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    • Armenian Shepherds

    • Armenian Shepherds

    • agriculture; animals

    • Vardges and Takuhi live in the mountains above Yeghegnadzor, Armenia from May to October to bring their cows, sheep and bees to greener pastures. They live in the village Gladzor the remaining months.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Armenian Style

    • Armenian Style

    • Markets; Site

    • Rows of black pointy shoes are polished for display at the Sunday market in Martuni, Armenia. This is the typical Armenian man's shoe, and is worn in every situation, from working cows in the mountains to an Armenian governmental office.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Armenian Traffic Jam

    • Armenian Traffic Jam

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress; Animals

    • A typical scene just around sunset in Armenia, the village cows come back to their barns from a day out in the pasture.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bah Vonts Store

    • Bah Vonts Store

    • Markets; host community

    • Armen owns the store we foreigners like to call "Bah Vonts." Bah vonts in Armenian means "of course," and we call his store as such because anytime you ask if he has something in stock, he says "bah vonts," or something like "of course we have what...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baking Cookies

    • Baking Cookies

    • Cooking; Food and meals

    • Emily Heller, sector CEC (environment), July 2011-July 2013, culture exchange with her host sister cooking American cookies.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bringing Home Dinner

    • Bringing Home Dinner

    • Animals; Food and meals

    • I took this photo while walking around the informal settlements in Namibia in early 2011. This man has just shot a warthog in the bush and is bringing it home to feed his family.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bringing the Cows Home

    • Bringing the Cows Home

    • Animals; Culture shock and adaptation; Site orientation

    • This scene happens every day just as the sun is tucking itself to sleep behind the mountain in Yeghegnadzor. The cows that have spent the day up in the mountains or down in the river valley grazing for the day then head back home to be milked. I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cabbage Patch Kids

    • Cabbage Patch Kids

    • children; gardens

    • I started a garden at the local hospital at my site in Omaruru, Namibia. 5 women volunteered their time to help me every step of the way. This photo was taken in early 2011 as we were harvesting our garden for the very first time. The women's...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • CarniBull

    • CarniBull

    • Celebrations

    • The photo was taken in Uganda. A day of carnival games was held in the southwest of Uganda, and was called CarniBull. The winner of the CarniBull got to destroy the ceremonial pinata bull. The day was a great success and brought new ideas to the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coming Home from the Chacras

    • Coming Home from the Chacras

    • children; Host families

    • Walking around my site during my second month there in October, 2009, I happened to have my camera on me taking pictures of all the new and beautiful things Shilla, Ancash, Peru had to offer, when I came upon my host sister (20 years old at the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Composting

    • Composting

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken in July 2010, as I'm surrounded by fifth and sixth graders of primary school in Club Huascaran in the school in my site in Peru. I formed this environmental club to promote conserving and protecting the environment as well as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Comraderie

    • Comraderie

    • Host community friends; Traditional dress

    • One thing I loved about walking around in the streets in Armenia is that around any corner you could find a small group of men sitting around, smoking cigarettes, playing nardi and joking with each other.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Conhecendo os Nossos Corpos (Learning About Our Bodies)

    • Conhecendo os Nossos Corpos (Learning About Our Bodies)

    • HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken on October 18th, 2010 at the 1st provincial REDES Conference in Inhambane, Mozambique. REDES, which stands for Raparigas em Desenvolvimento, Educação, e Saúde (or, Girls in Development, Education, and Health), is an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cross-country Culture Exchange

    • Cross-country Culture Exchange

    • Host families

    • Emily Heller, sector CEC (environment), July 2011-July 2013, working with her host father, community guide and counterpart to lead her American family on a horseback ride to experience the Azueran campo and see the local monte.
    • Volunteer Photos

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