My Escojo kids did what's called a peaje last sunday morning and we raised 1,400 pesos (about $50)! They wanted formal I.D. cards to represent themselves as members of Escojo! They earned it and I was proud!
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Mi percussionisto!
Marco, te toca!
the kid has more rythm than.... tu sabe!
Capt. of the beach!
I love the beach!
Mama!
Mama & Co.! my my how I have missed my old gang!
What do you have to say kids?
Its time to say goodbye my friends :(
King of Las Pajas!
Does this scenery look familiar?
Lolo is a new woman!
Lolo is one happy lady with her new fogon saludable!
4th Fogon in Duveaux!
Meca and Muela are some happy chefs!
Celebrate good times, Celebrate!
1st grade likes to read!
Bizcocho - $ 1,200 pesos!
This was the highest cost for the graduation
Escojo Graduation
Just lovin' it!
Oh Rach!
I could not wait to get out of there!
Julia waits patiently!
Youth, Family & Community Development
Hip hip hooray!
Signing Off - Peace Corps D.R.
We are out!
Girl talk!
Hanging out at home, chitchatting with the girls about why its ok to wait to have kids!
Yoelna - 21 years old and her son, 2 years old
Yoelna's mom had her first kid when she was 12 too
Lila
Lila said she didn't plan any of her children, but her husband loved her and there wasn't any tv back then!
Mejen
Mejen (88) with her oldest child, Lila (76)
Yaindi - 12 years old
di que she had an abortion in December
Wincho
mi gallo anda suelto
I love GLOW!
Geography anyone?
Where in the world is the D.R.!?
OOOOAaaaammmmm!
Namaste! stretch it out ladies!
Jonathan is a GLOW guy!
I love a man so comfortable with his sexuality!
I love me!
Girls and their body images!
Girls just wanna have fu' un!
Go girls Go!
only awkward for me
there is no word for awkward in spanish
Love in Escojo!
This is the Dominican Republic
Nothin' left to say!
Julia lovin' it at the beach!
Beach babes!
Odi in Action!
Math under the Mango Tree!
Work it Cholo!
Best spot in the house!
Buen Provecho Cholo!
Congrats!
Drama!
Woman discovers water!
Escojo & Me!
Drama practice night before event!
Look what made it to the D.R.!
I remember this from the 4th grade!
The Man behind it all!
Escojo Kids admiring their own photography!
Photo exhibit & friends
Difference between sex & gender?
Dad supporting daughter for Women's Day Event
Men can march too!
Milagros rockin' it on stage!
Women's Day ceremony
March On Mujeres!
Women's Day March
Kids practicing late night!
Freezing in the Caribbean!
Drama rehearsal!
My Mama, the beach baby!
The waves don't scare my Mama!
Eternal ? of a spotless mind
Just cuz its not a beach day, doesn't mean you can't go to the beach!
Marco y Madrina
Even Auntie Eileen can't get enough of Marco!
Fregar much??
Chito!
Bendamalina, Bendamalina!
Mama and Me!
Obama!
this is my favorite!
What's with all the commotion?
Sleepin' on the job!
Just another day at the Clinic!
Takin' care of patients from head to toe!
Elephantiasis or lymphatic filariasis
Andrea still walks around the house and cooks every day.
Home Visits
The woman inside this house is bed-ridden and sleeps on a bed saturated in urine. Regardless of these circumstances, she was happy to see us and grateful for our care.
Ben & Company!
Just can't keep their eyes off Sports Med Professor!
Escojo Mi Vida!
A quick game of reproductive organ jumping!
Kids Club! "Eres tu Mi Mama?"
sometimes I wonder if I am their mother
Just the basics!
Yes, it's a stove!
Here is where I introduced Dominicans to the multigrain pancake!
Cocina from the outside!
Just in case anyone was interested in where I cook every day! Here is my kitchen!
Mano a dentro!
Get to work!
Firewood goes here!
Volleyball for All!
A little half time show!
Deja tu timidez!
A little shy to start!
Obama is our President!
What is Charlie Chaplin doin' back there?
At least someone is using my heels!
What to wear???
Where do we go from here??
Run away dominican !
Sisters !
Last minute photo shoot in Philly!
Do I get a good Sailor's Reward?
Seawolves Unite!
Story Pirate show in N.Y.C.!
Hello New England!
Pete (at Pete's Orchard) said the trees were picked dry!
Grandpa Gon!
Marco's Grandpa, but I treat him like my own!
Tia Barbara and nephews!
Too Cute Photo Shoot!
Mama's Boy!!!
Marco! my favorite kid on the block!
Muchachos gettin' down!
My girl Meluda is certainly impressed!
Soranji and I head to the monte neither appropriately dressed.
Rainbow earrings do not exactly scream cut down firewood!
Enjoying a ring pop!
I did have to use diappers!
Chocolate I can't currently eat yet!
My two favorite neighborhood sisters Soranje and Barabara laughing like school girls
Barbara just rockin' out! (the best part is she is usually so reserved and an avid church goer!)
Mom and Sha see where I live for the first time!
Friends and neighbors were almost as excited to see my fam as I was!
My girls had my sis on the dance floor within moments of their arrival!
What face would you make if you saw a white woman for the first time?
This is my mom and I love her
Just the girls! (what's vacation without red cheeks?)
Rancho Campeche Crew!
Environmentally Friendly Friends!
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