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“They taught me more than I could ever teach them.”
-Katie, Community Health Education Volunteer in Cambodia
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“Cebu Provincial Farm & Family Day, welcoming farmers and fisher folk from all over the island for fun competitions including net mending and traditional rice cleaning races. Here, a woman cleans the rice by shaking and tossing it to filter fine particles away from the grains.”
- Philippines Volunteer Jessica
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Volunteers in Cambodia work with their communities on health and education projects. During their service they learn to speak Khmer. More than 360 Peace Corps volunteers have served in Cambodia since the program was established in 2007. http://bit.ly/1OTxs6T
A local fisherman repairs his fishing net in the Philippines.
There are 147 volunteers in the Philippines working with their communities on projects in education, youth development and the environment. More than 8,860 Peace Corps volunteers have served in the Philippines since the program was established in 1961.
Strike a pose!
There are 91 volunteers in Thailand working with their communities on projects in education and youth development. More than 5,200 Peace Corps volunteers have served in Thailand since the program was established in 1962.
My site mate and I hold a weekly art club at the high school where I teach English. Today, students learned about linear perspective while drawing pictures of Angkor Wat.
These look great!
Cambodian children fascinated with seeing themselves on camera after helping PCV Danielle Carrillo paint an outhouse with a sanitation message in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.
There are 91 volunteers in Cambodia working with their communities on projects in education and health. More than 360 Peace Corps volunteers have served in Cambodia since the program was established in 2007
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Ultimate (Frisbee) Cambodian women
In the old days, I’d have to beg and cajole my trainees to come out and play. I often sat there alone waiting for players. Now, though, Sina K., Sina T., Sonita, Soklem, Sophal (the first three are women), are often badgering me to play on the plaza after class. So I do what most Cambodian women teachers don’t — I untuck my button-down shirt, take off my shoes, and hitch up my long traditional teaching skirt and run willy nilly to score a goal downfield. The most rewarding thing for me is not just seeing all my female students thrive and participate in a field sport, but also seeing them continue to play on their own and forcing those male soccer players to share the sports space!
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6 little differences in Thailand
3. Typing out laughter online. LOL. LMAO. LMFAO. Haha. Hehe. Bwahahahah! We have a lot of different ways to type out laughing in English online. But the Thai will type 555. Maybe 555+. Why do Thais type 555? Well, this is a fun one. The word for five in Thai is haa and the tone is a falling tone, so your voice goes up and then down. Now read 555 aloud. Pretty neat, huh?
Men play a popular sport called takraw at an annual competition near Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand. Native to the Thai-Malay peninsula, the sport has spread throughout Southeast Asia and is traditionally played with a woven bamboo ball, three players per team, and operates like a foot-forward game of volleyball. Overhead kicks require remarkable agility and dexterity, abilities players are prided for demonstrating.
There are 91 volunteers in Thailand working with their communities on projects in education and youth development. More than 5,200 Peace Corps volunteers have served in Thailand since the program was established in 1962.
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President Obama is proud to announce today in Naypyitaw that the Peace Corps will open a program in Burma.
The first Peace Corps Volunteers will arrive in late 2015 and will undergo three months of comprehensive cross-cultural, language, and technical training before moving to their volunteer sites for two years. At their sites, they will partner with people to strengthen local capacity, facilitate cultural exchanges at the grassroots level, and build friendships that will last a lifetime and further strengthen the ties between our two countries.
Photo: Sargent Shriver touring Burma
Photo Credit: Sargent Shriver Peace Institute