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    • Rice fields at Sunset

    • Rice fields at Sunset

    • environment

    • Near my house, the rice fields at dusk are never a dull sight. Every evening is different. The colors are shaped by the day's weather, whether it rained or remained humid and heavy. This particular palm tree is my favorite. Its reflection in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Seller in the Market

    • Seller in the Market

    • Markets

    • I took this photo in a Cambodian market in August of 2010. The photograph is of a market seller helping the man below him lift a heavy package. Through the back door of the seller's stall, you call see the ever-green rice fields during the rainy...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Soccer with the High School Kids

    • Soccer with the High School Kids

    • Sports; Teachers and students

    • I took this photo during K4 pre-service training (PST) between language class and dinner, when the high school students would play soccer with us for an hour. This photo shows a fellow community health education Volunteer (then-trainee) playing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Future is Now

    • The Future is Now

    • HIV/AIDS; Children

    • The photo is from World AIDS Day 2011 at a primary school in Cambodia. The photo shows a student who has already pinned his HIV/AIDS ribbon and is waiting to listen to a presentation on HIV/AIDS.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Waiting Room

    • The Waiting Room

    • Pre-service Training (PST); Celebrations

    • This is a photo taken on April 4, 2007, the day our group of Peace Corps trainees became the first group of Peace Corps volunteers to serve in Cambodia. We were placed in the backroom of a hall on the campus of the National Institute of Education...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walkway

    • Walkway

    • Housing

    • This photo was taken in fall 2010 during my site visit to Cambodia. This picture shows the space between the wall of my bedroom and the floor.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wat in Cambodia

    • Wat in Cambodia

    • Architecture

    • I took this photo on a clear day during my training in July 2010 in Cambodia. I went to this pagoda to study language with another Volunteer and we were captivated by the beauty. This photo depicts the roof of one pagoda.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water Festival

    • Water Festival

    • Children; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in November 2010 Cambodia during the National Water Festival. In this photo three children are watching a boat race.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water: A Gift

    • Water: A Gift

    • water and sanitation; host community friends

    • Water in Cambodia is not a sparse commodity, at least during the rainy season. My host family used the pool of water in their back yard to clean clothes and dishes, as well as jump into when they were hot after playing volleyball. Rain in Cambodia...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Welcoming Ceremony at a Wat

    • Welcoming Ceremony at a Wat

    • Children; Host community; Ceremonies

    • Welcoming Ceremony at the Wat: None of us understand much of anything that is going on around us, but we understand when a little girl is diligently collecting every one of the best-smelling flowers in the room for her own. Much to our amusement,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Where in the world is Cambodia?

    • Where in the world is Cambodia?

    • World Map Project

    • \During the Grade 12 semester exams, there are no classes for the underclassmen. I took this break as an opportunity to do the Peace Corps World Map Project. About 50 students, from grades 10 and 11, worked together to draw and paint the map on the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Window to the Future

    • Window to the Future

    • Schools; Education; Children

    • At the teacher training session for the k5 trainees in Cambodia, a class full of mostly college English students listen to suggestions by Peace Corps trainees on how they might better their English teaching in the classroom.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ya-ee

    • Ya-ee

    • Host families

    • I took this photo in December 2010 in Cambodia. The photo shows my ya-ee (Khmer language for grandmother) fanning herself on another hot Cambodian day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yoga

    • Yoga

    • Sports; Pre-service training (PST)

    • I took this picture in August 2010 during my pre-service training in Cambodia. This photo shows a group of my fellow Volunteers practicing yoga during some free time in one Volunteer's host family's wooden home.
    • Volunteer Photos

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