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- Community Clean Up
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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... - Volunteer Photos
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- Mozambican Civil War Reenactment
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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... - Volunteer Photos
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- New Year's in the Kyrgyz Republic
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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... - Volunteer Photos
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- We Roll Together
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This is a photo of my host mother (Aishe) and I. This was the first time we made byrek together. She was teaching me how to effectively roll thin layers of pastry dough for the byrek. The photo was taken March 20, 2010. - Volunteer Photos
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- The Self Esteem Circle
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This photo was taken on May 12, 2012 at a secondary chool in Kenya. On this day, we had a Girls' Empowerment Day, during which we taught the girls various skills including HIV/AIDS prevention (proper condom use), reproductive health, and... - Volunteer Photos
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- After the Game
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This photo was taken after an afternoon of playing soccer with a bunch of neighborhood primary school children in Mozambique. - Volunteer Photos
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- Computer Class
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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. - Volunteer Photos
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- Wardrobe Change
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This is a photo taken of my host mother, her grandson, and I after she dressed me up in traditional Albanian clothing. The photo was taken in March 2010. - Volunteer Photos
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- Making Earrings
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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... - Volunteer Photos
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- Full Load
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I took this photo on June 1, 2011 in the very small village I live in called Sourou, Burkina Faso. My neighbor was going out to the fields to plant crops in preparation to the rainy season. During this season the village seems like a ghost town... - Volunteer Photos
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- New Methods
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USAID has teamed up with my coordinating NGO, World Vision, to promote and implement a new food security initiative throughout Honduras. Intibucá is one of the poorest departments of Honduras and the malnutrition rate among the Lencans, the local... - Volunteer Photos
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- Honduran Folkloric Dance
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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.... - Volunteer Photos
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- Profile of María
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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).... - Volunteer Photos
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- These Smiles Are Rare
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I took this photo during a large market day in Sourou, Burkina Faso on the 14th of August 2011. There are three different ethnic groups within the small village I live in and the two women captured in the photo are of the Pheul ethnicity. This... - Volunteer Photos
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- More Bouille, Please
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I took this photo during an enriched porridge demonstration on Aug. 6, 2010 at a school in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. Malnutrition is a very big issue here in Burkina Faso and many volunteers try to combat it by teaching mothers how to make enriched... - Volunteer Photos
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- A Lesson in Soy
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Photograph taken in Honduras during a nutrition and healthy cooking class for mothers in June of 2011. The photograph shows the mothers and children cheering with the fresh glasses of soy milk we just made. Malnutrition is a tremendous problem... - Volunteer Photos
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- Six Teeth Minus One
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I took this photo during my three months of training in a village called Koudougou, Burkina Faso. My training was from the months of June to August of 2010. Bringing out a camera always caused a lot of attention, more than usual, and lots of... - Volunteer Photos
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- Blue House
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The brilliant colors of the homes, abundance of greenery, and lounging animals are a universal scene in Honduras, regardless of location. The brilliant color of this house reflects the brilliancy of the lives of the people who reside within it.... - Volunteer Photos
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- Down Time
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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... - Volunteer Photos
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- Oxen Carts and Bus Wheels
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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... - Volunteer Photos
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