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    • We're Family

    • We're Family

    • Host families

    • This picture was taken after a year of service, in June of 2004, when I went back to my training site in the community of Koujol, not far from Archaie, Haiti, to visit my host family. The little girl on the right, Kenya, was born during my 3...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weaving Mats

    • Weaving Mats

    • Crafts; Host families

    • This photo was taken in September 2009 during Peace Corps training while I was staying with my host family. My host mother and auntie were teaching me how to weave mats on the weekends. I (Bina Contreras) am on the left, my host mother "Mama...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weaving Mats

    • Weaving Mats

    • Crafts; Host families

    • Weaving is a big part of a woman's life in Vanuatu. This is a photo of me learning how to weave mats from dried pandanus leaves with my host aunt Monique.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weaving Mats

    • Weaving Mats

    • Crafts; Host families

    • Weaving is a big part of a woman's life in Vanuatu. This is a photo of me learning how to weave mats from dried pandanus leaves with my host aunt Monique.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weaving Silk

    • Weaving Silk

    • Crafts; Artisans; Host families

    • This is a picture of my host mother's eldest sister weaving silk on the loom outside of her house. This practice is traditionally passed down to women from generation to generation. Women all over the village (mainly the elders) can be seen making...
    • 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
    • With Host Family in Peru

    • With Host Family in Peru

    • Host families

    • This photo, taken in 1969, is of Volunteer Jim Hencin along with the host family in whose house he lived in Limatambo, Peru. The family owned a restaurant/pension that served many travelers who stopped on their way to and from Cuzco, the regional...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • With My Family in Croix des Bouquets

    • With My Family in Croix des Bouquets

    • Host families

    • This picture was taken with my host family shortly before training ended in September of 1984. They took such good care of me. At first they attempted to serve me meals that they thought were Americanized. When they realized how much I liked...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working The Land With My Host Parents

    • Working The Land With My Host Parents

    • Agriculture; Gardens; Host families

    • On the morning of June 18th, 2011, at 4:00am in Moldova, my host father knocks on the door to my room. I open the door, and am told "today we are going to work the land my son!" I was tired, yet excited. We then proceeded to walk about two miles to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Worokia and the Beans

    • Worokia and the Beans

    • Host families;

    • Samabogo, Mali taken on 10/4/2009. This is my host mom, Worokia, at my village going away party. I bought 50 pounds of beans and invited my friends and family to eat and dance. I admit we are all bean eaters.
    • 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
    • Ya-ee

    • Ya-ee

    • Host families

    • I took this photo in December 2010 in Cambodia. The photo shows my ya-ee (Khmer language for grandmother) fanning herself on another hot Cambodian day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young girl

    • Young girl

    • Children; Host families

    • This is a photo of a young girl posing for the camera. The photo was taken (using color accent) at a friend's house in Juan O'Leary, Alto Parana on December 25, 2010.
    • Volunteer Photos

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