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    • Ship Graveyard, Aral Sea, Kazakhstan

    • Ship Graveyard, Aral Sea, Kazakhstan

    • Environment; Volunteers; Climate change

    • Very few volunteers in Kazakhstan ventured out to the remote and distant Aral Sea but 3 of my friends and I took the journey in March 2009. Not much is left of what used to be one of the largest inland seas in the world. The trip to what is left...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Snow in Africa

    • Snow in Africa

    • Climate; Host families

    • This is my little brother during a snow day in village. My host father woke me up early so i could see the snow, then as i walked out of my house, the first snowball hit me, well aimed and delivered by my little brother.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Hardest Job You'll Ever Love

    • The Hardest Job You'll Ever Love

    • Terrain; Climate; Traditional dress

    • This occurred on my way to my village in Mauritania, West Africa (2007-2009). On my way home after finishing sessions for new Volunteers during the rainy season, I witnessed this sandstorm roaring across the desert. When it hit the town I was in,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • To The Sky

    • To The Sky

    • children; climate

    • This photo was taken in April 2010 on the Cheif's palace island on the Zambezi Floodplains in Mongu, Western Province, Zambia. Traditionally, around Easter each year, the Paramount Chief of the Lozi tribe travels from his palace residence on his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Winter in the Village

    • Winter in the Village

    • Host families; Climate

    • This photo was taken during my training in Trypillia, Ukraine on March 6, 2006. The little girl is my host sister, Liza, all bundled up for her morning walk to school. It was one of the first major snowfalls I experienced while in Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Winter View from Balcony

    • Winter View from Balcony

    • Climate; Housing

    • As someone who has lived in Los Angeles for 20 years, the Ukrainian winters were quite different than anything I had experienced before. This photo was taken in January 2005 from my balcony in Khmelnitsky, Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos

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