The National Folk Festival in Albania is held every 4-5 years in the southern city of Gjirokaster, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hosted in the city's Ottoman era castle, Albanian performers from every district of the country as well as from abroad...
On Sept. 24, 2009, two fifth graders at a 9-year school in Fushe Arres show off their clean hands after an interactive classroom activity on proper handwashing techniques. Lessons were coupled with information on the H1N1 virus to encourage a...
In early June 2009, a worker uses a chainsaw to cut logs to length for wood stoves. In certain regions of the country, Albanian families order several cubic meters of wood in the summer to be shortened, split, and dry so they will have enough wood...
On Feb. 15, 2010, Volunteer Patricia Hong and her counterpart Shpresa pose with a class of second graders at the Puka "Migjeni" 9-year school to show off their demonstration-sized floss. Students learned about dental hygiene, tooth anatomy, and...
Dance; Traditional dress; Host families; Swearing-in ceremonies
This photos was taken shortly after the Peace Corps swearing-in ceremony in Bulgaria on June 10, 2011. After the ceremony volunteers new and old and their host families and friends went out to the Plaza for music and dancing. As a brand new Peace...
Full text of a brochure featuring the recollections of several notable former Peace Corps staff members and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, including Harris Wofford, Donna Shalala, Maureen Orth and others. Although no exact date of publication is...