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    • Candlelight Red Ribbon

    • Candlelight Red Ribbon

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken after a week-long training of trainers on the topic of HIV/AIDS and behavior change communication, which included interviews of local sex workers, and a testimonial from a PLWH. This pictures is of Blake Van Fleteren, one of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Red Ribbons

    • Red Ribbons

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken on Thursday, May 24, after a week long training on HIV/AIDS and behavior change communication. The photo is comprised of all participants, both PCVs and Filipino counterparts, along with the facilitators, again both PCVs and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Center Mural

    • Center Mural

    • art;

    • My site-mate and I were discussing potential ideas for our center's mural project. We painted these images with respective Arabic numbers so that the students could use them as counting resources.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Piñatas

    • Making Piñatas

    • Camps and clubs

    • In this photo, Volunteer Erin assists students in making piñatas at an English immersion summer camp in South Kazakhstan. In connection with this project students learned about Mexican culture and it's presence in the United States.
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    • Becoming a Shiehk

    • Becoming a Shiehk

    • Celebrations

    • My neighbor and long time friend brought me over my Close of Service goodbye gift. A tradition dishdash, robe, head piece and prayer beads. We spent the evening with me dressed up and drinking coffee on the roof.
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    • Tom with a student

    • Tom with a student

    • children; schools

    • Tom was teaching a very energetic student. This student was smart, but didn't know how to interact with her surroundings. Tom made it an effort to illustrate 'raising hands' as a respectful way to get someone's attention.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Human Boggle

    • Human Boggle

    • Games; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo, Volunteer Robin plays a game with students at an English immersion summer camp that took place in South Kazakhstan in June 2011. The camp was attended by 83 students who participated in the "English Olympics." The students in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The slapping game

    • The slapping game

    • host families

    • My host family had my fellow training group over for lunch. We all sat, talked and Jessica taught my host sister the 'hand slapping game.' It was the hit of the afternoon.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Arabic lessons

    • Arabic lessons

    • Language training

    • We all were being taught Arabic in a local school. It was the first week in the country and the lessons had gotten stressful. We moved outside to get fresh air and the morale brightened.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Drum Lesson

    • Drum Lesson

    • music

    • One of our LCFs taught a fellow volunteer to play the local drums. The bus ride from seeing historic landmark was that much more fun with live music and everyone singing along.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Soccer with the boys

    • Soccer with the boys

    • sports; children

    • After arriving at our host training site, my site-mate and I were brought to play soccer with our host brother's friends. They had never seen a digital camera up close and were posing while Tom played with a few of them in the background.
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    • Goat Games

    • Goat Games

    • Animals; Games

    • Every year, when the herders would come back around June, they would host a celebration in my village, Goudoude Diobe, Senegal. The younger men would lead their herd of goats and sheep around in a large circle, performing small tricks for the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Always Laughing

    • Always Laughing

    • Children

    • I took this photo one very hot afternoon after lunch in my village, Goudoude Diobe. All the adults typically slept after the meal, but the girls and I would continue to talk and laugh. As soon as I took my camera out, there was a frenzy to see...
    • Volunteer Photos

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