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    • Dancing and Loving Life

    • Dancing and Loving Life

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Creation of support groups and training peer educator for People Living with HIV/AIDS is a valuable and often underfunded effort. These groups are a valuable, ‘safe-space’ where people can find a chance to be open about their status, learn...
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    • Dancing as Part of Male Coming of Age

    • Dancing as Part of Male Coming of Age

    • Ceremonies; Traditional dress

    • Evala is the traditional wrestling ceremony that takes place every 5 years among the Kabye of Togo. Evala is part of the male coming of age ceremony/events. The guys must catch a dog, slaughter it, prepare it and eat it. They also make hats with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing Between Agenda Items

    • Dancing Between Agenda Items

    • dance

    • During long meetings at Fanang Diatla Self Help Project, volunteers would break into song and dance. In this photo in late July 2011, Mathona entertains a room backed with care givers and other volunteers. Taken at the Fanang Diatla main office in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing Children

    • Dancing Children

    • Youth development; Dance

    • Primary school children participate in traditional dance during a culture and art competition in South Africa on August 30, 2011. The competition was held in the school's biggest hall and categories included modern and traditional dance, choir and...
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    • Dancing for the First Lady

    • Dancing for the First Lady

    • Dance; Dignitaries

    • After six months of dance class, my dance class and I had the opportunity to dance in front of a huge audience - including the then-First Lady Sandra Torres de Colóm and Minister of Health - at the launch of the social welfare program Mi Familia...
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    • Dancing Girl

    • Dancing Girl

    • Dance

    • A student at the Maya Devi School for Girls in Bharatpur, Nepal, where a taught, performs a traditional Nepali dance during a day of student performances at the school.
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    • dancing the Oro

    • dancing the Oro

    • Weddings; Dance

    • Dancing is a big part of Macedonian weddings. Everyone knows the traditional dances and dances them all night long. Even as an American, I was expected to not only know these dances, but expected to lead them as I was the bride!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing the Oro with My Host Dad

    • Dancing the Oro with My Host Dad

    • Dance; Pre-service training (PST); Host families

    • My host mom took this photo on September 18, 2009 on the final day of orientation week in Macedonia. We had just met our host parents for the first time, and in an effort to "break the ice" volunteers and their host families danced the oro.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing to Happiness

    • Dancing to Happiness

    • Host families; dance

    • Dancing and sunny Sunday summer afternoons by the river are common pastimes in Moldova. In this photo, two of my host relatives are enjoying dancing to traditional music outside... because dancing is what brings them happiness.
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    • Dancing with Girls of Strength

    • Dancing with Girls of Strength

    • dance; youth development

    • In a village Cameoon, fifteen girls come together once a week for youth development activities. This photo captures me teaching the girls how to dance “The Electric Slide.” The group’s name, “Bikkoy Robe Beesembe,” means “Girls of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing with Looba

    • Dancing with Looba

    • Dance; Host families; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken on the last day of language learning with my cluster (December 1, 2008). Looba made the cluster lunch. It was a full celebration and we were dancing while we were cleaning up the dishes.
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    • I feel like dancing

    • I feel like dancing

    • dance; traditional dress

    • This is a photo of some Masai women dancing during their village's celebration. My wife and I are are placed in Kibaya, Tanzania where we have a large Masai population. We have a good deal of Masai friends as well, so we get to attend some of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Joy in Dancing!

    • Joy in Dancing!

    • Dance; Host community; Traditional dress

    • This is at the 2008 Fish Festival in Guinea. My neighbor and I had matching outfits with colors of the Guinean flag that we had made for a previous festival. We had learned West African dance in the states and also in Guinea. We danced in front...
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    • P and Z Dancing the Horo

    • P and Z Dancing the Horo

    • Dance; Traditional dress; Host families; Swearing-in ceremonies

    • This photos was taken shortly after the Peace Corps swearing-in ceremony in Bulgaria on June 10, 2011. After the ceremony volunteers new and old and their host families and friends went out to the Plaza for music and dancing. As a brand new Peace...
    • Volunteer Photos

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