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    • A Goat and a Mule

    • A Goat and a Mule

    • Animals; Elders

    • Near Zeleznica in the foothills of the Osogovo Mountains in Eastern Macedonia, a woman on the road to Kratovo walks her goat and mule. I took this during a walk outside my site, Kratovo, in March 2003. The woman is from a village and going to town...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baseball in Bansko

    • Baseball in Bansko

    • Sports; Youth

    • This photo was taken on June 9, 2007 in Bansko, Macedonia when the Little League baseball team from the village of Novo Selo traveled to play a game with the team from Bansko. The teams were coached by two Volunteers who wished to introduce the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Boogie on Down

    • Boogie on Down

    • Host families; Celebrations; Swearing-in ceremonies

    • My host dad and I gettin' down with our bad selves during Swearing In, November 2009. Dancing is something that we both love to do, so it was part of our daily routine. We danced the night away every evening in the kitchen while my host mom...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Breaking Bread

    • Breaking Bread

    • Weddings; Celebrations

    • A traditional part of a Macedonian wedding ceremony involves breaking a "bread of health" over the bride's head. They hold a cloth in between the bride's head and the bread so that no bread ends up in her hair! My girlfriends, both Macedonian and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Celebrating Accomplishment Together

    • Celebrating Accomplishment Together

    • Secondary projects; Counterparts

    • This photo was taken on August 4th, 2011 at the grand opening of the newly renovated firehouse which facilitated the creation of fire safety and prevention program for my town Macedonia. The cake displays the logo of the fire department and the 3...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chicano-Macedonian Folk Group

    • Chicano-Macedonian Folk Group

    • Celebrations; Music

    • This is my multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-national folk group: Los Kratovskis Chicanos Fantasticos. It was comprised of a Macedonian music teacher, a Roma student, a Macedonian student, and myself, a Mexican-American. We were practicing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • dancing the Oro

    • dancing the Oro

    • Weddings; Dance

    • Dancing is a big part of Macedonian weddings. Everyone knows the traditional dances and dances them all night long. Even as an American, I was expected to not only know these dances, but expected to lead them as I was the bride!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing the Oro with My Host Dad

    • Dancing the Oro with My Host Dad

    • Dance; Pre-service training (PST); Host families

    • My host mom took this photo on September 18, 2009 on the final day of orientation week in Macedonia. We had just met our host parents for the first time, and in an effort to "break the ice" volunteers and their host families danced the oro.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Earth Day Clean Up

    • Earth Day Clean Up

    • Environment; Youth development

    • this is a photo taken on April 25, 2010 in Macedonia. There are students from the local high school that volunteered their time on a weekend to help pick up trash in a local park in honor of Earth day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Getting Off On the Right Foot

    • Getting Off On the Right Foot

    • Dance; Host families; Celebrations

    • In this picture I am dancing the Macedonian traditional dance, the Oro, for the first time with my host father. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, but thankfully he was able to tell me the dance steps. Too bad I didnt understand enough...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Halloween Macedonian-style

    • Halloween Macedonian-style

    • Celebrations

    • this is a picture of my training group during a HUB day in Macedonia. The HUB day fell on Halloween 2009 and my training group really got into the Halloween spirit. We each went as the American holidays: St. Valentine (cupid), St. Patricks, the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Holiday Party

    • Holiday Party

    • Music; Celebrations; Elders

    • I arrived at site in mid December and was invited to an office Christmas Lunch. I accepted the invitation but the "lunch" was really a dinner and a huge party at a local restaurant. The night included dancing and singing by all. As I know now as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Home Visits in Kicevo

    • Home Visits in Kicevo

    • Youth; Host community friends; Teachers and students

    • This picture is of me with two of the students who visited the after-school program where I worked in Macedonia. January 2006.
    • Volunteer Photos

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