Celebrations; Food and meals; Pre-service Training (PST)
Peace Corps Ukraine Group 39 arrived in Ukraine and was welcomed with traditional bread, dipped in salt. In this picture, trainees are dipping their pieces of the bread in salt.
This is a picture of a lake in Ukraine at the end of fall. My group and I are lucky enough to be able to study the Russian language during training not far from this lake. It is a great view in the mornings on our way to class.
This photo was taken at Camp Survivor in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine. Students wait to be served their dinner- borsch, a traditional Ukrainian soup.
This is a photo of an Easter basket in Ukraine about to be blessed by the priest. Early in the morning on Easter Sunday, people gather at the church with a basket that includes a traditional Easter bread called "paska," with a candle in it, as well...
People gather at the church at 4a.m. with baskets complete with traditional paska bread, a candle, and items from their garden and wait for the priest to bless everything.
This is a photo of a group of students in Ukraine who had a debate in English about Human Trafficking and learned about different programs within their country used to fight the trafficking battle.
The message behind the game that is pictured is this: Everyone must work together so that the goal of placing the stick on the ground can be achieved. Even though it is just a game, I feel as though it is very similar to our Peace Corps service. ...
Students pictured here are at Camp Excite in the Sumy Oblast of Ukraine. This picture is special to me because Ukrainians are not often caught smiling. You can tell these campers were having a good time at camp.
This picture was taken at Camp Excite near Sumy, Ukraine. The flag is the symbol of Camp Excite- the Ukrainian and American flag joined by a light bulb.
This photo was taken at an HIV/AIDS Workshop in February of 2011 at a school in Ukraine. Jeramie and her Ukrainian counterpart decided to share what Peace Corps had taught us during training with our students. We had interactive games, videos, a...
I took this photo on February 15, 2012 at a school in Ukraine. Pictured is Lyudmila sharing information with local psychologists from schools in the town. This seminar was put on through a PEPFAR grant that an RPCV worked on. It took place over two...