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    • I Think I Made Friends

    • I Think I Made Friends

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Host community friends

    • This photo was taken in Kourouma, Mali at the local school where we painted a map of Mali on the school wall. I had just arrived with 3 other volunteers and made quite an interruption at the school.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fastiv Host Family

    • Fastiv Host Family

    • Host families

    • This is my host family in Fastiv, Ukraine: Volsy and wife with children, Tonya, Pasha, and baby Natasia. I lived with them for three months from March 2005-May 2005.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Arrival at L'viv Train Station

    • My Arrival at L'viv Train Station

    • Counterparts; Transportation

    • I took this picture of my Coordinator, Natalya, upon my arrival in L'viv, Urkaine in May 2005. I was assigned to work with Natalya at the Institute of Non-Profit Management at the Ukrainian Catholic University.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saturday Morning Walk

    • Saturday Morning Walk

    • Architecture

    • This photo shows me in front of the L'viv Opera House on Prospect Svody Boulevard. The photo was taken on a Saturday morning walk in August of 2006. I resided up the street in a beautiful apartment building across from the Hotel George. L'viv,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Father's Day in Georgia

    • Father's Day in Georgia

    • Host families

    • This is my host dad, Soso and I. We are enjoying a birthday supra (Georgian feast not unlike Thanksgiving) during the summer of 2010. Family and friends from all over the region came to celebrate with us, and also where Soso introduced me as his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Weave Buttons

    • Learning to Weave Buttons

    • Art; Artisans; Crafts

    • The photo was taken in Bhalil, Morocco, at the home of an artisan that works at the nearby Sefrou Artisana Complex. In this picture, Volunteer Joy is getting a lesson on weaving the region's famous handwoven buttons from a young girl. Since the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wedding

    • Wedding

    • Weddings

    • To the best of my knowledge, I was the first Volunteer in the Baltic Countries to marry a foreign national. This is a photo of my wife, Ausra (nee Zatorskyte) Hawkridge, my step-son, Raulis Petronis and me (Arthur D. Hawkridge). Ausra and I wore...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Aegviidu Post Office

    • Aegviidu Post Office

    • Architecture

    • My first year in Peace Corps, I lived in a tiny little forest village of 1,000 square feet. It was charming, but lonely, particularly during the long, dark winter months. This was taken on one of the few days when the sun was out.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Rocket Project Accomplished

    • A Rocket Project Accomplished

    • Youth development; Secondary projects

    • A fellow Volunteer, Bruce, was placed in Eastern Slovakia and helped school children with making model rockets. It was successful and this photo is of those children with him in the front row.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Let the Creative Juices Flow

    • Let the Creative Juices Flow

    • Pre-service training (PST); Volunteers; Art; Education

    • In an effort to nurture creativity, the training staff engaged the Volunteers in a group mural painting exercise. We all made contributions and learned collective creative thinking. But it didn't do much for our painting skills.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mostar Bridge - Under Reconstruction

    • Mostar Bridge - Under Reconstruction

    • Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); Architecture;

    • Volunteer Tracy Mathieu in front of the English/Bosnian gate with the sign "access strictly forbidden for unemployed persons" ... a curious translation! Mostar had many foreigners vesting from pilgrimages and the city was a priority for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sarajevo

    • Sarajevo

    • Architecture;

    • Volunteer Tracy Mathieu at the main city fountain in downtown Sarajevo - reminiscent of the Ottoman Empire.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mostar, Bosnia

    • Mostar, Bosnia

    • Architecture

    • Volunteer Tracy Mathieu with a friend heading for a nice spicy meal on the Christian side of Mostar - after working for Mostar Women Microenterprise Loan project Prizma. The view is of the River and opposite Muslim side of Mostar. This was just...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Christian Cross on the Hill Top

    • Christian Cross on the Hill Top
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    • On every hill top in Bosnia, there seems to be a Christian cross where the city is predominantly Christian. I would take a hike at lunch time from Mostar up to this hill top with a spectacular view of the river, the dam up river and North of...
    • Volunteer Photos

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