Tudora’s peach festival was on Sunday July 15th and I was honored to be a part of the team to help organize it. During the festival, I was part of the group that welcomed people to the festival and handed out peach scarfs and peach compote. It was really fun to great all the tourist … More Hai La Piersici! Peach Festival 2018
For the past two years, my village has held a Peach Festival, to promote the peach growers in the region and to promote the area as a place for tourism. This event was the idea of one of my partners, Dorina. She is amazing entrepreneur and through a team of volunteers, this event continues to … More Preparing for the Peach Festival
The Unity Community Center ran a two week summer camp for 25 students and had 8 youths volunteer during the camp. There were great activities everyday and I am really grateful that I work with some amazing women at the center. Ludmila, Liliana and Viorica are in the first photo with hand painted “Unitate” branded … More Unitate Summer Camp
In the beginning of 2018, Liliana and I started talking about what project could use additional funds to improve the already great services that the Unity Community Center provides. We discussed the idea of improving the summer camp that the center had produced for the last two years and how that could be enhanced in … More Grant Writing and Creating a Better Summer Camp
There is a chart for Peace Corps service that talks about the sweet spot of the intersection of the country priorities, the local community priorities/resources and the volunteers skill set. For me, this spot is with technology and digital communications. I love technology and thinking about the future. I follow futurist thinkers, I enjoy reading … More Creating a Tech Club
As villages/towns/cities expand and contract, there is always a building or two that sits dormant for awhile. And my village has one in the center of the village. I have asked about it and was told it was some sort of bank / accounting center during the Soviet times. Every time I saw the building, … More View inside the mystery building and Ziua Nistrului
Every year, the Unity Community Center celebrates Children’s Day, which is on June 1st in Moldova. This year was a special event as the center received a sponsorship to take the children from grades 2-5 from the center on an excursion into Chisinau. It was such a delightful day, starting with watching the children’s eyes … More Celebrating Children’s Day June 1 2018
The last day of school in Moldova is called “Last Bell” and was on May 31st this year. The teachers and students celebrate the graduation of all the grades and most importantly of those students in 9th grade. This is the last year at the “gimnaziul” and the 9th grade students will be heading off … More Last Bell, the last day of school
At the end of May, the school had a health day that consisted of the students and teachers doing exercises together and running either around the school or the fields. The students were separated by grade with the primary grades doing races with potatoes, the older girls playing a form of catch volleyball and the … More Health Day at the school and teaching photography
My birthday celebrations continued as several other volunteers and I visited several wineries in my raion (District/County) the weekend after my birthday. Moldova has some of the best wine in the world and we visited two of the best, Pucari and Et Cetera. We stopped by an Italian Pizza resturant (L’angolo Italinano pizza) for probably … More Stefan Voda Wine Tour
