In conjunction with the Peace Corps 50th Anniversary and the Pinyasan (Pineapple) Festival in the Philippines, Peace Corps Volunteers conducted an "Adopt-a-Classroom" event on June 16, 2011, in which 60 out-of-school youth were taught about the...
Introducing volunteer work to my students is one of the best ways to exchange culture. My students traveled 14 hours to volunteer at two Halloween parties I hosted for my new students. It was such an awesome act of volunteerism!
I am in the middle of helping create bathrooms for an elementary school of 200 students in Morocco. A boy who stayed after school to watch the volunteers work and a volunteer are sitting together on a wooden beam.
I am in the middle of helping create bathrooms for the elementary school of 200 students. This is one of the volunteers that came to help out. Amazingly, 11volunteers showed up that day and the roof was finished in one day!
I am in the middle of helping create bathrooms for the elementary school of 200 students. This is one of the volunteers that came to help out (June 2011). Amazingly, 11 volunteers showed up that day and the roof was finished in one day!
I am in the middle of helping create bathrooms for an elementary school of 200 students in Morocco. This is a view taken from the top of the bathroom, looking down. This picture was taken by a Moroccan volunteer using my camera. The volunteers are...