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    • Women's Day Celebration

    • Women's Day Celebration

    • Teachers and students; Traditional dress; Dance; International Women's Day

    • My school held a celebration dinner for International Women's Day, March 8th. Women's Day is a big deal in Romania. I enjoyed the dinner and dancing, after which a friend took this picture showing me and students in traditional costumes. My...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Successful Harvest

    • A Successful Harvest

    • Agriculture; Host families

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Romanian Dancers

    • Romanian Dancers

    • Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • I took this photo in the fall of 2003 at the annual dance festival and competition that takes place each year in Giurgiu, Romania to celebrate the harvest.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Somlyo

    • Somlyo

    • Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • As a Peace Corps volunteer, I took part in the annual Somlyo pilgrimage. "Ave Maria" echoed through the high mountain valley as it has every Pentecost for 440 years. Horsemen in wool Hussars uniforms, cardinals in jewel-tone robes and peasant...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dr. Seuss in Transylvania

    • Dr. Seuss in Transylvania

    • Schools; Education; Youth

    • Bianca, an 11th grader, helps fifth graders sound out words in a Dr. Seuss book as part of a project aiming to promote English and reading. The books were donated by friends in the United States. The 5th graders loved the attention from high...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Arrrr, Middle Schoolers

    • Arrrr, Middle Schoolers

    • Youth; Celebrations

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saying Goodbye

    • Saying Goodbye

    • Children; Teachers and Students; Youth;

    • Peace Corps volunteer Ferris Badge and I took on an additional project of teaching preschool. My primary assignment was in the high school, and Ferris worked with an eco-club. With our most advanced class, we ended every session singing the Barney...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Romanian Hula

    • Romanian Hula

    • Children; Camps and clubs

    • The four Peace Corps volunteers in my little Romanian mountain town of Balan teamed up for a middle school English club, "English Friendship Club," as named by the students. We hosted weekly meetings and a once-a-month themed party. In February,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kristen & Ionutz

    • Kristen & Ionutz

    • Children; Celebrations

    • Balan, Romania: At a ceremony for the dead in the spring of 2008, one of my preschoolers came up to me to show off his English. He was a stellar student, besides being sweet and one of the very few preschoolers who could answer "How are you" with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kristen & Maricica

    • Kristen & Maricica

    • Host families

    • This was near Balan, Romania. My host mother was dropping me off in the county seat so I could catch a train to the capital at the end of my service. She gave me about 200 kisses as she cried and said goodbye. She was a woman with great love in her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dacia with Daily Bread

    • Dacia with Daily Bread

    • Food and meals; Pre-service training (PST)

    • Close to the apartment where I lived in Arad, the driver in this classic Dacia had fallen asleep. In the back were loaves of bread. During in-service training I stayed with a host family in Ploiesti (I felt I was the luckiest of Volunteers to have...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baptist School Students

    • Baptist School Students

    • Children

    • I had left my camera back in the US when I left to volunteer in Romania. There I acquired an old Russian Zorky-C rangefinder camera and an old very bulky medium format German camera. This picture of students was taken at one of the schools where I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Old Man on Icy Sidewalk

    • Old Man on Icy Sidewalk

    • Elders; Host community

    • In the city of Arad, on my way to the after school program run my the orphanage where I worked, I saw this older gentleman carefully balancing on the icy sidewalk.
    • Volunteer Photos

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