From December 11-14, 2010, Peace Corps Suriname Volunteers held a Camp GLOW for young women who live on the upper Suriname River. In this photo, volunteers work with a local health worker to help the campers construct a food pyramid.
Photo by Ryan...
During a Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Camp in September 2011, Volunteer Allison provides pointers about friendship bracelet-making to a camper. In addition to the friendship bracelet activity, the camp included workshops on citizen participation,...
I took this picture during a bingo game (with HIV/AIDS words they had learned) during the HIV/AIDS Camp in Piman, Thailand (April, 2011). When there was a winner, we spent a few minutes going back over the phrases of the winning bingo card to...
This is a picture of the t-shirts that each attendee to the 3-day HIV/AIDS Camp received (April, 2011). The front of the shirt simply has the red ribbon -- the back says it's the HIV/AIDS Camp in Piman (mostly in Thai). When my service ended nearly...
During the HIV/AIDS Camp in Piman, Thailand (April, 2011) -- we had the kids paint and sign a banner. They had fun painting and deciding how big to write their names! They then understood what the red ribbon symbolized and why it was so prominent...
This is a picture of the whole group of attendees of the HIV/AIDS Camp - the camp was April 7-9, 2011, in Piman, Thailand. This was the day each attendee wore the t-shirt designed for the camp attendees.
I helped develop and obtain funds for a three-day HIV/AIDS Camp in Piman, Thailand during my Peace Corps Service. The camp was held for three days in April, 2011. More than 40 students attended the camp. This is one of the participants learning...
During Camp Fortuna in Ukraine, Volunteer Maggie Hankamp teaches a yoga pose, known as The Camel, to interested students aged from 6 to 17. August 12, 2010.
Full text of Who's Who in the Peace Corps--Washington, which includes staff bios of many of the founding staff members of the Peace Corps. Approximate date of publication is 1963.
After an English lesson about our solar system, campers used everyday objects to make a 3-D model for a team competition. This veteran Peace Corps Volunteer just loves science and on this day, we learned about the weather, astronomy, and anatomy,...
This year in Karaganda, Kazakhstan 80 local girls and 10 Volunteers shared a life changing experience. For one week at an overnight camp secluded by a beautiful national park, girls shared experiences and knowledge and at the end everyone was in...
Camp GLOW: Girls Leading Our World is an awesome girls' leadership camp that inspires girls to do more and help in their communities. It is not only an inspiring camp for local girls, but for Volunteers as well!
Camp GLOW was started in Kazakhstan 3 years ago. Now, we have 5 running in different cities throughout the country! This year, Camp GLOW changed the lives of 25 local girls and 6 PCVs.
This picture was taken at Camp Excite near Sumy, Ukraine. The flag is the symbol of Camp Excite- the Ukrainian and American flag joined by a light bulb.