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- International Cooking Day 2
- Youth; Cooking
- This photo was taken in Guatemala. In an effort to share cuisine from other cultures and teach about nutrition, I held an International Cooking Day for the 9th graders in this village. These girls chose the hardest dish, Bangalore curry chicken,...
- Volunteer Photos
- Tortillas
- Traditional dress; Cooking
- Taken March, 2011 in Guatemala. My sister in-law and father in-law came to visit our village. One of the many cross-cultural activities we did was to share favorite cuisines. Here we are breaking all the rules... the men made tortillas and we...
- Volunteer Photos
- Typical Mayan Dress
- Traditional dress
- Taken in April, 2011 in Guatemala. My host sister, myself, and sister in-law (blonde) on the roof of my house, with the town (like Hollywood) sign in the background. Celebrating culture, womanhood...and clothes!
- Volunteer Photos
- Inspiring Moroccan Youth and Adults about International Women's Day
- Teachers and students;
- I took this photo on March 9th, 2011 at the Lycee in my site in Morocco. We watched the "You Can Dream" film and had an educated, motivating discussion on women and the future goals of these youths. This was taken after the event to commemorate...
- Volunteer Photos
- Pen Pals
- Teachers and students
- This picture was taken in April 2011 in Guatemala. As a youth development Volunteer, I work in middle schools, however, the director of my school also owns her own elementary school and invited me to teach English and share new ideas with the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Pen Pals
- Teachers and students
- This picture was taken in April 2011 in Guatemala. As a youth development Volunteer I work in middle schools, however, the director of my school also owns her own elementary school and invited me to teach English and share new ideas with the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Girls Rural Basketball League
- Sports; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
- This photo was taken in April 2011 in Guatemala. As an outlet and self-esteem builder, I started a basketball league for teenage girls from surrounding areas. This picture shows some of the girls wearing their newly donated jerseys from a family...
- Volunteer Photos
- English Class
- Secondary projects; Teachers and students
- During the months when kids are out of school, they either have to work in the fields or spend their days looking for things to entertain themselves. In an effort to better introduce ourselves to the community and give the kids a fun, good...
- Volunteer Photos
- Mango Mania
- Markets
- This photo was taken at the height of mango season during the early morning market in Guatemala. April 2011.
- Volunteer Photos
- Walking in the Corn
- Host community friends; Host families
- Taken in October 2010 in Chivarreto, Totonicapan, Guatemala. My in-laws and brother in-law came to visit our village and see what life for the majority is like here in Guatemala. Our neighbor kids were so welcoming and loved spending time with...
- Volunteer Photos
- Rural Guatemalan Youth HIV/AIDS Prevention Workshop
- HIV/AIDS
- This photograph features myself, my site mate Christina, and a local counterpart, Arnulfo, from the Ministry of Education. As youth development Volunteers, we facilitated a two-day HIV/AIDS workshop in Totonicapán, Guatemala in February 2011. The...
- Volunteer Photos
- Kite Festival
- Games; Celebrations
- Taken in October 2010, in Guatemala. There is an annual kite contest where teams of people choose a topic that represents the country and they spend 6 months creating their masterpiece out of bamboo and crepe paper. Each is displayed at the annual...
- Volunteer Photos
- Kite Festival
- Games; Celebrations
- Taken in October 2010, in Guatemala. There is an annual kite contest where teams of people choose a topic that represents the country and they spend 6 months creating their masterpiece out of bamboo and crepe paper. Each is displayed at the...
- Volunteer Photos
- International Cooking Day
- Celebrations; Teachers and students; Cooking
- This photo was taken in August 2011 in Guatemala. In an effort to share bits of cuisine from other cultures and teach about nutrition, I spent the day helping groups of 9th graders prepare their meals for our International Cooking Day. These two...
- Volunteer Photos
- Bobbing for Apples
- Celebrations
- This photo was taken in Guatemala in October 2010. In an effort to share American customs with the students here, during their school vacation we threw a Halloween Party, costumes, cookie decorating, pumpkin drawings and of course bobbing for...
- Volunteer Photos
- Teaching Peace Through Art
- Art
- Two young dar chebab (youth center) students in Morocco participated in creating an art mural for the dar chebab where Volunteer Elizabeth Chon taught the students how to paint properly and the meaning behind the art mural.
- Volunteer Photos
- The Life of a Volunteer in Morocco
- Volunteer Elizabeth Chon looking over the horizons of Morocco as summer approached in her site.
- Volunteer Photos
- Women in the Peace Corps
- Women's movement
- Speech prepared for delivery before the annual luncheon, YWCA Board of Directors, October 18, 1961, Waldorf, Astoria, New York City. Women in the Peace Corps by Sargent Shriver.
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- Women in the Peace Corps
- Women in Peace Corps
- Full-text of an early Peace Corps marketing brochure--copyright date is unknown but it appears to be from the 1960s.
- Brochures
- Peace Corps: the living legacy of John F. Kennedy
- Volunteer recruitment; Wofford, Harris
- Full text of a brochure featuring the recollections of several notable former Peace Corps staff members and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, including Harris Wofford, Donna Shalala, Maureen Orth and others. Although no exact date of publication is...
- Brochures