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    • The Graduate

    • The Graduate

    • celebrations; traditional dress

    • Evangeleen, one of my 8th grade students, strikes at pose after their graduation ceremony. Graduations are reminiscient of weddings -- white dresses, church, pride, and lots of flowers and gifts. Sometimes a graduate will get so many mwarmwars --...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • First Peep

    • First Peep

    • Ceremonies; Food and meals; Host community friends

    • This photo was taken April 24,2011; Easter Sunday. I created an American style Easter party for the children who live on my host family's compound. This is a picture of two of my host cousins trying Peeps for the first time. The photo was taken in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Easter Egg Madness

    • Easter Egg Madness

    • Children; Host community friends; Ceremonies

    • This was taken on Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011 in Ohwa, Madolenihmw on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. I hosted an Easter Egg hunt for all the children who live on my compound. This is a picture of the children after...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Christmas in School

    • Christmas in School

    • Children; Host community; Dance

    • Three of my students celebrate the holidays in a customary fashion -- with a HUGE party at school! Each class arranged a gift exchange and enjoyed many sugary snacks. Then the hired band (a synthesizer with two singers) started up and the dancing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kids on the Hood

    • Kids on the Hood

    • Children; Host community; Transportation

    • The first weekend at my new house, I did a photo tour of the grounds for my folks back home. The kids accompanied me and showed me how everything on the premises -- including the old car -- could be used for a photoshoot. August 2010
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Second Wedding

    • Second Wedding

    • Children; Host community; Weddings

    • A bride and groom kneel before a priest in the family's nahs (meeting house). The groom was previosly married to the bride's sister who had recently passed away. This marriage was arranged and encouraged by all the extended family to keep the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Basket Weaving

    • Basket Weaving

    • Crafts

    • On the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, women weave baskets out of palm leaves for feasts. They are used to carry food to village chiefs. In this photo, my host cousin is teaching me how to weave a basket. Although they...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reading with Ruthanne

    • Reading with Ruthanne

    • Education; Children

    • This picture was taken in the Pohnpei Public Library in Kolonia Town on the island of Pohnpei in The Federated States of Micronesia. June 1, 2011 was the first day of the Summer Reading Program, "One World, Many Stories" that was hosted by the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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