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    • 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.
    • 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...
    • 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....
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • morning coffee with the nana staras

    • morning coffee with the nana staras

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

    • This photo was taken in July outside of my school the south west mountains of Bulgaria. In my community, which is 100% Bulgarian Muslim the women have a traditional dress that includes a head scarf and colorful pants called shalvary. Through out...
    • Latin Locks of Love

    • Latin Locks of Love

    • youth;

    • I took this photo July 19, 2011 in Ecuador. After school, this 12 year old girl and her mother visited their local hair salon and chopped off more than 12" each. They had been planning to donate their hair for months - the little girl had seen an...
    • Trust Fall

    • Trust Fall

    • Youth development

    • This photo, taken on July 21, 2011, depicts Peace Corps trainee Jeff as he demonstrates "trust falls' with Peruvian youth at the local colegio in Peru during field-based training. Youth development Volunteers often use self-esteem and trust...
    • Comilla Outreach

    • Comilla Outreach

    • youth development; community development; health

    • Pinky, my student at the Department of Youth Development, is teaching a hygiene class in a poor part of Comilla. One part of our class involved a community outreach project.
    • Game Time

    • Game Time

    • youth development; games

    • I helped lead an English leadership summer camp at a school in L'viv. Here I was explaining a game, and the kids were excited to get started. I believe the game happening in this picture was "Giants, Wizards, & Elves."
    • 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,...
    • Students at Orphanage Camp Learning English

    • Students at Orphanage Camp Learning English

    • youth; education

    • Eager to learn, level three students at an orphanage camp in Rabat are writing their daily lesson. They are excited to learn what I was going to teach them next. These young minds are full of questions about proper ways of writing and speaking...
    • Full of Excitement

    • Full of Excitement

    • youth; education

    • The students at Imlil Primary School are full of excitement and anticipation of all the activities and gifts provided by the Casablanca’s Rotary Club.
    • Taking it all in

    • Taking it all in

    • youth; environment

    • This was on a field trip to the Carib Territory which is on the west coast of Dominica. The children in the picture are all currently living in a youth shelter where I work as counselor/care-giver.
    • Environmental Trash Pick-up

    • Environmental Trash Pick-up

    • youth; environment

    • Despite of the rain, the students’ eager to collected as much trash as they could in order to help promote a cleaner environment and raise environmental awareness throughout the community of Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco. This photo shows the students...
    • Students Teaching Each Others

    • Students Teaching Each Others

    • youth; environment

    • After an environmental trash pick-up activity and lesson in Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco, we’ve divided the students in groups and asked them to present what they have learned from the activity and how they envision a healthy environment to be.
    • Trask Pick-up

    • Trask Pick-up

    • youth; environment

    • Zakaria placed the collected trashes into the garbage can from an environmental trash pick-up activity in Ait Ben Haddou. This activity enhances the youth awareness and helps promote a cleaner and healthier environment.
    • Art and Craft Activity

    • Art and Craft Activity

    • youth; environment

    • After an environmental trash pick-up activity, we planned an art and craft activity to teach the students/youth to enhance their creative mind through making tables and chairs from recycle goods like soda cans. As the students explored their...

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