My students loved to play bingo as a review activity during English lessons. Here, third grader Nursultanbek chooses and reads a letter of the alphabet while the rest of the students find it on their bingo cards. May 2011, Saumalkol Kazakh...
Fourth graders Almas and Alisher practice their English reading skills with PC volunteer Anna Rodgers. This photo was taken in April 2011 at Saumalkol Kazakh Secondary School in northern Kazakhstan.
I took this photo in March 2010 at the Ahmed Yassaui mausoleum in Turkistan, Kazakhstan. These people are praying while holding their hands in a traditional gesture. When they finish their prayer, they will sweep their hands in front of their...
Miras, a 6th grader at Saumalkol Kazakh Secondary School in northern Kazakhstan, performs a song during a Nauryz celebration on March 22, 2011. Nauryz is the Kazakh New Year and is celebrated across the country with traditional activities like...
Kazakhs traditionally tie strips of cloth to trees at special places, such as the top of a mountain or near a stream, and make a wish. Photo taken near Ayrtau lake, Northern Kazakhstan in July 2010.
Even though students study at the same school from first to eleventh grade, Kazakhstani schools still hold a graduation ceremony for the fourth graders when they graduate from the beginning classes. The ceremony often includes a dance for all the...
Shubat is a traditional Kazakh drink made from fermented camel's milk. This woman owns a herd of camels in Ayrtau, Northern Kazakhstan and milks them twice a day. Photo taken June 2011.
I took this photo at Sayram-Ugam National Park in Kazakhstan in March 2010. The Kazakh people are traditionally good horsemen who, even in the modern world, continue to have a close connection to their animals.