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    • Every Grain Counts

    • Every Grain Counts

    • Agriculture; Volunteers; Training; Host community; Site

    • Indonesia is known for its endless rice fields. During PST, a trainee in my village's host father allowed us to beat the rice onto the tarps, like the farmers. Seeing how rice is processed makes you appreciate food more, and to know that every...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sylvie at the Waduk

    • Sylvie at the Waduk

    • children

    • This photo was taken during my first few weeks at site (June 2011). It's an incredibly difficult transitional time but the children in my village embraced me and took me in like one of their own best friends. We went exploring by bicycle, children...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Most Exciting Game of Go-Fish

    • The Most Exciting Game of Go-Fish

    • Children

    • I had just gotten back home to site from being in the city for two weeks of intensive in-service training. I was nervous about returning to site, returning to my normal routine, the seclusion, the intense cultural differences that make living in a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I Have Yet to See a Fire Truck

    • I Have Yet to See a Fire Truck

    • Children; Host community

    • This photograph was taken in July 2011 at my school. One of the many ceremonies and traditions that I've experienced while teaching in Indonesia-- but this one has got to be the hottest---is every day the new students (10th graders) would bring...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bung Karno lives on

    • Bung Karno lives on

    • Dignitaries

    • This photo was taken in Indonesia at the Bung Karno Museum in early May. I shot this photo before I discovered the "dilarang memfoto" sign. Bung Karno, Indonesia's first President, grew up in Blitar, and people pride themselves on the fact that he...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Canteen Talk

    • Canteen Talk

    • Food and meals; Host community friends

    • I usually depend on my home-cooked meals to serve my vegetarian needs as the canteen only serves two things, bakso (meatballs) and nasi pecel (rice, veggies, spicy peanut sauce). I’m usually pretty weary about eating at warungs, they aren’t the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Take a Bite

    • Take a Bite

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress

    • The children in my village have taken me in at their big sister, calling me "kakak" rather than my actual name. It's heart-warming. They love to take me to the sugarcane fields that surround our village. They run with knifes, and it makes me...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Idul Fitri

    • Idul Fitri

    • Host families; Traditional dress; Volunteers

    • Idul Fitri is the most celebrated holiday in Indonesia... it is where all Muslims come together to close Ramadan and ask for forgiveness from one another. Idul Fitri is almost like a combination of every American holiday all wrapped into one as it...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Motivational Speaker

    • Motivational Speaker

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • Students at an Islamic boarding school in East Java, Indonesia, await a motivational speech by Volunteer Elle Chang. Usually unaware of the full details of an event until she arrived, Chang learned to embrace the ambiguity of such situations.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Schedules that Make Sense

    • Schedules that Make Sense

    • Schools; Education

    • This is the school schedule. When I first arrived at site, I tried very hard to make sense of it, thought it was like reading a code. On the right side is a list of the teacher's name and their corresponding numbers. I would think there must be...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Human Obstacle Course

    • Human Obstacle Course

    • Youth development; Games

    • I was invited to chaperone some student leaders who were doing a leadership/character-building workshop. In the classrooms, these students are completely different, they're quiet, they're calm, their personalities are difficult to differentiate. It...
    • Volunteer Photos

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