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    • You Don't Have to Be a Dentist to Find Cavities

    • You Don't Have to Be a Dentist to Find Cavities

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; Children

    • The children in my village have taken me in at their big sister, calling me "kakak" rather than my actual name. It's heartwarming. They love to take me to the sugarcane fields that surround our village. They run with knifes, and it makes me...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project

    • This photo was taken on May 21, 2010 in East Java, Indonesia during Pre-Service Training. We did the world map project in the village community center. The little kids in the village loved to help paint!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What Women Do

    • What Women Do

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken on May 27, 2010 in Pandanrejo village, East Java, Indonesa. I took this photo of Angela, PCV and Ibu Eka a language and culture facilitator during Pre-Service Training. We were conducting a PACA tool event in the village...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • View From the Front Door

    • View From the Front Door

    • Terrain; Housing

    • In this small village in East Java, Indonesia this was a common view at sunset from the front door of my home stay during training. The mountain in view is Panderman Mountain.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Unity

    • Unity

    • Pre-service training (PST)

    • This photo was taken at the top of Panderman Mountain near Batu, Indonesia. A group of Peace Corps trainees and the Peace Corps staff hiked together.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Third goal: Islamic - Chistian celebration

    • Third goal: Islamic - Chistian celebration

    • Older Volunteers; Traditional dress; Diversity

    • My first Christmas back in America. I am wearing my teaching uniform from my Islamic High School in Indonesia. My grandchildren Talon, Kira & Arlo are wearing Muslim prayer caps and a jilbab for young girls. Grandma Oma Colleen Young is telling her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Most Exciting Game of Go-Fish

    • The Most Exciting Game of Go-Fish

    • Children

    • I had just gotten back home to site from being in the city for two weeks of intensive in-service training. I was nervous about returning to site, returning to my normal routine, the seclusion, the intense cultural differences that make living in a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Take a Bite

    • Take a Bite

    • Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress

    • The children in my village have taken me in at their big sister, calling me "kakak" rather than my actual name. It's heart-warming. They love to take me to the sugarcane fields that surround our village. They run with knifes, and it makes me...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sylvie at the Waduk

    • Sylvie at the Waduk

    • children

    • This photo was taken during my first few weeks at site (June 2011). It's an incredibly difficult transitional time but the children in my village embraced me and took me in like one of their own best friends. We went exploring by bicycle, children...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Steeler Pride, Nation Wide

    • Steeler Pride, Nation Wide

    • Host families; Celebrations; Sports

    • I took this picture prior to the 2011 Superbowl match between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Greenbay Packers. The man standing with me is my host father, Pak Bowo, while we are beside our house the the rice field that surrounds it.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Selamatan Snap

    • Selamatan Snap

    • Celebrations

    • In East Java a selamatan is one form of celebrating and thanksgiving. Typically a space is cleared, mats are rolled out and attendees sit on the ground lining the perimeter of the room to eat and pray together. During one such event at my home, a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Schedules that Make Sense

    • Schedules that Make Sense

    • Schools; Education

    • This is the school schedule. When I first arrived at site, I tried very hard to make sense of it, thought it was like reading a code. On the right side is a list of the teacher's name and their corresponding numbers. I would think there must be...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Playing Dress Up

    • Playing Dress Up

    • Traditional dress

    • My host mother owns a salon where she does make up and coordinates the outfits for many weddings, cultural celebrations and other special events in our village. One night at home early in my service my host sisters suggested we all dress up and...
    • Volunteer Photos

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