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    • Friends for Life

    • Friends for Life

    • Host community friends

    • TEFL volunteer, Taylor takes a moment to chat with her neighbors in Kyrgyzstan. For many Volunteers, these small, daily interactions with the local community lay the ground work for life long friendships.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Imagining Victory

    • Imagining Victory

    • Games; Youth; Host families

    • The day after I arrived at my pre-service host family's home, I was taken to the town of Borjomi, Georgia. Twelve year old Vasha competed in this chess tournament. I snapped this picture and within 2-3 moves, Vasha had won this game and with this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Four Examples of Georgian Happiness

    • Four Examples of Georgian Happiness

    • Children; Youth development

    • This photo was taken within the first few days of my arrival for pre-service training in the Republic of Georgia. The children were extremely excited for my arrival, and getting them to pose for a photo took much time and patience. I think they...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Arzantiiga

    • Arzantiiga

    • elders; agriculture

    • Family heads and local chiefs take a break from a moringa presentation and demonstration to pose with PCV Christy Ross in front of her house in Silmidougou, Burkina Faso. The workshop in July of 2009 marked the beginning of a several secondary...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Three Muses

    • Three Muses

    • Children

    • Three girls of a close family in the village of Tanka, Niger. It must have been bath time. The photo was taken in 2006 and it captures each of their personalities so perfectly.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Funeral Offering to the Widow

    • A Funeral Offering to the Widow

    • Elders; Host community

    • As a school we walked to this widow's house to give her a live pig, bags of rice, bags of fruit, and our money donation (from the faculty). The widow was the wife of a respected member of the school board. She in return gave all the visitors a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Judge for Culture Day

    • Judge for Culture Day

    • Teachers and students; Dance; Music

    • The Head of the English Department of our school, Cape Rodney, asked me to serve as one of the judges of the school's Culture Day. The students performed dances and songs from their own cultural heritage - there were about 8 different language...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Students in Native Costume on Culture Day

    • Students in Native Costume on Culture Day

    • Traditional dress

    • The Headmaster sent some students - only from his tribe - home to collect ancestral headwear, dress, and artifacts for the Culture Day competition. The rest of the students had to forage in the nearby forest for their attire. The young men are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Santa Claus Comes to Loloato Island

    • Santa Claus Comes to Loloato Island

    • Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • Santa is asking the children whether they have been good. He rewards them with small candies. We were on Loloato Island for an in-service training near Christmastime. The proprietors of the place we stayed arranged for Santa to visit during our...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Swearing-In Day

    • Swearing-In Day

    • Swearing-in ceremonies

    • This is taken in front of the American Embassy in Port Morseby just after Jean was sworn-in. Clayton was sworn-in 10 days earlier with the rest of the cohort. Jean's security clearance was delayed - Jean received an individual swearing in from the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peace Corps: one part of ACTION

    • Peace Corps: one part of ACTION

    • Marketing campaigns; ACTION

    • Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities and how Peace Corps fit in to the newly formed federal agency ACTION, which was established on July 1, 1971. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is...
    • Brochures

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