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    • Mujeres Poderosas

    • Mujeres Poderosas

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); youth development

    • This photo that I took in January, 2011, shows young teenage girls from the Andes mountains in Shilla, Peru on their first day of the club Mujeres Poderosas (Powerful Women) in which they participated in a 6 week workshop where we talked about...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • First Indigenous Women's Ascent Volcano Cotopaxi, Ecuador

    • First Indigenous Women's Ascent Volcano Cotopaxi, Ecuador

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Women's movement

    • EMPOWERMENT, LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH THE ANDEAN WOMEN’S MOUNTAINEERING MOVEMENT In our “progressive” modern world, women continue to be discouraged from pursuing many of their hopes and dreams, especially in the developing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Moroccan Wedding in the Morning

    • A Moroccan Wedding in the Morning

    • Weddings; Celebrations

    • Moroccan weddings are an event that can include the entire town. Early in the morning, family members of the bride wake up and march through the streets singing and chanting to let everyone know that a member of the community is about to be wed....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Approaching Storm

    • Approaching Storm

    • Weather; Site

    • I took this picture during a relaxing day at the Negril Beach. The sky turned from brilliant blue and sunny to dark and cloudy in a matter of minutes. One wonders as the fate of the 'Reef Princess' as she lies quietly upon the tranquil sea awaiting...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Eyes and smiles

    • Eyes and smiles

    • Transportation; Teachers and students

    • Our grade 2 students were en route to the annual lenten retreat (March 16, 2011). This was taken during the process of being piled up on the bus.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ferry crossing in Khulna Bangladesh

    • Ferry crossing in Khulna Bangladesh

    • Transportation; Host community

    • In Bangladesh there are many rivers to cross in order to get from one district to another. It is a fact of life for a country that lies below sea level and is crisscrossed with thousands of waterways. Most ferries like the one in Khulna pack on as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dressed like a Moroccan

    • Dressed like a Moroccan

    • Traditional dress; Host families

    • I love Moroccan clothing and so I couldn't wait to try them on. I was thrilled when one of my host relatives suggested that I wear a Kaftan at a dinner party. My aunts and cousins dressed me up in this fabulous dress that was a bit long for me, but...
    • 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
    • Ratanakiri Waterfall

    • Ratanakiri Waterfall

    • Terrain

    • I took this photo in July 2011 in Ratanakiri, Cambodia on a trip with one of my students to her homeland. This photo shows my student, her sister, brother-in-law, and fiance wading through a pond on their way to a waterfall.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Clowning with Kids in the Classroom

    • Clowning with Kids in the Classroom

    • Teachers and students; Youth; Secondary projects

    • One of my favorite jobs in Morocco was mentoring youth at a juvenile facility in Fes, the country's oldest city. Some of the kids joined me for a candid moment after an attempt to teach them a few words in English in the fall of 2006.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • They Don't See Many Farangs

    • They Don't See Many Farangs

    • Teachers and students; Schools

    • On my first visit to my village's school, the moment the kids saw me, they went nuts. The ones in the photo did not have an supervision, so they stormed out of the classrooms to look at the tall American who just came to their small school in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving in Kazakhstan

    • Thanksgiving in Kazakhstan

    • Teachers and students; Camps and clubs; Schools; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in November 2009 shortly after I arrived at my site in Kazakhstan. This was one of the first English Clubs I held in the local Kazakh school. The photo shows myself and the children, and their completed Thanksgiving turkeys...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ah Jawad!

    • Ah Jawad!

    • Teachers and students; Camps and clubs

    • Taken during spring camp in Morocco, this is Peace Corps Voulunteer Jeff (Jawad), with one of our best English students who insisted we call him "Fat Tony."
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Spelling Bee

    • Spelling Bee

    • Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken during an advanced English class at an English immersion camp in Morocco. The students were participating in a spelling competition.
    • 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

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