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    • Youth Day Parade

    • Youth Day Parade

    • HIV/AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken February 11, 2010 on Cameroon's National Youth Day. The students marching are high school students who were members of Club Reglo, or Youth Club, in my post of Banyo, Cameroon. These students were trained as peer educators...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yoga in the DR

    • Yoga in the DR

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken during a Chicas Brillantes conference in February 2011. Volunteer Phoebe is teaching 50 young Dominican girls how to use yoga to relieve stress, build self-confidence and stay healthy. It was part of a 3-day conference that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Fair

    • World Fair

    • Education; Camps and clubs

    • Volunteers from the region of Sikasso in Mali, West Africa conduct a World Fair to help kids learn about different countries and cultures.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working on our Balance

    • Working on our Balance

    • Camps and clubs; Children; Health

    • Isabel works on the parallel bars to improve her balance during occupational therapy. Her peers cheer her on. About 30-40 children with multiple disabilities lived at the children's section of the Julio Endara M. Hospital near Quito, Ecuador. Some...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Work Together, Play Together

    • Work Together, Play Together

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken in Andringitra, Madagascar. Two Peace Corps Volunteers, Kurt and Sonia, along with their sisters (visiting), met up with the Club Vintsy (an environment club). Kurt and Sonia did a lot of their work with Club Vintsy in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wind in the Willow

    • Wind in the Willow

    • Camps and clubs; Games

    • February 2011, Girl Power Camp - a girl's empowerment camp in the Philippines for third year high school girls. This activity was introduced by the participants as a trust exercise. The game is called wind in the willow.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wheelbarrow

    • Wheelbarrow

    • camps and clubs; sports

    • This photo was taken in March 2008 in Santa Rosa, Paraguay at a regional youth leadership camp. The camp was held during one day where youth, ages 13-21 came to be empowered to become leaders. They learned skills, such as this one, which focused...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ukraine's "Cinderella"

    • Ukraine's "Cinderella"

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Trust Games

    • Trust Games

    • HIV/AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Camp participants play trust games, helping them to feel comfortable with one other in hopes of encouraging them to open up and share their experiences. During the April 2012 camp, several youth led seminars on HIV...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • To Be Better Informed

    • To Be Better Informed

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo a student, Tungmay, practices reading the expiration date on a condom. All of the students were surprised to hear that condoms can (and do) expire. Therefore, as part of the lesson plan, it was key for students to practice locating...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Message Behind the Game

    • The Message Behind the Game

    • Camps and clubs

    • The message behind the game that is pictured is this: Everyone must work together so that the goal of placing the stick on the ground can be achieved. Even though it is just a game, I feel as though it is very similar to our Peace Corps service. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The End of a Successful Trip

    • The End of a Successful Trip

    • Children; Camps and clubs

    • I work at a youth center in Ukraine, and one of the big events for the small children is the annual trip to the regional center for a visit to "Dendropark" to play at the amusement park. It takes about 1 1/2 hours each way on a bus to get there and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving in Kazakhstan

    • Thanksgiving in Kazakhstan

    • Teachers and students; Camps and clubs; Schools; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in November 2009 shortly after I arrived at my site in Kazakhstan. This was one of the first English Clubs I held in the local Kazakh school. The photo shows myself and the children, and their completed Thanksgiving turkeys...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving "Lunch"

    • Thanksgiving "Lunch"

    • Schools; Camps and clubs; Teachers and students; Food and meals

    • I was teaching Conversational English in two high schools, one was Colegiul Baptist. This picture was at the teacher's cafeteria of Colegiul National Elena Ghiba-Birta in Arad, the then director of the school Doamna Iegariu poses for the camera in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Team DPV

    • Team DPV

    • Camps and clubs

    • During a Soy Sana Chicas Brillantes, which is our version of G.L.O.W., mini conference in Dominican Republic I took a picture with my Deportes para la Vida (grassroots soccer) trainers who ran HIV/AIDS prevention games for the conference.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Team Building

    • Team Building

    • Games; Camps and clubs; Youth

    • The photo was taken during an Information, Education, Communication (IEC) campaign the Philippines. The kids in the photo are 4th year high school students along with the Volunteer who is leading them through a a team building exercise....
    • Volunteer Photos

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