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    • Katya and Katya ~ my Katyas!

    • Katya and Katya ~ my Katyas!

    • host community friends

    • This photo was taken in my second site, a small town to the east of Sofia, Bulgaria. My mother and two of my best friends from the U.S. came to visit during the summer of 2011, when this image was taken. My best American friend, Katya, is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A game of Kings

    • A game of Kings

    • Games; Host community

    • This picture was taken in early April, in a park off the pedestrian mall in Bulgaria. The men in the picture were taking turns playing chess in the late morning, getting ready to wrap it up for the day. They had been playing all morning, laughed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Banana Use 101

    • Banana Use 101

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Bananas are not just good for you. They can also be used to demonstrate proper condom use as demonstrated by these Bulgarian volunteers along with their Bulgarian counterparts as part of a life skills workshop in 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Aids Day 2011

    • World Aids Day 2011

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Condoms were distributed in a city in Bulgaria as a part of World Aids Day 2011. Some condoms were given out in "fortune cookie" style containing words of wisdom regarding HIV/AIDS.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fortune Condoms

    • Fortune Condoms

    • HIV/AIDS; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken on World AIDS Day 2011 in the city center of Lovech, Bulgaria. I was a PCRV working with Bulgarian Youth Red Cross volunteers. The condoms contain reproductive health tips for avoiding HIV/AIDS & STI's and were distributed to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Aids Day 2011

    • World Aids Day 2011

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken during a World Aids Day observance in Lovech, Bulgaria in 2011. Youth volunteers from the Bulgarian Red Cross spent the afternoon passing out brochures, condoms, etc. in the Lovech city center. The event culminated with the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bulgarian Red Cross Youth Volunteer

    • Bulgarian Red Cross Youth Volunteer

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo shows a Bulgarian Red Cross Youth volunteer passing out inflated condoms containing health tips for avoiding HIV/AIDS & STI's. The campaign was conducted on World AIDS Day 2011 in the city center of Lovech, Bulgaria.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cookies for a Cause

    • Cookies for a Cause

    • HIV/AIDS; Cooking

    • This photo was taken during an HIV/AIDS awareness fundraising project. The kids in my volunteer club called, Together We Can Succeed, were baking AIDS ribbon cookies to sell for materials for more prevention projects. All of the cookies were hand...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • AIDS Ribbon Cookie Project

    • AIDS Ribbon Cookie Project

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is a photo of my volunteer club, Together We Can Succeed. The kids are from a small village in Bulgaria, called Svoboda. We created the awareness ribbon cookies by hand, and wrapped them to be sold for future HIV/AIDS prevention projects. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bulgarian Snow

    • Bulgarian Snow

    • Climate

    • Enjoying my first winter with my host family in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria. This photo was taken outside their flat by my host brother in the winter of 2003.
    • 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
    • Eighth Grade English Class

    • Eighth Grade English Class

    • Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken near the end of September, 1998 outside the town of Varshets, Bulgaria. This photo was taken following the first week of school at Ivan Vazov. My students asked me on an impromptu hike to a mountain hut named "White Water"...
    • Volunteer 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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