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- Winter Fun
- Youth; Sports
- This photo was taken in the winter of 2009. Even though the temperature can get pretty cold in the Winter it does not stop the children from playing outside. Sledding is the favored pastime when the snow hits the ground.
- Volunteer Photos
- 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
- Working Cowboys
- Youth; Work; Rural sites
- While we were conducting a home visit, these two boys came tromping back from working out in the fields. They were instantly curious as to who the strangers in their house were. They looked so cute in their matching cowboy hats that I asked to take...
- Volunteer Photos
- World AIDS Day 2010
- Celebrations; HIV/AIDS
- This was a World AIDS Day March that I organized along with New Life Organization in Grenville, Grenada. We distributed information about HIV and AIDS, a list of places that provide free testing and counseling, and red awareness ribbons.
- Volunteer Photos
- World AIDS Day 2011
- HIV/AIDS
- This photo was taken December 3, 2011 during an event to mark the observance of World AIDS Day. This little girl attended the event, which included a candlelight vigil, a skit competition and informational session on SIDA. A group of young people...
- Volunteer Photos
- World AIDS Day 2011
- HIV/AIDS
- The women at the literacy association where I worked made this cake as part of the World AIDS Day celebration that we held on Dec. 1, 2011 in Morocco. The event featured a SIDA skit competition, a candlelight vigil, and informational session about...
- Volunteer Photos
- World Cup Excitement at Mahlahluvana Primary School
- Sports; Youth; Celebrations
- This picture was taken on June 9, 2010, the last day of school for the term before a big holiday for the World Cup. All the staff and learners who had soccer jerseys wore them that day and also brought vuvuzelas (a traditional South African soccer...
- Volunteer Photos
- World Map
- Secondary Projects; World Map Project
- This photo was taken inside a classroom at a men's prison in July of 2008 in Concepcion, Paraguay. I organized a world map mural with eight prisoners who were working on achieving their high school diplomas while they finished their prison...
- Volunteer Photos
- World Map
- Crafts; World Map Project; Youth; Schools
- This photo was taken in January 2013. My friend and I helped create a world map at my primary school, and the local community members and children loved to sit and watch us while we drew out the individual countries. Some were even brave enough to...
- Volunteer Photos
- World Map
- Teachers and Students; World Map Project
- This is a photo of Volunteer Aliyya painting a world map with her students in Guatemala.
- Volunteer Photos
- 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
- Ya-ee
- Host families
- I took this photo in December 2010 in Cambodia. The photo shows my ya-ee (Khmer language for grandmother) fanning herself on another hot Cambodian day.
- Volunteer Photos
- Yak Herding girl in Nepal
- Youth
- Yak herding girl in the Langtang region of Nepal in 1975. I worked with these yak herders as a Volunteer in Nepal.
- Volunteer Photos
- Yebo Gogo
- Elders; Youth
- I took this photo in Naas, South Africa on March 23, 2011. The woman pictured is the grandmother or Gogo in siSwati of a client that I work with. Gogos have frequently become the primary care givers in a country where many children are orphaned as...
- Volunteer Photos
- Yi Teenage Boy
- Youth; Traditional dress
- I lived in an area that was the capital of the Yi nationality. Although many Yi women are seen wearing traditional dress, it is less common to see the men in traditional dress. That's part of why I was so impressed with this boy's clothing. He...
- Volunteer Photos
- Yoga
- Sports; Pre-service training (PST)
- I took this picture in August 2010 during my pre-service training in Cambodia. This photo shows a group of my fellow Volunteers practicing yoga during some free time in one Volunteer's host family's wooden home.
- Volunteer Photos
- Yoga Masters
- Youth Development; Girls' Education
- Over the past year, I have been working with a youth club with the aim of lifeskills education and girls' empowerment. Part of our aim is empowerment through health and ownership of one's body. Every Wednesday after school, anywhere from 15-25...
- Volunteer Photos
- Young Bride
- Weddings; Youth
- After the first year of service, I moved to a new apartment that had been occupied by a former Volunteer. She had left in one of the closets a few blankets. Another Volunteer in Arad and I decided to bring those blankets to a very poor family that...
- Volunteer Photos
- Youth
- HIV/AIDS; Youth
- This photo was taken during my trip to Crimea, Ukraine, to visit some local Volunteers. I don't remember the name of the boy, I guess he is eleven. He lives in Crimea, and enjoys his life playing football with his friends rather then wasting time...
- Volunteer Photos
- Youth at Dance Performance
- Children; Youth; Traditional dress; Dance; Celebrations
- Niueans love their fiafias (parties, celebrations.) The kids from my village, Avatele, are dressed here for their dance performance for a village celebration. I think this particular one was celebrating the accomplishments of 2 Avatele villagers-...
- Volunteer Photos