Full text of a brochure aimed at recruiting medical doctors to serve as Peace Corps staff physicians. Discusses ways that Peace Corps doctors provided support to both Volunteers and host communities throughout the world. Although no exact date of...
This photo was taken during my 'Becoming A Man' class in which I teach my young Ukrainian male students what it means to be mature, responsible, citizens of the world.
I took this photo with my host family during Bituun, the traditional moonless night before Lunar New Year 'Tsagaan Sar' holiday celbrated by Mongolian nationals. Family members get together, typically join in a feast comprised of a slaughtered...
A group of my 8th grade students staring into the flame of a candle during a Halloween party. The students were amazingly resourceful with their costumes and had a very enjoyable time.
Katuyola, Zambia. I have no idea how people balance things like that on their head...that bucket was heavy! This is one of my neighbors who soaked her cassava in one of the fish ponds.
This photograph of Chris (on the left against the back wall) meeting with Omanis was taken by a Volunteer while on a field trip in Oman. Also in the photo is Abdulla from 1977-79. Three men were Peace Corps Volunteers with the Department of...
My fiance, Chris, and I met while serving in Thailand as Teacher Collaboration and Community Outreach Volunteers from 2008-2010. While in the Peace Corps, Chris began studying Buddhism & meditation at a local temple and ordained as a monk during a...
I took this photo in December 2008, during the freezing cold -40 Celsius winter as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mongolia. I tanned a few sheep skins in order to add some warmth and cushion to my apartment's fold-out chairs.