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    • Door Prizes!

    • Door Prizes!

    • Celebrations

    • Jamilya and Aisulu were awesome enough to fully complete the FLEX program and I was able to meet them in the last year of my service in Kazakhstan. These two amazing women helped me organize a teacher training for 90 teachers from our area. It...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • English Competition

    • English Competition

    • Camps and clubs; Teachers and students; Youth

    • Posing with a local school – secondary project Every year at site there is an honest English Competition put on by the Volunteers. This competition was started after Volunteers saw the corruption in the local competitions. Many students,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • English Summer Camp 2011 (1st Session)

    • English Summer Camp 2011 (1st Session)

    • camps and clubs; education

    • This is a group photo of everyone that participated in the Bastau Language School Summer Camp session 1 during the summer of 2011 that took place in Tekeli, Kazakhstan. I worked with the director and English teachers of the Bastau language school...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • English Summer Camp 2011 (2nd Session)

    • English Summer Camp 2011 (2nd Session)

    • camps and clubs; education

    • This is a group photo of everyone that participated in the Bastau Language School Summer Camp session 2 during the summer of 2011 that took place in Tekeli, Kazakhstan. I worked with the director and English teachers of the Bastau language school...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • English Summer Camp 2011 (3rd Session)

    • English Summer Camp 2011 (3rd Session)

    • camps and clubs; education

    • This is a group photo of everyone that participated in the Bastau Language School Summer Camp session 3 during the summer of 2011 that took place in Tekeli, Kazakhstan. I worked with the director and English teachers of the Bastau language school...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fifth Form Fun

    • Fifth Form Fun

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Work

    • This 1995 photo shows a lighter moment in my fifth form classroom at School #97 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. We were learning how to make rabbit ears on ourselves and our neighbors while posing for photos.
    • 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
    • Fourth Grade Graduation

    • Fourth Grade Graduation

    • Children; Host community; Traditional dress

    • Even though students study at the same school from first to eleventh grade, Kazakhstani schools still hold a graduation ceremony for the fourth graders when they graduate from the beginning classes. The ceremony often includes a dance for all the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Goddess

    • Goddess

    • animals

    • During our training, Peace Corps Kazakhstan decided to take us on an outting to reward us for all of our hardwork and dedication to the program. We were brought to Medeu, a mountainous region outside of Almaty. It is known for its skating facility...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hoarfrost in Uralsk

    • Hoarfrost in Uralsk

    • Architecture; Climate

    • This is the pedestrian bridge over the railroad tracks in Uralsk, Kazakhstan looking from the train station towards the apartment of another Volunteer. I don't know the people on the bridge.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Horses graze on new spring grass

    • Horses graze on new spring grass

    • Animals; Environment; Wildlife

    • I took this photo at Sayram-Ugam National Park in Kazakhstan in March 2010. The Kazakh people are traditionally good horsemen who, even in the modern world, continue to have a close connection to their animals.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Family in Aksukent

    • Host Family in Aksukent

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • This photo shows my Uzbek host family, with whom I lived for all of my two years at site. In parts of Southern Kazakhstan there are many Uzbeks, who lived there long before the Soviets drew the current borders. From left to right: me, host mom,...
    • 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
    • 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
    • Karaganda Wedding Party

    • Karaganda Wedding Party

    • Celebrations; Ceremonies; Weddings; Host community friends

    • I was honored when my friend Lyuba asked me to be the maid of honor at her wedding in October, 1994. This photo shows the newlyweds in the center with the best man on the left and me on the right.
    • Volunteer Photos

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