This photo was taken on June 11th of 2011 in my village in the Republic of Panama at my farewell ceremony the day before I left to begin my close of service proceedings.
These are the daughters of my friends/counterparts Nori and Eloi
. Neither...
This photo was taken in 2010 in Casas Viejas, El Jicaro, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua. I did a pool tournament in which groups of men competed in pool and in between each round listened to a lesson about agriculture practices or sexual health. At the...
This photo was taken during our 50th Anniversary celebration for Peace Corps. It was held at the community hall (see the name on the building, 'Tranom-pokonolona' literally translated as house of the townspeople) at my site in Madagascar. The sign...
This photo was taken in Ait Hamza, Morocco, on my birthday September 23, 2010. As birthday's are not celebrated here, we thought it would be fun to have a cross-cultural exchange and so we played pin the tail on the real donkey with local children.
Volunteer wanted to take a picture of her interacting with her village children. She used a self-timer on her camera to capture the moment. The picture was taken in a village on the east coast of Madagascar in 2011.
During my first week at site, I was introduced to the love Thai people have for sports. Even though there was torrential rain and flooding, the games went on. In between soccer games, the children had fun chasing down ducks in this case, and on...
This photo was taken on March 2010 in Karfigula, Burkina Faso during the start of the mango season. The photo shows 4 young children looking up at the mango groves with rocks in their hands. They will use the rocks to throw at the mangoes, hoping...
This photo was taken in the home of my host family. My host brother, Paul, introduced me to the wide array of games that children play using their sandals. This photo features Paul throwing his sandal into the line of sandals, attempting to knock...
This photo includes a volunteer playing chess with a Paraguayan kid, at Escuela Residenta in Juan O'Leary, Alto Parana. The picture was taken on December 8, 2010.
This photo was taken in Karfigula, Burkina Faso on March 2010 during an HIV/AIDS education camp. The camp used soccer as a tool to educate young girls about HIV/AIDS. The photo shows a group of young Burkinabe girls celebrating with two volunteers...
The day after I arrived at my pre-service host family's home, I was taken to the town of Borjomi, Georgia. Twelve year old Vasha competed in this chess tournament. I snapped this picture and within 2-3 moves, Vasha had won this game and with this...