Taken in San Luis Potosi, Mexico with 6 Peace Corps volunteers (Martha, Elizabeth, Paul, Gerry, Charles and Juliet) on June 27th, 2010. We were watching the Mexico/Argentina game in an Irish Pub.
In 2007, the Uganda Cranes soccer team made it to the Africa Cup Finals. This match is against Niger, in the Nelson Mandela Stadium, outside Kampala. The stadium was packed with fans, who decorated themselves with body paint, pins, ribbons & hats...
Celebrations; Sports; Teachers and students; Youth; Schools
A grade 5 class in a rural primary school near Vryburg, South Africa gathered eagerly for their long-anticipated World Cup party put on by their class educator and village Peace Corps Volunteer. The festivities included delicious cakes, vuvuzelas,...
I'm a current Volunteer in South Africa (since July 2008). One of my primary projects this entire time has been an after-school Art Club with Grades 4-7 at one of our schools. Just this year I got some supplies for teaching the kids painting,...
This picture was taken on June 9, 2010, the last day of school for the term before a big holiday for the World Cup. All the staff and learners who had soccer jerseys wore them that day and also brought vuvuzelas (a traditional South African soccer...