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    • Goddess

    • Goddess

    • animals

    • During our training, Peace Corps Kazakhstan decided to take us on an outting to reward us for all of our hardwork and dedication to the program. We were brought to Medeu, a mountainous region outside of Almaty. It is known for its skating facility...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Elizabeth and Issetta

    • Elizabeth and Issetta

    • Host community friends

    • Taken on Dama Road in Kenema in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone, and at the house across the road from where I lived, young Elizabeth poses with her nearly year old daughter on the veranda of her house. Elizabeth was one of our first friends....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • La Imaginacion

    • La Imaginacion

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • Second Grade Panamanian student named Luzmila takes a trip to a far off distant island by listening to a seashell as she and her fellow classmantes learn about geographic locations around the world and within their own country. San Vicente, Darien,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Mad Hatter

    • The Mad Hatter

    • traditional dress; artisans

    • I took this photo in August 2011 in Ecuador at the famous "Poncho Plaza." This is largely an indigenous community that successfully markets its traditional Andean textiles and goods throughout the world. This photo depicts the Panama hat, a symbol...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peace

    • Peace

    • traditional dress; celebrations; youth

    • It was a warm day in Kazakhstan, marking the end of a long, cold winter and the beginning of a much needed spring. The thirteen of us had been in our training village for only eleven days when we were summoned from our language classes to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Relay for Clothes

    • Relay for Clothes

    • youth; education

    • At an English camp in Kazakhstan during the summer of 2011, a group of six Volunteers were teaching students the very basics of the English language. During one of the days, we taught the students different articles of clothing. One of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girls Empowerment Summer Camp

    • Girls Empowerment Summer Camp

    • Camps and clubs; HIV/AIDS

    • In this photo is Volunteer Julia during our collaborative Girls Empowerment HIV Awareness Summer Camp. Julie is centered around a number of the girls during one of our community building exercises.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cultural Pride

    • Cultural Pride

    • Children; Traditional dress; Celebrations

    • This is a photo of the annual town fair that I took in July of 2009. In this picture one of the local school children is dressed in traditional Mayan clothing, as a celebration of Mayan culture.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bag of Cucumbers

    • Bag of Cucumbers

    • Environment; Fishing

    • The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute started a sea cucumber ranching program in partnership with Masinloc's Coastal Resources Office, where I worked, and the fisherfolk from one of our two islands. For two years, we routinely...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Laughter Atop Fishing Nets

    • Laughter Atop Fishing Nets

    • Fishing; Children

    • This was taken on Panglit Island, one of two islands included in Masinloc, Zambales, the town where I lived. Panglit is very small with no electricity and only a couple hundred inhabitants, most of whom depend on fishing for both a source of income...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fresh Food

    • Fresh Food

    • Fishing; Food and meals

    • Masinloc, Zambales, Philippines - After a morning of information gathering with the fisher families in charge of protecting one of Masinloc's marine protected areas, it was time to prepare for lunch. We had the obligatory rice, recently caught...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tofu Making

    • Tofu Making

    • Food and meals; Cooking

    • I took this photo of a fellow Volunteer, Julie, helping her counterpart, Suzi (shown), demonstrate a tofu making class to the women at an orphanage in my village of Baham, Cameroon. In the photo, Julie and Suzi are straining the soy milk before...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching Nutrition

    • Teaching Nutrition

    • Health; Nutrition

    • In this photo that was taken in August of 2010, I was teaching women in my community how to eat a balanced diet and explained to them which foods support growth, keep the body healthy, and provide energy. As part of a wood efficient stove project...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS 2010 Day Media Event

    • World AIDS 2010 Day Media Event

    • HIV/AIDS; Media coverage

    • This photo was taken during the West Regional Project in Bafoussam, Cameroon on World AIDS Day 2010- an event working with 22 Peer Educators. Volunteers and host country nationals met in the regional capital and paraded, passed out condoms (male...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching the Biology of HIV

    • Teaching the Biology of HIV

    • Teachers and students; HIV/AIDS

    • In this photo is Volunteer Liz Anderson teaching a class of 30 girls a session on the biology and transmission of HIV during a Girls Empowerment HIV Awareness Summer Camp in Baham, Cameroon, August 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos

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