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    • Happy to see you

    • Happy to see you

    • children; host community friends

    • I took this photo in Fiji in September 2006. I had only been in Fiji for 1 day. I got up in the morning and walked to the beach to watch the sun rise, soon after these girls saw me down on the beach and started running towards me, so i snapped...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Familia

    • Familia

    • children; Host families

    • It was on my site visit, seeing for the first time the town of that would be my home for the next two years back in August 2009 while I was sitting and chatting with my host familia and neighbors. My neighbors' were holding their friends' baby in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A game of Kings

    • A game of Kings

    • Games; Host community

    • This picture was taken in early April, in a park off the pedestrian mall in Bulgaria. The men in the picture were taking turns playing chess in the late morning, getting ready to wrap it up for the day. They had been playing all morning, laughed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The next generation

    • The next generation

    • Host community friends; Counterparts; Children

    • I returned to visit my counterparts at AFEDES in Santiago Sacatepequez Guatemala March 24, 2010. My counterpart and dear friend, Milvian Aspuac was married and had a baby since I returned to my site in 2008. This photo is of my son, Milvian, her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Theresa with Host Family at Church

    • Theresa with Host Family at Church

    • Host families; Religion

    • This was taken after Church in the village of Hakupu one Sunday with my host family - Mother Tiva Toeono and twins Simoe and Anton. Ladies over 18 years old had to wear hats to Church and the women weaved incredibly beautiful hats they loved to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Group of Friends

    • Group of Friends

    • Host families; Traditional dress

    • A photo of me with a group of friends after everyone was dressing up for some photos before I went home for a vacation (I was sort of extended family) eating most of my meals and spending a lot of free time with this group and their husbands and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Close Crocodile Race

    • Close Crocodile Race

    • Schools; Children; Education; Games

    • José Maldonado leads the crocodile race by seconds! The photo is taken in my town's Kindergarten in Honduras. In an effort to promote literacy, I started "Story Time" there, showing teachers the importance of telling stories and how to tell them...
    • 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
    • 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
    • Eastern Caribbean Group 79

    • Eastern Caribbean Group 79

    • Swearing-in ceremonies; Volunteers

    • Our group just after swearing in, April 2009. From left to right: speaker, Sharmon Jules (Associate Peace Corps Director), Margo Jeanchild (Eastern Caribbean Director), Mara English (Volunteer), Aria Grabowski (Volunteer), trainer, Ann Maize...
    • 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
    • Clowning with Kids in the Classroom

    • Clowning with Kids in the Classroom

    • Teachers and students; Youth; Secondary projects

    • One of my favorite jobs in Morocco was mentoring youth at a juvenile facility in Fes, the country's oldest city. Some of the kids joined me for a candid moment after an attempt to teach them a few words in English in the fall of 2006.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ferry crossing in Khulna Bangladesh

    • Ferry crossing in Khulna Bangladesh

    • Transportation; Host community

    • In Bangladesh there are many rivers to cross in order to get from one district to another. It is a fact of life for a country that lies below sea level and is crisscrossed with thousands of waterways. Most ferries like the one in Khulna pack on as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mujeres Poderosas

    • Mujeres Poderosas

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); youth development

    • This photo that I took in January, 2011, shows young teenage girls from the Andes mountains in Shilla, Peru on their first day of the club Mujeres Poderosas (Powerful Women) in which they participated in a 6 week workshop where we talked about...
    • Volunteer Photos

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