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    • Zoya's Sew Shop

    • Zoya's Sew Shop
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    • Zoya works in a small room just off the shortcut I take into town every day. She says she learned how to sew when she was 17 at classes she took at the cultural house in Yeghegnadzor over 30 years ago. She along with her soviet era sewing machine...
    • Youth Remember Victims of HIV/AIDS

    • Youth Remember Victims of HIV/AIDS
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    • Youth in Ukraine light candles to remember victims of HIV/AIDS. They are among those who are aware of HIV/AIDS and how to avoid it, thanks to the Peace Corps and its Volunteers who teach youth to adopt healthy lifestyles.
    • Youth Development In The Sun

    • Youth Development In The Sun
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    • This photo was taken on July 9, 2011 in Bulgaria, with a group of four youth volunteers who were performing activities as a part of the Peace Corps' 20th/50th anniversary commemoration. In the photo the volunteers and I are attempting to make a...
    • Youth CAN Ukrainian Dress Day

    • Youth CAN Ukrainian Dress Day
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    • This was taken by my Ukrainian friend Alex at a two week long Youth CAN (Youth Community Action Network) conference in eastern Ukraine. The day's theme was "Ukrainian Pride" and the shirts you are seeing are called "serochkas" - national dress worn...
    • Youth

    • Youth
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    • This photo was taken during my trip to Crimea, Ukraine, to visit some local Volunteers. I don't remember the name of the boy, I guess he is eleven. He lives in Crimea, and enjoys his life playing football with his friends rather then wasting time...
    • Young Bride

    • Young Bride
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    • After the first year of service, I moved to a new apartment that had been occupied by a former Volunteer. She had left in one of the closets a few blankets. Another Volunteer in Arad and I decided to bring those blankets to a very poor family that...
    • You vs. Me

    • You vs. Me
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    • In the Spring of 2011, two of my very best friends came from Kansas to visit me in my village in Moldova. Because I am a teacher, I brought them to my school for the day so they could get to know some of my students, and my students could meet some...
    • Yoga in Pilatovets

    • Yoga in Pilatovets
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    • On August 18th, 2011, the second day of a summer camp in Bulgaria, I led a yoga class. The picture shows me, second from the left, and a group of girls, ages 8-12, in the Warrior I pose. Women and girls were very interested in fitness. As an after...
    • Ya Ukrainka!  Lera with Host Mum Maria

    • Ya Ukrainka! Lera with Host Mum Maria
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    • This photo was taken in March of 2006 in Uzyn, Kievskaya Oblast, Ukraine, when I had been living with my host family for about a month. On the right is my host "mother" Maria, making sure I was properly dressed to go out into the cold to use the...
    • Xinaliq Village in Northern Azerbaijan

    • Xinaliq Village in Northern Azerbaijan
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    • I took this photo during an excursion to the remote village of Xinaliq in Azerbaijan. My colleague and fellow ESL Volunteer, Ka Miller is in the shot as well as my cousin, Bob, who was visiting me from America. Xinaliq is possibly the most remote...
    • WWII Memorial

    • WWII Memorial
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    • WWII Memorial in Samaulkol, North Kazakhstan Oblast. Nearly every family in the village sent someone to the front. Half of them did not return.
    • World AIDS Day in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia

    • World AIDS Day in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia
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    • In Georgia, where talking about HIV and AIDS is taboo, it can be difficult to raise awareness and spread accurate information about this important health issue. However, 14 high school students stepped up to the challenge in Akhaltsikhe as part of...
    • World Aids Day 2011

    • World Aids Day 2011
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    • Condoms were distributed in a city in Bulgaria as a part of World Aids Day 2011. Some condoms were given out in "fortune cookie" style containing words of wisdom regarding HIV/AIDS.
    • World Aids Day 2011

    • World Aids Day 2011
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    • This photo was taken during a World Aids Day observance in Lovech, Bulgaria in 2011. Youth volunteers from the Bulgarian Red Cross spent the afternoon passing out brochures, condoms, etc. in the Lovech city center. The event culminated with the...

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