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    • Not Just Another Disco

    • Not Just Another Disco

    • Host community friends; Celebrations; Women's Movement

    • Taken in Bulgaria on March 8th, 2010, which is International Women's Day. The photo shows a volunteer dancing with her students at the end of the celebration for the women of the village.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mama with Firewood

    • Mama with Firewood

    • Host community friends; Food and meals; Elders

    • This photo was taken in the area Craig Cove, on the island of Ambrym (west), in the country of Vanuatu. The old lady just came from the bush after collecting firewood and coconuts for preparing dinner. This photo symbolizes the strength and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Crossover Training in the Field

    • Crossover Training in the Field

    • Host community friends; Children; Games

    • Natase and Shania are my friends, my distraction, my adopted daughters, my salvation. Jump ropes sent from friends back home are used as a cultural exchange. I teach them the cross-over technique and they fill me in on neighborhood gossip. Photo...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cultural Exchange in Lesotho

    • Cultural Exchange in Lesotho

    • Children; Host community friends

    • A Peace Corps Volunteer and a herd boy enjoy time together at Semonkong Falls in Lesotho. Children in Lesotho are usually curious about white skin and this boy really wanted to check out the Volunteer’s hand. This duo was with a group of children...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I Think I Made Friends

    • I Think I Made Friends

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Host community friends

    • This photo was taken in Kourouma, Mali at the local school where we painted a map of Mali on the school wall. I had just arrived with 3 other volunteers and made quite an interruption at the school.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • School of Journalism Instructors

    • School of Journalism Instructors

    • Host community friends; Women in Peace Corps

    • Local newspaper offered a journalism course during the evening that I attended as a student. I received a certificate of completion at a graduation ceremony in 1974. This program provided me an opportunity to improve my Portuguese language skills...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reunion in Tabaka

    • Reunion in Tabaka

    • Host community friends

    • In 2005, we visited the Ong'esa family, in Tabaka, Kenya. We worked with this family as PCV's, around setting up a stone carvers cooperative, and family planning.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dinner with Conference Participants

    • Dinner with Conference Participants

    • Diversity; Host community friends

    • 10/23/09. Dinner with Lesley Saliga (conference participant), Donka Panayotova (Chairperson of Organization Drom, sponsor of the Conference and operator of the desegregation project), Mary Smarr, RPCV, and Valentina Kordova (conference...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girl Fetching Water

    • Girl Fetching Water

    • Work; Water and sanitation; Host community friends

    • The girl pictured in this photo is fetching water from the TAMASCO Dam in Tamale, N/R Ghana - where I was working with the Carter Center, International Aid, and a group of Masters of Engineering students from MIT on household water treatment...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mesmerized and Curious Observers

    • Mesmerized and Curious Observers

    • Children; Housing; Host community friends

    • I was sitting on the inside "veranda" of a hut in Guinea in 1996. I was visiting the family of one of my English students. It was a very hot and sunny day in late January. We all gathered inside the mud and straw hut to avoid the heat. The children...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Nana Komla Dihie III

    • Nana Komla Dihie III

    • Celebrations; Host community friends; Elders

    • This is a photo of Nana Komla Dihie III, the chief of Likpe Todome and Krontihene of the Likpe traditional area in the Volta Region of Ghana. Nana is presiding over a groundbreaking ceremony as part of a community-based tourism development project....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Steps to Likpe Todome Caves and Waterfall

    • Steps to Likpe Todome Caves and Waterfall

    • Host community friends; Ecotourism

    • This is a picture taken in July of 2008. The Peace Corps volunteer, Leanne Polachek, poses with members of the Likpe Todome community. The community members are creating steps to their ancestral caves and waterfall which are part of a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • New Bride Brings Luck to Unmarried Women

    • New Bride Brings Luck to Unmarried Women

    • Weddings; Celebrations; Dance

    • This picture was taken in September 2007 at the wedding of my neighbors Zenick and Marta in Zhovkva, a small town in Western Ukraine. After the church and town hall ceremonies, the couple threw an elaborate reception complete with dinner and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Reforestation Campaign

    • Community Reforestation Campaign

    • Environment; Forestry; Work; Host community friends

    • I had this photo taken of me and my friend, Jonnys, during a community reforestation campaign in Macuelizo, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua in August, 1997. We are shown planting a Mexican cedar tree. I had established a tree nursery and organized a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Arriving Home from the River at Dusk

    • Arriving Home from the River at Dusk

    • Transportation; Work; Host community friends

    • I took this photo one evening as I was walking home. It was taken in February of 2006, in the pueblo of Miramar where I lived. Miramar is a small agricultural town located on the River Chira in Paita, Piura, Peru -- the northern coastal region of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • El Paisnal, El Salvador

    • El Paisnal, El Salvador

    • Host community friends; Work; Youth development; Terrain

    • This photo was taken atop a hill my students climbed as part of a teambuilding workshop. We held on to one another as we climbed "Cerro Chino" for nearly nearly 2 hours.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Friends for Life

    • Friends for Life

    • Host community friends

    • TEFL volunteer, Taylor takes a moment to chat with her neighbors in Kyrgyzstan. For many Volunteers, these small, daily interactions with the local community lay the ground work for life long friendships.
    • Volunteer Photos

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