Urairat in new graduation dress. A wonderful woman and student. Urairat came from a poor family in Surin, Thailand and is now an English Teach in Surin. Bangkok, Thailand, 1973.
The Photo was taken August 1, 2008 during the coronation of George Tupou V as King of Tonga, looking from Centennial church (where the coronation was held) towards the Royal Palace.
The road is lined with Tapa cloth and girls from Queen Salote...
April 2009 - Grenada
The boys of J.W. Fletcher Memorial R.C. School participated in a service learning project to learn a little about culture with the construction of kites.
Work; Schools; Teachers and students; Celebrations
In 2001 I returned to Cameroon with 17 boxes of various donations for the students and the school. This photograph was taken during the reception of the donations at G.S.S. Tatum.
Each year since my Peace Corps service we assist through Educare-Africa many students with basic school supplies which we give to the best three in every class in 2-3 schools. This photograph was taken in 2008 during the prize giving ceremony at...
Schools; Teachers and students; Art; World Map Project
The photo was taken in March of 2008. My students and I were working on a World Map Project. We took a large wall that everyone walks past at the school and drew a mural of a world map. This photo shows us in the finishing stages of painting it. We...
Schools; Teachers and students; Host community friends
This photo was taken in Kourouma, Mali at the local school where we painted a map of Mali on the school wall. I had just arrived with 3 other volunteers and made quite an interruption at the school.
I took this photo at the completion of English Language Summer Camp at School #2 in Gurjaani, Georgia. We had just learned to play "English verb ball."
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...
Camps and Clubs; Youth development; Teachers and Students
This is a photo of the chess club at my school attachment. I helped get the club started and my grandparents donated chess sets and teaching boards. This photo was taken just after the kids finished playing a simultaneous game with our Peace Corps...
This picture was taken at an Expo put on by the St. Lucia Peace Corps volunteers to display what Peace Corps is all about. During the expo some of us volunteers played the national anthems with a Lucian steel pan group that we joined. Afterward we...
Posing with a local school – secondary project
Every year at site there is an honest English Competition put on by the Volunteers. This competition was started after Volunteers saw the corruption in the local competitions. Many 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...
Youth development; Education; Teachers and students
These students from Resource Centre for the Blind have just completed the second-annual Walkathon on May 19, 2010. They walked the 2.5 mile route through St. Georges, the capital of Grenada and ended at the Tanteen playing field. The purpose of the...
St. Dominics RC Primary School students prepare for the March Past portion of their annual sports day at the La Sagesse playing field. They are in competition with the yellow and red houses (all Grenadian national colors) to see who can be the most...
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...