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    • Easter Eggs

    • Easter Eggs

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in Guatemala, April 2011. Living with a host family isn't just a good way to get a little closer to those in the community, it's a great way to share American customs. Pictured is my husband, Kyle, and children in our host...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Host Mother

    • My Host Mother

    • Host families

    • I took this photo in the summer of 2009 in my yard with my host mother in a small village in Ukraine. Summertime brings so many fresh fruits and vegetables to the market and such beautiful weather after the long hard winter that it is hard to keep...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ya Ukrainka! Lera with Host Mum Maria

    • Ya Ukrainka! Lera with Host Mum Maria

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in March of 2006 in Uzyn, Kievskaya Oblast, Ukraine, when I had been living with my host family for about a month. On the right is my host "mother" Maria, making sure I was properly dressed to go out into the cold to use the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Winter in the Village

    • Winter in the Village

    • Host families; Climate

    • This photo was taken during my training in Trypillia, Ukraine on March 6, 2006. The little girl is my host sister, Liza, all bundled up for her morning walk to school. It was one of the first major snowfalls I experienced while in Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Ukrainian Cooking Lesson

    • A Ukrainian Cooking Lesson

    • Host families; Cooking

    • Shortly after arriving to site and moving in with our host family, three generations of Ukrainians teach Lauren how to make varenyky, stuffed dumplings, which were then filled with sour cherries. A labor of love that is so worth the effort!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Our Porcelain Goddess

    • Our Porcelain Goddess

    • Housing

    • After two years of service, Youth Development Volunteer Lauren Warchol knows to bring her own toilet paper to this bathroom in the government funded Social Services Center where she works in Ukraine. Not much more than a hole in the ground, but at...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sunset in Semenivka

    • Sunset in Semenivka

    • Pre-service Training (PST); terrain

    • This was taken in the May of 2010 in a Ukrainian village. This lake meant a lot to me. After the intense daily routine of PST, it was very relaxing to walk past this lake on the way back home everyday.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jumping for Joy...and for a Playground!

    • Jumping for Joy...and for a Playground!

    • Secondary projects

    • This photo includes RPCV Teresa Havenar and Volunteer Patrick. It also includes two children, Alyona and Igor, that attended the school I was working at and who also helped build our playground. We were jumping for excitement over the delivery...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Secondary Projects: Fitness Center

    • Secondary Projects: Fitness Center

    • Secondary projects; Sports

    • Development Volunteer Lauren Warchol and her Ukrainian counterpart opened a Fitness Center for youth in her community, with the help of a Small Projects Assistance Grant. The Center is run by student volunteers, who monitor the Center, take care of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • English Class

    • 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
    • Happiness is Village Life in Bulgaria

    • Happiness is Village Life in Bulgaria

    • Sports

    • I took this photo in a small Muslim village in Bulgaria. The boys were climbing the fence after our soccer (football) game of Americans versus Bulgarians. Another Volunteer and I played together against some of the boys in the village. We had an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Are You Ready For Some Football?

    • Are You Ready For Some Football?

    • Sports; Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken in Bugaria on the day of my American Football Camp with the village. The village is mostly Roma, and is located about 20 miles outside of Burgas. I had brought face paint and ribbons so all the girls could have their team...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Creative Sports

    • Creative Sports

    • sports; youth

    • Volunteers play American football with a soccer ball with local youth. It was the first time the kids had played American football.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Locks of Love

    • Locks of Love

    • Statues and monuments

    • I took this photo while site seeing across Cherinihiv, Ukraine and came across this bridge that had locks in formed into the shape of a heart. I learned from the locals that when you fall in love you take your significant other to the bridge lock...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Blue and Yellow-Baturyn, Chernigev, Ukraine

    • Blue and Yellow-Baturyn, Chernigev, Ukraine

    • Statues and monuments

    • This picture is when we were leaving the fort and the castle at Baturyn. This is probably the fifth take, but the best take I took of the monument. Anyways, it shows many historical and biblical figures looking to the next philosopher figure set to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Who We Are

    • Who We Are

    • Teachers and students

    • In June 2012 in L'viv on the same day as a EURO 2012 game was taking place in the city, my leadership club from school and the organization Prosvita partnered for an event. Prosvita organized a concert, while the leadership club implemented their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Little, Strong Hands

    • Little, Strong Hands

    • Teachers and students; Camps and clubs

    • This picture was taken at a 2012 school summer camp. It was originally supposed to be just a picture of me with some of the kids. But once the photographer suggested that the kids place their hands on my head, they all gladly listened.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving in Kazakhstan

    • Thanksgiving in Kazakhstan

    • Teachers and students; Camps and clubs; Schools; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in November 2009 shortly after I arrived at my site in Kazakhstan. This was one of the first English Clubs I held in the local Kazakh school. The photo shows myself and the children, and their completed Thanksgiving turkeys...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Ukrainian Flag Re-Created

    • The Ukrainian Flag Re-Created

    • Terrain

    • The blue in the Ukrainian flag represents the blue sky, while the yellow represents their golden wheat fields. I took this picture behind the school in Rudky. While the yellow is not full of wheat, it is full of yellow flowers appearing to make...
    • Volunteer Photos

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