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    • International Cooking Day 2

    • International Cooking Day 2

    • Youth; Cooking

    • This photo was taken in Guatemala. In an effort to share cuisine from other cultures and teach about nutrition, I held an International Cooking Day for the 9th graders in this village. These girls chose the hardest dish, Bangalore curry chicken,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Quiche Wedding 2005

    • Quiche Wedding 2005

    • Weddings

    • This photograph was taken at the wedding of Peace Corps Volunteer, Terese Maineri (Rural Youth at Risk 2003-2005) to Mateo Velasquez Lopez. The couple will be celebrating their 7th year anniversary on July 30, 2012.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tortillas

    • Tortillas

    • Traditional dress; Cooking

    • Taken March, 2011 in Guatemala. My sister in-law and father in-law came to visit our village. One of the many cross-cultural activities we did was to share favorite cuisines. Here we are breaking all the rules... the men made tortillas and we...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • futbol

    • futbol

    • Traditional dress; Children; housing; Games

    • I love introducing my children to friends I made when serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala. In this photo my son Alberto is playing soccer with Enrique Reynoso, the son of a friend I met during community base training in Santa Cruz del...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Typical Mayan Dress

    • Typical Mayan Dress

    • Traditional dress

    • Taken in April, 2011 in Guatemala. My host sister, myself, and sister in-law (blonde) on the roof of my house, with the town (like Hollywood) sign in the background. Celebrating culture, womanhood...and clothes!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map

    • World Map

    • Teachers and Students; World Map Project

    • This is a photo of Volunteer Aliyya painting a world map with her students in Guatemala.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pen Pals

    • Pen Pals

    • Teachers and students

    • This picture was taken in April 2011 in Guatemala. As a youth development Volunteer, I work in middle schools, however, the director of my school also owns her own elementary school and invited me to teach English and share new ideas with the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pen Pals

    • Pen Pals

    • Teachers and students

    • This picture was taken in April 2011 in Guatemala. As a youth development Volunteer I work in middle schools, however, the director of my school also owns her own elementary school and invited me to teach English and share new ideas with the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girls Rural Basketball League

    • Girls Rural Basketball League

    • Sports; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken in April 2011 in Guatemala. As an outlet and self-esteem builder, I started a basketball league for teenage girls from surrounding areas. This picture shows some of the girls wearing their newly donated jerseys from a family...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Close Crocodile Race

    • Close Crocodile Race

    • Schools; Children; Education; Games

    • José Maldonado leads the crocodile race by seconds! The photo is taken in my town's Kindergarten in Honduras. In an effort to promote literacy, I started "Story Time" there, showing teachers the importance of telling stories and how to tell them...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Just Landed

    • Just Landed

    • Pre-service training (PST); Host families

    • Taken during in the first week of May 2011 during the beginning of my Peace Corps training. This picture was taken using a timer, from the rooftop of my host-family's home in Guatemala. I'm taking in my new surroundings, contemplating the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I Am

    • I Am

    • Host families; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken in beautiful Belize in spring 2011. My sister is the girl in the photo. She is a strong girl with strong opinions and in this photo she is stating a statement about her life.
    • Volunteer Photos

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