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    • Game Time

    • Game Time

    • youth development; games

    • I helped lead an English leadership summer camp at a school in L'viv. Here I was explaining a game, and the kids were excited to get started. I believe the game happening in this picture was "Giants, Wizards, & Elves."
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Ukrainian Flag Re-Created

    • The Ukrainian Flag Re-Created

    • Terrain

    • The blue in the Ukrainian flag represents the blue sky, while the yellow represents their golden wheat fields. I took this picture behind the school in Rudky. While the yellow is not full of wheat, it is full of yellow flowers appearing to make...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Little, Strong Hands

    • Little, Strong Hands

    • Teachers and students; Camps and clubs

    • This picture was taken at a 2012 school summer camp. It was originally supposed to be just a picture of me with some of the kids. But once the photographer suggested that the kids place their hands on my head, they all gladly listened.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Who We Are

    • Who We Are

    • Teachers and students

    • In June 2012 in L'viv on the same day as a EURO 2012 game was taking place in the city, my leadership club from school and the organization Prosvita partnered for an event. Prosvita organized a concert, while the leadership club implemented their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Locks of Love

    • Locks of Love

    • Statues and monuments

    • I took this photo while site seeing across Cherinihiv, Ukraine and came across this bridge that had locks in formed into the shape of a heart. I learned from the locals that when you fall in love you take your significant other to the bridge lock...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Blue and Yellow-Baturyn, Chernigev, Ukraine

    • Blue and Yellow-Baturyn, Chernigev, Ukraine

    • Statues and monuments

    • This picture is when we were leaving the fort and the castle at Baturyn. This is probably the fifth take, but the best take I took of the monument. Anyways, it shows many historical and biblical figures looking to the next philosopher figure set to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Creative Sports

    • Creative Sports

    • sports; youth

    • Volunteers play American football with a soccer ball with local youth. It was the first time the kids had played American football.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Secondary Projects: Fitness Center

    • Secondary Projects: Fitness Center

    • Secondary projects; Sports

    • Development Volunteer Lauren Warchol and her Ukrainian counterpart opened a Fitness Center for youth in her community, with the help of a Small Projects Assistance Grant. The Center is run by student volunteers, who monitor the Center, take care of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jumping for Joy...and for a Playground!

    • Jumping for Joy...and for a Playground!

    • Secondary projects

    • This photo includes RPCV Teresa Havenar and Volunteer Patrick. It also includes two children, Alyona and Igor, that attended the school I was working at and who also helped build our playground. We were jumping for excitement over the delivery...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sunset in Semenivka

    • Sunset in Semenivka

    • Pre-service Training (PST); terrain

    • This was taken in the May of 2010 in a Ukrainian village. This lake meant a lot to me. After the intense daily routine of PST, it was very relaxing to walk past this lake on the way back home everyday.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Our Porcelain Goddess

    • Our Porcelain Goddess

    • Housing

    • After two years of service, Youth Development Volunteer Lauren Warchol knows to bring her own toilet paper to this bathroom in the government funded Social Services Center where she works in Ukraine. Not much more than a hole in the ground, but at...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Ukrainian Cooking Lesson

    • A Ukrainian Cooking Lesson

    • Host families; Cooking

    • Shortly after arriving to site and moving in with our host family, three generations of Ukrainians teach Lauren how to make varenyky, stuffed dumplings, which were then filled with sour cherries. A labor of love that is so worth the effort!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Winter in the Village

    • Winter in the Village

    • Host families; Climate

    • This photo was taken during my training in Trypillia, Ukraine on March 6, 2006. The little girl is my host sister, Liza, all bundled up for her morning walk to school. It was one of the first major snowfalls I experienced while in Ukraine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • International Language - Laughter

    • International Language - Laughter

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken of a fellow Volunteer walking with her host grandmother and grandson on April 20, 2011 in Ukraine. The photo show a connection between the Volunteer and host family, although there is a language barrier.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Host Mother

    • My Host Mother

    • Host families

    • I took this photo in the summer of 2009 in my yard with my host mother in a small village in Ukraine. Summertime brings so many fresh fruits and vegetables to the market and such beautiful weather after the long hard winter that it is hard to keep...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ya Ukrainka! Lera with Host Mum Maria

    • Ya Ukrainka! Lera with Host Mum Maria

    • Host families

    • This photo was taken in March of 2006 in Uzyn, Kievskaya Oblast, Ukraine, when I had been living with my host family for about a month. On the right is my host "mother" Maria, making sure I was properly dressed to go out into the cold to use the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peace

    • Peace

    • host community friends

    • I took this picture in 2006 in the village of Karapashi, Ukraine, Kiev Oblast. This is the maintenance man at the village's bread factory.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Memorial Lanterns

    • Memorial Lanterns

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this picture on May 18th, 2012 in Ukraine. May 18th is Day of Remembrance for People Who Have Died of AIDS, the local social service center arranged for a memorial in support of those living with HIV and those who have passed away. The photo...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Watching

    • Watching

    • Children; Celebrations; Sports

    • This picture was taken during a village holiday celebration on August 7, 2011 in Ukraine. Each year there is a big celebration for the village of 3500 people. There is a concert, games for children, shaslik (Ukrainian style bbq) dancing, and a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Camp HEAL

    • Camp HEAL

    • Camps and clubs

    • Camp HEAL (Human trafficking, Education, Aids/HIV, Leadership) is a camp held in Ukraine. The camp is a week long camp that helps educate the Ukrainian youth in these topics. In the picture are the camp directors, both Peace Corps Volunteers and...
    • Volunteer Photos

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