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    • Human Boggle

    • Human Boggle

    • Games; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo, Volunteer Robin plays a game with students at an English immersion summer camp that took place in South Kazakhstan in June 2011. The camp was attended by 83 students who participated in the "English Olympics." The students in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kok Par

    • Kok Par

    • Games; Celebrations; Host community

    • 2007 Nauruz Festival at the hippodrome in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. The photo was taken by me as I walked to the edge of the field to snap a picture of the kok par players struggling to score a point. Kok par is a game where two teams on horseback use...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chocolate

    • Chocolate

    • Host families

    • I took this photo in February of 2010, during tea with my host family in Kazakhstan. The woman I knew only as "Azhe" or "Grandmother" and she is the great-grandmother of the baby, Rachman, who was about 7 months old at the time. We had tea every...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Mom and Me during the Holiday Season

    • Host Mom and Me during the Holiday Season

    • Host families

    • The holiday season was the most difficult time for me to be away from family and friends. My host mom made sure that I was well taken care of. She wanted me to have a good time and we celebrated the New Year in the same way that they had in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Singing in a yurt

    • Singing in a yurt

    • music; celebrations; traditional dress

    • Miras, a 6th grader at Saumalkol Kazakh Secondary School in northern Kazakhstan, performs a song during a Nauryz celebration on March 22, 2011. Nauryz is the Kazakh New Year and is celebrated across the country with traditional activities like...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Trainees in Kazakhstan

    • Trainees in Kazakhstan

    • Pre-service Training (PST)

    • During PST Training, trainees went on a field trip to Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Here are a few trainees, now PCVs, at the train station in Karaganda.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Praying at the mausoleum

    • Praying at the mausoleum

    • religion

    • I took this photo in March 2010 at the Ahmed Yassaui mausoleum in Turkistan, Kazakhstan. These people are praying while holding their hands in a traditional gesture. When they finish their prayer, they will sweep their hands in front of their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reading in English

    • Reading in English

    • schools; children

    • Fourth graders Almas and Alisher practice their English reading skills with PC volunteer Anna Rodgers. This photo was taken in April 2011 at Saumalkol Kazakh Secondary School in northern Kazakhstan.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Choir at Murager

    • Choir at Murager

    • schools; children; music

    • This is a photo of my 5th grade choir. Their debut performance was at the graduation ceremony for the 11th graders in May 2011. They did a fantastic job!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • WWII Memorial

    • WWII Memorial

    • Statues and monuments

    • WWII Memorial in Samaulkol, North Kazakhstan Oblast. Nearly every family in the village sent someone to the front. Half of them did not return.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Flat KazakhSTANLEY!

    • Flat KazakhSTANLEY!

    • Teachers and students

    • This year at Murager School in Kazakhstan, 80 students were able to send a Flat Stanley to America to travel for two weeks and then return to share stories of their adventures! It was incredible!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Photography Class

    • Photography Class

    • Teachers and students; Camps and clubs

    • June 11, 2009, Algha, Kazakhstan. This was taken during a two week long "Friendship Bridge" summer camp organized by another volunteer. The camp included ten volunteers, ten local teachers, and one hundred 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students. In...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Little Man's Adventure

    • Little Man's Adventure

    • Terrain; Host community friends; Children

    • This photo was taken in Kazakhstan on May 20, 2011. The little boy is the youngest son of a family I am close to here. Even though he was the smallest of our explorers on this mountain picnic, he was always at least 50 meters ahead of us, scoping...
    • Volunteer Photos

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