Ambassador James Warlick swears in the newest group of volunteers, Bulgaria-27, in Vratsa, Bulgaria as part of Peace Corps Bulgaria's 20th anniversary celebration. June 10th, 2011.
On my first visit to my village's school, the moment the kids saw me, they went nuts. The ones in the photo did not have an supervision, so they stormed out of the classrooms to look at the tall American who just came to their small school in...
This was taken by my Ukrainian friend Alex at a two week long Youth CAN (Youth Community Action Network) conference in eastern Ukraine. The day's theme was "Ukrainian Pride" and the shirts you are seeing are called "serochkas" - national dress worn...
Same Youth CAN conference - this little guy followed us around for the entire conference with his dog. Not exactly sure why I'm posting this other than to say that the photo is unbelievable and describes Ukraine in a way only people who've been...