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    • Picnic at Sri Nagar

    • Picnic at Sri Nagar

    • Animals; Food and meals;Training of trainers

    • This photo was taken by a fellow volunteer at the picnic which usually punctuated our Teacher Trainings. It was very common to walk a goat to the picnic, and then cook and eat the goat as part of the meal. The teachers offered me the honor of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • American Football in Namibia

    • American Football in Namibia

    • Sports; Children

    • I played football for ten years in Texas before joining Peace Corps. I lived in a rural town that is very close to the border of South Africa, where rugby is a very popular sport. I figured I'd introduce a new sport to these kids, so taught them...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Snow in Africa

    • Snow in Africa

    • Climate; Host families

    • This is my little brother during a snow day in village. My host father woke me up early so i could see the snow, then as i walked out of my house, the first snowball hit me, well aimed and delivered by my little brother.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sea Turtles

    • Sea Turtles

    • Animals; Celebrations; Food and meals

    • Remains from the slaughter of five sea turtles for the graduation celebration of Neighboring Island Central High School. Sea turtles are an important component, culturally, of the Micronesian diet, especially at ceremonies. This graduation year,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • As Our Fathers Before Us...

    • As Our Fathers Before Us...

    • Housing; Construction

    • The men of this outer island in Yap State of the Federated States of Micronesia replace the palm frond thatch roofing on a traditional Micronesian house. Every family in the village of the house will weave and contribute at least ten pieces of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Men's Village Song Performance on Easter Day

    • Men's Village Song Performance on Easter Day

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations; Music; Religion

    • This photo was taken on Easter Day 2010, on a remote atoll in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. Micronesia is largely and devotedly Catholic, organizing elaborate Christmas and Easter celebrations every year. On this atoll, the men and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Center Mural

    • Center Mural

    • art;

    • My site-mate and I were discussing potential ideas for our center's mural project. We painted these images with respective Arabic numbers so that the students could use them as counting resources.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Drum Lesson

    • Drum Lesson

    • music

    • One of our LCFs taught a fellow volunteer to play the local drums. The bus ride from seeing historic landmark was that much more fun with live music and everyone singing along.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Soccer with the boys

    • Soccer with the boys

    • sports; children

    • After arriving at our host training site, my site-mate and I were brought to play soccer with our host brother's friends. They had never seen a digital camera up close and were posing while Tom played with a few of them in the background.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tom with a student

    • Tom with a student

    • children; schools

    • Tom was teaching a very energetic student. This student was smart, but didn't know how to interact with her surroundings. Tom made it an effort to illustrate 'raising hands' as a respectful way to get someone's attention.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Becoming a Shiehk

    • Becoming a Shiehk

    • Celebrations

    • My neighbor and long time friend brought me over my Close of Service goodbye gift. A tradition dishdash, robe, head piece and prayer beads. We spent the evening with me dressed up and drinking coffee on the roof.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The slapping game

    • The slapping game

    • host families

    • My host family had my fellow training group over for lunch. We all sat, talked and Jessica taught my host sister the 'hand slapping game.' It was the hit of the afternoon.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Arabic lessons

    • Arabic lessons

    • Language training

    • We all were being taught Arabic in a local school. It was the first week in the country and the lessons had gotten stressful. We moved outside to get fresh air and the morale brightened.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sunset on the River

    • Sunset on the River

    • Host families

    • This is a photo of my host brother standing on the edge of the River Paraguay, that I took during training. It was the first trip I had taken to the River Paraguay with my host family. Another Peace Corps Volunteer also came along with her host...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing for Winter

    • Preparing for Winter

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • This photo was taken on November 24, 2007, during my second week at my permanent site in Aksukent, Kazakhstan. My host mother and host sisters worked all day to chop cabbage and carrots into this huge pile. They then added salt and pepper and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kokpar in the Mud

    • Kokpar in the Mud

    • Celebrations; Games

    • Kazakh horsemen participate in a game of Kokpar during the Nauryz celebration to mark the beginning of Spring. Two teams attempt to take possession of a headless goat carcass and drop it in a goal on their side of the field. The field was muddy...
    • Volunteer Photos

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