Youth development; Training; Pre-service Training (PST)
A Peace Corps Volunteer serves as a TEFL teacher in Ardestan, Iran. Located at the Bourgerd TEFL Training site he teaches English to children equivalent to fifth grade level. Joseph is shown drilling some of his students.
I took this picture in August 2010 during my pre-service training in Cambodia. This photo shows a group of my fellow Volunteers practicing yoga during some free time in one Volunteer's host family's wooden home.
This was taken in the May of 2010 in a Ukrainian village. This lake meant a lot to me. After the intense daily routine of PST, it was very relaxing to walk past this lake on the way back home everyday.
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...
Some teachers retirea at the age of 60, but not these two, bound for Colombia. He was superintendent of education and she an elementary school teacher when they decided to resign, lease their ranch, sell the car, and join the Peace Corps. They are...
Pictured are members of Colombia V, a rural community development group that trained at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. After the photo op, the Volunteers sang the Colombian National Anthem for the press and Colombian dignitaries.