A fellow Volunteer, Bruce, was placed in Eastern Slovakia and helped school children with making model rockets. It was successful and this photo is of those children with him in the front row.
Volunteers; Host families; Pre-service training (PST)
During our training our host mother asked us to go with here into nature (hike) into the hills surrounding the village of Modra. We didn't know at the time that is was a political rally for a political party, of which there were many. We were...
Although the official dedication of the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library and Media Center did not begin until 10:00 a.m., the children lined up at 8:00 in the blazing sun. I wondered how to keep them entertained for two hours and then it hit...
After three grueliing months of training we finally arrived at the graduation ceramony in Slovakia. Nelson Chase, Country Director, was at the podium congratulating us for accomplishing our first step. As I remember, no one had left our class at...
Libraries; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
This photo shows a computer being set up in the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library at Fre Siwot Elementary School in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. I enlisted the support of current volunteers in setting up the library, which opened in August...
Children of Slovakia is a non-profit organization in which Janet was assigned. They held events throughout the country and this is one example of the last day when everyone is together. Janet is front left as you look at the photo.
Slovak people...
Stopped along a country road in Central Slovakia, to our surprise came this Slovak couple traveling to town on their horse drawned wagon. When asked if they had a car they said "no." They must have wondered why Americans were in the countryside...
Ibrahim and his mother lived in a room in our compound. His father worked in another town and was seldom home. Ibrahim visited me several times a day. I am not much of a photographer and have very few photos of my service. This photo, taken by the...
Pre-service training (PST); Volunteers; Art; Education
In an effort to nurture creativity, the training staff engaged the Volunteers in a group mural painting exercise. We all made contributions and learned collective creative thinking. But it didn't do much for our painting skills.