Posts tagged host family
Life is calling. How far will you go?
Happy First Day of Spring!
“In my small village in Ukraine, The Meeting of Spring is the single largest public celebration held each year around March 1st. Each Street creates a float-type submission and everyone who lives on the street passes through the town before doing a skit on the main stage. In these photos, I’m with my host mother Laryssa and her street neighbors who were dressed as aliens!”
- Peace Corps Youth Development Volunteer Jessie Park
(Source: collection.peacecorps.gov)
A little peek at my site! Click on individual pictures for a larger view :)
This photo was taken in the small village of Ain Chaib, Morocco, just east of Agadir, on my host grandmothers farm. It is early morning and Jdda (grandma) is sitting on a grain bag, sifting through argan nuts as she pours them into a hand operated grinder made of stone. I return to the U.S. in two weeks and she is making Argan Oil for me to take back to my family in America. She wants me to remember her and the two years we spent together on her farm. She is the only grandmother I’ve ever known.
- Peace Corps Business Development Volunteer Leslie Mansour
Saying goodbye to my beautiful Ukrainian host family. I will miss them so!
A host family outside their ger in Mongolia - 2006
A Peace Corps Volunteer relaxes with his host mother and host sister in Senegal - 2009
This is my host brother having his hair washed by my host mom. He was born only a week after I arrived at my site. Because of that, it was always easy to remember how old he was. I took this picture close to the end of my service, so that means Jose is almost 2 years old here.
Peace Corps Agriculture Volunteer Sara Jablonski
Cameroon - 2009
In the photo, I was teaching two of my host sisters, Samira and Hafsa, about how in America we make wishes on dandelions. We live in the Sahara desert but near an Oasis. Here the children know every plant, herb and even weed that grows. They always want me to eat some strange seed, or smell a weird plant. Now they know another use for dandelions! Photo taken by fellow Volunteer, Jo Troyer.
Peace Corps Youth Development Volunteer Rachel Rubinski
Dedushka, Russian for grandfather, sits by the fire with his cat warming his hands. - Ukraine, 2010
