This photo of me and two of my best tenth form students was taken at my school's Janga Jil or New Year's celebration in Tashkomur Town, the Kyrgyz Republic. Janga Jil is one of the biggest holidays celebrated there. Everyone dresses up and...
Teachers and students; Schools; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
I am giving a quick introduction to the computer and internet for my Mozambican secondary school students who participated in a empowerment through arts and media summer workshop in 2009.
A fellow Volunteer captured a civil war reenactment performed by community war veterans in 2010. The performace was part of bigger showcase for the visit of Armando Guebuza, the current Mozambican president. The Mozambican civil war started in 1977...
Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); International Women's Day; Crafts
A Volunteer is teaching Mozambican female youth the art of making earrings out of local resources at the annual REDES conference. The REDES program (Rapargas Em Desenvolvimento E Saude - Girls in Development and Health) was started by Mozambique...
Anniversaries; Secondary projects; Pre-service Training (PST)
Mozambique 16 Peace Corps Trainees (PCT) Morgan, Kelly and Allison gave a helping hand to their training community on June 12th, 2011 by cleaning up the local hospital. PCT homestay families also participated in the event. The event was planned by...
This photograph was shot in Honduras during a nutrition and healthy cooking class for mothers in June of 2011. María is a Lenca women, one of the indigenous populations of Honduras famous for their brightly colored pañuelos (head scarves)....
One of my favorite experiences as a Peace Corps Volunteer has been to witness and take part in the various festivals and celebrations in my community. Folkloric dance dates back to the colonial times, but still holds a lot of importance today....
Soccer is almost as sacred to life as religion in Honduras. If there are five minutes to spare, someone will always manage to find a ball, and a pickup game of soccer will commence. This idea is not lost on Peace Corps Volunteers, and we quickly...
Oxen carts are still widely used in Honduras to transport Leña (firewood) for people to use in their fogons, or traditional stoves. The bus tires show the resourcefulness and ingenuity of Hondurans: through the appropriation of various abandoned...