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    • See through to me

    • See through to me

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • While serving in Jamaica (05-07) I worked at Mocho Primary School (what we would call an elementary school). I went through the school when I was first there and took many photos of the students, including several striking portraits. In this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing Donated School Supplies

    • Sharing Donated School Supplies

    • Teachers and students; Schools

    • This photo was taken of me while distributing supplies that were donated by an elementary school in the U.S. to a rural Mayan school in Guatemala. As an agricultural extentionist from '99 - '01, I often worked in schools such as this one, helping...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Show and Tell!

    • Show and Tell!

    • Schools; Education; Children; Host community

    • This photo was taken in my second site, the town of Etropole, in the spring of 2011. It was taken at school with my eighth grade class, when I was learning more about how to interest the students in English lessons by incorporating their personal...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Smiling Students

    • Smiling Students

    • children; schools; environment

    • I took this picture of elementary school students on January 10, 2011 in my village. The staff, students, and family members were holding a local cleaning exercise at the Lower Basic school, and I was walking around taking pictures when the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Snack Break

    • Snack Break

    • Camps and clubs; Schools; Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken at an educational institution known as "La Escuelita Que Yo Quiero" (The School That I Want). The school is held on Saturday mornings, and provides non-traditional instruction in personal development, health and hygiene for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Spring Camp

    • Spring Camp

    • Camps and clubs; Schools; Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken at Spring Camp in Taroudant. Each Volunteer was responsible for teaching two hour long English classes each day (other activities included: clubs: cooking, dance, etc., sports, cultural night, talent shows, drama,scavenger...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • St. Martin’s Catholic Mission

    • St. Martin’s Catholic Mission

    • Schools

    • One of two school buildings that housed grades 1-7. The school eventually went to ninth grade. I taught a class of 55 students in grades 5 and 6. The school year was from March to the first of December. Gbarnga, Liberia, 1968.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stomp Out Malaria - Mosquito Netting Project Crew

    • Stomp Out Malaria - Mosquito Netting Project Crew

    • Malaria; Schools; Youth; Site development

    • The photo was taken at the completion of the mosquito netting project in Mozambique. The goal of the project was to prevent malaria by putting up new mosquito netting in all windows and plant lemon grass outside of the classrooms to deter...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Student Assembly

    • Student Assembly

    • schools; youth

    • This was taken in 2007 at Khwalala Community Day Secondary School in Malawi. I was teacher at the school from 2006-08. Assemblies like this one were held once or twice a week and featured announcements, dancing, singing and dramas.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Students Practice Typing

    • Students Practice Typing

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • For the second year of my service, I developed a relationship with a secondary school in my community where I repaired computers and established a working computer lab including donated typing games. Students practiced typing skills and became...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Students with Projects

    • Students with Projects

    • Teachers and students; Schools; Education

    • My teaching was a bit more interactive than the traditional Turkish teachers'. I'd ask students to act out what vocabulary they were learning. Here was a day's lesson on prepositions. Most of my orta okul (middle school) students were from villages...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Szabo Pal Altalanos Iskola - My Classroom

    • Szabo Pal Altalanos Iskola - My Classroom

    • Schools

    • This is a photo of my classroom in Bekescsaba, Hungary. I taught groups of 15 6th through 8th grade students in this classroom around the single table you can partly see in the photo. I'm standing at the back windows of the classroom. When I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teacher Training

    • Teacher Training

    • Teachers and students; Schools; Education

    • This photo is of an education volunteer introducing teachers to methods of buliding an interest for reading amongst their students. It was taken at La Escuela Resident in Juan O'Leary, Alto Parana on July 3, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teachers' Day Festivities

    • Teachers' Day Festivities

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • Celebrating a hard fought but entertaining win at the Teachers' Day Games between the Teachers and the students at the Kharkiv Gymnasium, Kharkiv Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Teaching

    • Teaching

    • Schools; Education; Host community

    • I was a Peace Corps teacher in Malawi from 2006 to 2008. This is a photo of me teaching algebra to secondary school students.
    • Volunteer Photos

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