In a small village outside of Essaouira, Morocco in 2010 a small boy greats us at the local hanout (shop). He offers us a ride on his donkey in exchange for candy.
This photo was taken on August 30th, 2010 in Kryve Ozero, Mykolayivska Oblast in Ukraine, just a few days after my 26th birthday. It was my last summer at site and I decided to throw an American style birthday party. In Ukraine, birthdays are...
Every year for the village holiday in Gurkovo, Bulgaria there is a Donkey Race, this year it took place September 4th, 2011. 21 volunteers from around Bulgaria came to the village of about 3000, located in Central Bulgaria, to watch three of our...
This past weekend (September 4th, 2011) in a small village in central Bulgaria 21 PCV's came together to participate in the village's 23rd Donkey Race. Activities included a donkey cart race, donkey cart tug-of-war and donkey soccer. Three...
Mark Shriver visits Peace Corps to pay tribute to his father and first director of the Peace Corps, the late Sargent Shriver, on the one-year anniversary of his passing in a speech to special guests and staff at Peace Corps headquarters.