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    • Giant Chess

    • Giant Chess

    • Youth development; Schools; Secondary Projects

    • This picture was taken just after we finished painting a giant chess board on the gravel lot outside my school attachment. We decided to make the pieces out of recycled bottles. In the picture is me and the youth and sports teacher.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Classroom Building

    • Classroom Building

    • Schools

    • This was one of two classroom buildings that English teachers taught in at Neijiang Teachers' College, Sichuan, China. There was no air conditioning and no heat in 1998. The students below are reading the newspaper in a glass case.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fifth and Sixth Grade Class in Vanuatu

    • Fifth and Sixth Grade Class in Vanuatu

    • Schools; Teachers and students

    • This is at the end of the school day as my students were leaving. The class was a combination 5th and 6th grade. A total of 20 students would sit in this room for instruction. The walls are made by weaving coconut palm. The girls in the photo are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A is for Apple

    • A is for Apple

    • Youth; Schools; Children

    • This first grade class at Paiisi Hilendarski school in Southwest Bulgaria is taking pride in their newly created picture dictionaries.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Handwashing Lesson

    • Handwashing Lesson

    • Water and sanitation; Teachers and students; Children; Youth; Schools

    • This photo was taken during a handwashing lesson that was given during National Handwashing Day in Morocco. This photo shows me helping a student wash his hands while the other students watched a movie in their local language on the importance of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Asleep at the Teachers' Meeting

    • Asleep at the Teachers' Meeting

    • Schools; Children

    • This photo was taken in 2005 at St Joseph's College in Alafua Samoa. It was the weekly staff meeting of the teachers at the school. One of the teachers had her new born child with her and decided to place her on the table for a little nap while...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Play Time

    • Play Time

    • Youth; Schools; Dance; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken on May 24th, 2010 at the primary school in a Bulgarian village. It was the last day of schools for the first graders. These girls are dancing a traditional Bulgarian dance, called the Horo, in celebration.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning New Tricks

    • Learning New Tricks

    • Teachers and students; Cooking; Youth; Children; Schools; Camps and clubs

    • Taken in April, 2010 in Bulgaria, this picture shows an after school group of children learning how to make pitkas, traditional Bulgarian rolls, for the first time. It was taken in the community center of the village, and the woman frying the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Malagasy School Children

    • Malagasy School Children

    • Schools; Teachers and students

    • This picture was taken towards the end of 2006 and depicts some Malagasy school children in Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar. They are lining up after recess, and before classes begin again.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rural South African School's World Cup Kick-Off Party!

    • Rural South African School's World Cup Kick-Off Party!

    • Celebrations; Sports; Teachers and students; Youth; Schools

    • A grade 5 class in a rural primary school near Vryburg, South Africa gathered eagerly for their long-anticipated World Cup party put on by their class educator and village Peace Corps Volunteer. The festivities included delicious cakes, vuvuzelas,...
    • 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
    • School

    • School

    • Schools

    • This was my classroom / shop where I taught welding to village kids. At the time the idea was to teach nomadic village kids and young adults how to weld so they could apply for work at the Russian steelmill near Isfahan. The Shah was trying to keep...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • School Library

    • School Library

    • Schools; Libraries

    • This was the school library at Mohamed Ali Othman School in Taiz, in 1979, at the end of my service. I'd acquired the books (by various methods), typed catalog cards for each one, made the signs, assembled the shelves, and trained older kids to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Office

    • My Office

    • Schools; Counterparts

    • My classroom office wasn't much but I shared it with my counterpart. Most of the time was spent out on the floor with the students learning to weld. There was not much protection and I received arc burns to the eyes many times while I was there.
    • Volunteer Photos

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