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    • Host parents with Molly, Donna, and Heather

    • Host parents with Molly, Donna, and Heather

    • Host families

    • This is a photo taken in Fall 2009 of our Ukrainian host parents with three volunteers whom they hosted during training. Our host mother, Lyuda, invested many hours and late nights teaching us Ukrainian and Russian, and our host father, Misha,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Russian Soldier and Me

    • Russian Soldier and Me

    • Cold war; Volunteers; Statues and monuments

    • This photo was taken in Slagotarjan, Hungary in 1990 just after the fall of the Iron Curtain. This is a statue of a Russian soldier that used to overlook the city to remind the citizens who was in charge. As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Salgotarjan...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pin the Tail on the Donkey

    • Pin the Tail on the Donkey

    • host community friends; celebrations

    • This photo was taken on August 30th, 2010 in Kryve Ozero, Mykolayivska Oblast in Ukraine, just a few days after my 26th birthday. It was my last summer at site and I decided to throw an American style birthday party. In Ukraine, birthdays are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hello/Goodbye

    • Hello/Goodbye

    • music; children; schools

    • A young sixth grader by the name of Victoria copies down that day's English lesson in 2009, The Beatles' "Hello/Goodbye". At school number two in Kryve Ozero, Ukraine, my counterpart and I tried to incorporate song and music into our daily lessons....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gratitude

    • Gratitude

    • youth; education

    • During my two year service at school in Ukraine, I dedicated much of my time to teaching the students about the world in which we live. Through the World Wise Schools program, we were able to create a pen-pal exchange with an elementary school in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mourning the Loved

    • Mourning the Loved

    • death; health; disease

    • In 2011 a well known young male from Kato became ill. He left his family in high hopes and headed to work in town. Unfortunately for his family he never returned. His family and community mourn the loss of a cherished one because of Malaria.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Family

    • Family

    • death; health; disease

    • In 2011 a well known young male from Kato became ill. He left his family in high hopes and headed to work in town. Unfortunately for his family he never returned. His family and community mourn the loss of a cherished one because of Malaria.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Play-doh with the Kindergarten

    • Making Play-doh with the Kindergarten

    • Games; Art

    • In Togo, almost no one speaks French, the official language, at home. They speak their local tribe languages. In kindergarten in Togo all the kids learn is French so that they can go on to school. I worked with the kindergarten class at Ecole...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kids Market at Camp Hope 2009

    • Kids Market at Camp Hope 2009

    • HIV/AIDS; Education; Business development

    • Camp Espoir (Hope) is a camp for kids infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. It is organized in collaboration between Peace Corps and local HIV/AIDS care organizations. At the 2009 centrale camp, each cabin learned how to make something they could sell...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mother and Child

    • Mother and Child

    • Maternal and child health

    • Once a month, I traveled to Nadjoubi with the medical assistant from the Tchamba hospital to give vaccines. I helped with his record keeping and answered basic health questions from the mothers. We also brought a scale to weigh babies and monitor...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • the Griot

    • the Griot

    • Music; Celebrations

    • Every spring, classes at the public schools in Tchamba, Togo stop for Cultural Week. Students from different tribes have a chance to showcase their traditions, dances, food and more. It's a big festival organized for and by the students. In this...
    • Volunteer Photos

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