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    • Ukraine's "Cinderella"

    • Ukraine's "Cinderella"

    • Camps and clubs; Teachers and students; Universities

    • This photo was taken during summer camp at European University--my work site. My students put on "Cinderella" with some reverse gender roles to celebrate graduations and the end of the semester.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Knedlicki

    • Knedlicki

    • Cooking; Host families

    • Elaine and our host family mother, making the Czech national dumpling, knedlicki. Their version won first prize in the knedliki contest.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tramping

    • Tramping

    • Transportation

    • Tramping was to travel on weekends either to camp in fields or visit friends in othe villages. We tramped visiting other PCV's. Elaine is at train station at Jindrichuv Hradec the town of one of our Volunteer friend. This tramping weekend...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Swearing In

    • Swearing In

    • Swearing-in ceremonies

    • Swearing in ceremony August 31, 1995 at the Ambassador's Residence. Ambassador Jennone Walker is in first row third from left.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Plzen Building

    • Plzen Building

    • Architecture

    • Building in Plzen. We were told the state did not fix old buildings since Plzen was close to the German border and that if war broke out again, NATO would just destroy Plzen.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Past Moves in the Moment

    • The Past Moves in the Moment

    • Host community friends; Celebrations

    • This is a family photo of my neighbors as younger parents--now, their daughters are adults with their own children. The father was a former Communist Party official in Uman who is now a pensioner. This picture was taken on the night of Christmas...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sitting on the Stoop with Baba Stoyakovich

    • Sitting on the Stoop with Baba Stoyakovich

    • Host community friends

    • I was greeted coming home from language training each day by an 84-year old grandmother next door. She often gave me fruit or boiled potatoes, and invited me to sit down and chat, though we could not understand each other. In this photo, I was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Friend Slavi and His Donkey

    • My Friend Slavi and His Donkey

    • Transportation; Animals;Host Community Friends

    • My good friend Slavi took me and some other volunteers for a walk to his cottage in the countryside, and on the way we encountered his mother's donkey. Being a normal mode of transportation in and around my town, Slavi proceeded to show us how to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hand Turkey Thanksgiving in Bulgaria

    • Hand Turkey Thanksgiving in Bulgaria

    • Work; Children; Celebrations; Teachers and students

    • I spent an hour a week with a group of 4-5 year olds at one of the local kindergartens. I was asked to share some American holidays with them, and told them about Thanksgiving. The children seemed very excited about turkeys, so we made turkeys by...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teachers' Day Festivities

    • Teachers' Day Festivities

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • Celebrating a hard fought but entertaining win at the Teachers' Day Games between the Teachers and the students at the Kharkiv Gymnasium, Kharkiv Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Little Slice of Perfection

    • A Little Slice of Perfection

    • Host community; Architecture

    • The town I spent my service in is named Nedelino. This view captures most of the town from a hotel on a nearby mountain. Nestled in the Rhodopi Mountains, Nedelino still uses Roman and Turkish bridges to cross the river, has both mosques and a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Make Carpets

    • Learning to Make Carpets

    • Artisans; Crafts; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • A friend took this photo of me during training in 2007 in Godkepe, Turkmenistan, at a women's carpet-making "factory," a collective warehouse where women came together to weave large carpets. The knot-making was not complicated, but time consuming,...
    • Volunteer Photos

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