Camps and clubs; Teachers and students; Universities
This photo was taken during summer camp at European University--my work site. My students put on "Cinderella" with some reverse gender roles to celebrate graduations and the end of the semester.
One of the many women's choruses at a Festival of Russian Culture in Vilkova, Ukraine, 2009. This region of southern Ukraine was formerly called Bessarabia, and I have been told that there are more than 30 ethnic groups or cultures in Odessa...
This photo was taken in Spring of 2007, when I went back to my training site to visit my host family during Spring Break. My family consisted of my host sister, mom and grandmother. Even though I only lived with them for three months, they...
While a TEFL Teacher Trainer in Ukraine, I traveled around my oblast (region) to talk about service learning with teachers of English during the spring of 2009. It was an amazing experience to work with such talented and dedicated teachers. They...
This photo was taken on the 4th of July in the yard of my apartment building. I cooked some traditional American fried chicken, macaroni and cheese and potato salad. I also painted my neighbors faces with American symbols. The little girls kept...
Students in Volunteer Caroline Mackenzie's English lesson classes are sharing stories for Florence Elementary School students, San Diego California, as part of the World Wise Schools program. Frances Mackenzie, 2nd Grade teacher at Florence...
Volunteer Caroline with members of various organizations that are members of the National Assembly for the Disabled at a conference for Ukrainian organizations that work to promote and to improve the lives of the disabled in Ukraine.
The picture is of my Ukrainian Coordinator, Natalya Musulya, picking me up at the L'viv, Ukraine, train station. I had just completed my three months of language training in Fastiv, as part of Ukraine-Group 28
I was posted to serve at the...
I took this picture in April of 2005 during my language training in Fastive, Ukraine. I passed this cemetery everyday as I walked from my host family's home to the town center for language lessons with my training group.
Note that cemetery...
People gather at the church at 4a.m. with baskets complete with traditional paska bread, a candle, and items from their garden and wait for the priest to bless everything.
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...
Each year the Perechyn orphanage, like most orphanages, holds a Fall Festival. Tanya and Ivan play the role of nature and earth. These kids grew up in front of my eyes the three years I spent with them. Just before I left, Ivan ran away from the...