First, I’d like to say ‘Thank you’ to all of you who donated to our Peace Corps Partnership Program fundraiser for this year’s Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) and Teaching Our Boys Excellence (TOBE) youth development summer camps in Romania. We absolutely could not have done this without your support and we are all very […]
Posts Tagged ‘Peace Corps’
“Sir Jeremy” Yeah, I could get used to that.
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Andreea Buza, Andrian Rusu, GLOW, Jeremy Wustner-Brown, Loredana Duca, Peace Corps, TOBE, Valea Calugareasca on June 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Habitat for Humanity
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Habitat for Humanity, Oarja, Peace Corps, Pitești, Romania, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Volunteer Match on May 26, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Our Peace Corps Country Director is understandably a big fan of Habitat for Humanity. She worked on builds with the organization during her time as a Peace Corps Volunteer and then later found employment there, finishing her six years with Habitat as a Director of Volunteer Engagement. As our Country Director in Romania, she collaborated […]
Trees for Peace 2.0, The Greenhouse Effect
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Greenhouse, MaiMultVerde, Peace Corps, Ștefan Bradea, Trees for Peace, US Embassy, Valea Calugareasca on April 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Last year I participated in a project called “Trees for Peace” or, in Romanian, “Pomi pentru Pace.” The premise was to plant one tree for each of the 22 years Peace Corps had served in Romania since the fall of communism. This project was carried out in ten communities throughout Romania including mine, Valea Călugărească, […]
Mighty Mighty TOBE Boys
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Creasta Cocoșului, GLOW, Merry Cemetery, Peace Corps, Școala pentu Viața, Seini, TOBE on July 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Every year it begins basically the same way, the air surrounding the camp is full of apprehension and nervous excitement. As the initial campers arrive, the first question is always something similar: “What are the other campers like? Are they nice, friendly or are they mean?” As the week progresses this apprehension gives way to […]
Another Day at the Office
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Carpathian Mountains, Eastern Orthodox Church, Peace Corps, Valea Calugareasca on May 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Often, I comment to friends and family that I feel as though every day is a workday and, to a large extent, this is true. After all, my “office” is essentially the entire country in which I serve. Summed up, our goals as Peace Corps Volunteers are to help host country nationals with skills development […]
Parlez-vous Roumain? La Deuxième Partie
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Arc de Triomphe, Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Champes de Mars, Champs-Elysees, Eiffel Tower, L'Ecrin, La Moulin Rouge, Les Invalides, Montmartre, Paris, Peace Corps, Port Alexandre III, Târgoviște, Trocadero, Vintage Hostel on February 16, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Day One It was now Friday morning and after a good night’s sleep it was time to see Paris for the first time in the daylight. The forecast of partly cloudy skies and moderately warm temperatures would turn out to provide the perfect atmosphere for the day. Little did I know at the fresh promise […]
Rivalry
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Csíkszereda, Miercurea Ciuc, Peace Corps, Romania, Steaua Rangers on January 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »
On a last-minute whim, thanks largely again to the insistence of PCV Aran, I hopped a train North to Miercurea Ciuc, Romania for a hockey match. Now, understandably, it may seem strange to travel ten hours round trip for a hockey game, especially when I am not even a sports fan and you would be […]
La Mulți Ani 2012
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Columbo, Gara De Nord, La Mulți Ani 2012, New Years Eve, Palace of the Parliament, Peace Corps, Revelion, Smiley, The Green Frog Hostel on January 28, 2012 | 3 Comments »
With the fully content mindset to stay home alone on New Years Eve, I was ready to bring in the New Year silently cheering in my quiet school side home. However, as fate would have it my Peace Corps Volunteer neighbor, Aran, in nearby Ploiești convinced me to venture down to Bucharest with him and […]
Crăciun Fericit!
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Christmas, Peace Corps on January 27, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Like in America, Christmas time in Romania is very important. If for nothing else, it is an opportunity to relax with family and friends, free from the stress of work and pressures of society. Christmas is a highly anticipated time of great joy for children and guilt free full bellies for adults. Knowing that this […]
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