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    • Youth Development In The Sun

    • Youth Development In The Sun

    • Celebrations; Host community friends; games

    • This photo was taken on July 9, 2011 in Bulgaria, with a group of four youth volunteers who were performing activities as a part of the Peace Corps' 20th/50th anniversary commemoration. In the photo the volunteers and I are attempting to make a...
    • 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
    • Who Knows the Answer?

    • Who Knows the Answer?

    • Celebrations; Games

    • I took this photo during a World AIDS Day event at the end of November, 2011 at a primary school in Swaziland. World AIDS Day is a great event held yearly in order to educate children and adults alike in the community, an important and fun way to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water Balloons

    • Water Balloons

    • Anniversaries; Games; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken during our 50th Anniversary celebration for Peace Corps. It was held at the community hall (see the name on the building, 'Tranom-pokonolona' literally translated as house of the townspeople) at my site in Madagascar. The sign...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Watching the Games

    • Watching the Games

    • schools; children

    • This photo was taken in July, 2011 during an school track and field competition at the primary teachers college where I serve as an education volunteer. Despite my lack of technical knowledge on track and field events, I helped run practices...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ugandan Teachers Have Fun with Math

    • Ugandan Teachers Have Fun with Math

    • Games; Teachers and students

    • At a workshop of the new Primary Five Curriculum Rollout, I took this picture of our participants (P5 teachers) engaging in some of the stations I had set up. The new P5 curriculum is focus on learner-centered teaching. This station is a math...
    • 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
    • Tire Swing

    • Tire Swing

    • Games; Children

    • I took this photo after building a tire swing for the children in my village. This was in May, 2009 in Dialafara, Mali. The photo shows a Malian child taking his turn on the tire swing as children stand around waiting anxiously for their turns. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Audacity of Hope

    • The Audacity of Hope

    • Games; Children;

    • This was a birthday party in a neighboring village. This girl had never seen a balloon before. The awe and wonder in her expression of discovery are so inspiring and touching. Bringing this kind of hope to my community and a picture of a bigger...
    • 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
    • Students During Recess

    • Students During Recess

    • Children; Games

    • During recess the kids love to be active and play, and many like to climb things. This photo was taken in a village in the highlands of Guatemala in February 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Street Hockey in the Snow

    • Street Hockey in the Snow

    • Sports; Games; Weather; Housing

    • This photo shows the view from my apartment in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Winters are long, cold and snowy there but kids enjoy playing hockey in the courtyard no matter what the weather is like.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Smart Kids

    • Smart Kids

    • Games

    • This picture was taken in July of 2011. What I have learned about the children of Tanzania is that they are genius toy makers. There inventiveness drives them to develop skills at a younger age than their American counterparts.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Slippery Pole

    • Slippery Pole

    • Children; Celebrations; Games

    • I took this photo on Sunday 8/7/2011 at my neighbors quince anos celebration. My husband and I attended the ceremony of the quincinera and following the service, the delicious lunch games for the children commenced. After a rousing and slightly...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Scrabble Buddy

    • Scrabble Buddy

    • Host community friends; games

    • Yuan Xiao Lu, a graduate student at the univeristy where I served teaching English, became one of my favorite Scrabble buddies. April 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sanook (Having Fun)

    • Sanook (Having Fun)

    • Games; Children; Volunteers; Older Volunteers

    • Sixty-seven year old PCV Carla Arnold (in the vest with back to camera) is acting like the 17-year old she tells everyone she is! This is Songkran (Thai New Year's, April 2011) in Thailand. This takes place during the summer season and is a...
    • Volunteer Photos

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