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    • 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
    • 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
    • No Assistance Necessary

    • No Assistance Necessary

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo two students practice putting a condom on a realistic model. This photo is particularly intriguing because, rarely seen in the States, two male students are more comfortable demonstrating proper condom usage than a male and female...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Practice Makes Perfect

    • Practice Makes Perfect

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo, two students are demonstration proper condom usage on a realistic model. The local hospital graciously lent us these models to use as well as their time. An HIV/AIDS nurse came to my camp to help educate the students about...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Life Decisions

    • Life Decisions

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo, the camp co-lead teacher, Kruu Namfone, is the last person to sign the anti-HIV/AIDS pledge banner. She eloquently summed up the experience as, "heart warming, knowing that my students, the future leaders of Thailand, promise to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Attacking the Virus

    • Attacking the Virus

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • I took this photo at Mochudi Teen Club located at Stepping Stones International in Mochudi, Botswana in 2011. Teen Club is a support group for HIV positive adolescents, sponsored by Baylor Childen's Clinical Centre of Excellence in Botswana. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Pledge Enacted

    • A Pledge Enacted

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • The signatures of students, Peace Corps Volunteers, teachers, and PHA (People with HIV/AIDS) group members show their commitment to practice safe sexual habits. All camp participants signed the banner after hearing stories from PHA group members...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mind Empowered

    • Mind Empowered

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • After listening to the local PHA (People with HIV/AIDS) group talk, the students all signed an HIV/AIDS pledge banner stating "I will practice safe sexual habits." Students, teachers, Peace Corps Volunteers and members of the PHA group all signed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Photography Class

    • Photography Class

    • Teachers and students; Camps and clubs

    • June 11, 2009, Algha, Kazakhstan. This was taken during a two week long "Friendship Bridge" summer camp organized by another volunteer. The camp included ten volunteers, ten local teachers, and one hundred 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students. In...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Camp Tufton

    • Camp Tufton

    • Camps and clubs; youth

    • July 2009 - West Indies. Camp Tufton is a summer camp hosted by Peace Corps Volunteers for the boys of the Father Mullaghan's Home for Boys
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girl Guides of Saint Lucia

    • Girl Guides of Saint Lucia

    • Camps and clubs; Youth development

    • This is a photo of the Girl Guides and myself at the top of Pigeon Point in Saint Lucia in August 2009. We did this hike as a wrap-up to our week-long HIV/AIDS & Healthy Lifestyles day camp, made possible through a SPA grant.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Romania Journalism Camp

    • Romania Journalism Camp

    • Camps and clubs; Youth development

    • In August 2007, a group of Peace Corps Volunteers across Romania converged on Sovata, Ro., in Transylvania for a week-long journalism camp. Here Volunteer Matt Zdon helps students prepare articles for the camp newspaper.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bringing cheerleading to Romania

    • Bringing cheerleading to Romania

    • Camps and clubs

    • In April 2008, the Balan Peace Corps Volunteers organized a giant cheerleading session for English Friendship Club. The 30 middle schoolers had matching T-Shirts with the club logo, a gift from our families in America, and we made pompoms to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Romanian Hula

    • Romanian Hula

    • Children; Camps and clubs

    • The four Peace Corps volunteers in my little Romanian mountain town of Balan teamed up for a middle school English club, "English Friendship Club," as named by the students. We hosted weekly meetings and a once-a-month themed party. In February,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chess Club

    • Chess Club

    • Camps and Clubs; Youth development; Teachers and Students

    • This is a photo of the chess club at my school attachment. I helped get the club started and my grandparents donated chess sets and teaching boards. This photo was taken just after the kids finished playing a simultaneous game with our Peace Corps...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Steel Pan

    • Steel Pan

    • Camps and Clubs; Teachers and Students; Music

    • This picture was taken at an Expo put on by the St. Lucia Peace Corps volunteers to display what Peace Corps is all about. During the expo some of us volunteers played the national anthems with a Lucian steel pan group that we joined. Afterward we...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • English Competition

    • English Competition

    • Camps and clubs; Teachers and students; Youth

    • Posing with a local school – secondary project Every year at site there is an honest English Competition put on by the Volunteers. This competition was started after Volunteers saw the corruption in the local competitions. Many students,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bread at a Summer Camp Graduation

    • Bread at a Summer Camp Graduation

    • Camps and clubs; Food and meals

    • In the summer many young Moldovans take part in summer camps. These camp focuses range from games and summer activities to informative seminars. In the August of 2009, I worked as a team-building trainer for a group of youth from Moldova's...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning New Tricks

    • Learning New Tricks

    • Teachers and students; Cooking; Youth; Children; Schools; Camps and clubs

    • Taken in April, 2010 in Bulgaria, this picture shows an after school group of children learning how to make pitkas, traditional Bulgarian rolls, for the first time. It was taken in the community center of the village, and the woman frying the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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