Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); elders
PCVs visited the Village of Buteni, Romania on September 8, 2008 to assist a skills training workshop for Roma Girls funded by Peace Corps GAD Romania. They met this wonderful Romania lady who gave information about the life of the Romas in the...
Myself and another volunteer (who just finished her service along with two Hungarian ladies- now friends) spent time to teach and entertain over 40 children for a summer camp in near St. Gheorghe. We had such a great time, but after all the...
My counterpart married in February 2008. After the civil ceremony in town hall, the procession moved to the Orthodox church - unheated in the chilly Transylvanian winter. Then came a 200-person party that lasted until sunrise.
I took this picture at my counterpart's house during my initial visit to site July 2009 in Romania. It was time for my counterpart and her family to pack up their freshly cut wheat harvest. This picture is of my counterpart's husband and son. They...
A long hike up to the stana where George and his family tend the sheep (over 400 of them) for many in the village of Brusturoasa, Romania. He invited myself and a friend to see how that delicious commodity, "branza in coaja de brad", is made. ...
Three members of English Friendship Club were among those dressed as pirates for a monthly themed party in Balan, Romania. After pirate-themed activities, the 30 members were given "booty," matching club t-shirts. The January 2008 meeting was one...
This is a sunset view overlooking a small village of Cristest during the summer of 2004 as I was visiting one of my Romanian colleagues’ home in Moldova region. This scene shows a typical rural landscape found in Northeastern part of Romania. ...
This all began early after I started to work for an orphanage as an arts and crafts instructor/ English teacher. I would buy my fruits, cheese, vegetables and bread at the local "piața" or market. In the front by the street sidewalk was also a...