastern Europe Project." Students read poetry and shared information during the piano concert. Vidin, Bulgaria -...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stringing Tobacco

    • Stringing Tobacco

    • Elders; Agriculture

    • In the Rhodope Region of Bulgaria growing tobacco is a common source of income and sometimes the only. During the last few weeks of July and August villagers are found in shaded spots along the village road stringing tobacco leaves on twine in...
    • 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
    • Smile

    • Smile

    • Celebrations; Youth

    • I took this photo on May 24th, 2011 in Bulgaria. On this day, Bulgarians celebrate Alphabet Day. In this town, also the site of my pre-service training, children from each school paraded down the city center, each group uniquely celebrating the...
    • 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
    • Show and Tell!

    • Show and Tell!

    • Schools; Education; Children; Host community

    • This photo was taken in my second site, the town of Etropole, in the spring of 2011. It was taken at school with my eighth grade class, when I was learning more about how to interest the students in English lessons by incorporating their personal...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rolls Royce Maya

    • Rolls Royce Maya

    • Animals; Transportation; Pre-service Training (PST)

    • I took this photo during pre-service training riding on the highway with my Bulgarian host grandparents. The horses name is Maya and my host brother nicknamed her "Rolls Royce Maya" that day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rangers at Dinner

    • Rangers at Dinner

    • Environment

    • After a long day of tracking wolves, rangers (and Volunteer C.A. Woulfe) have a dinner of bread and rakia in a forestry unit building without water or electricity in the Central Balkan National Park.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Playing away the Winter Blues

    • Playing away the Winter Blues

    • music; elders

    • This picture was taken in Yambol, Bulgaria, in the winter of 2009. One of our two city accordionists (the less crazy one) was doing his thing on my morning walk to school, right in front of our 15th century ottoman mosque. Needless to say, it was...
    • 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

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