During Camp GLOW, we had these Moldovan girls play a game visually demonstrating how HIV is transmitted from person to person. The girls had a lot of fun and learned a lot about protecting themselves and the truth about HIV & AIDS.
This photo was taken February 11, 2010 on Cameroon's National Youth Day. The students marching are high school students who were members of Club Reglo, or Youth Club, in my post of Banyo, Cameroon. These students were trained as peer educators...
In this class, that was a part of one day camp in a high school, this teacher is teaching about how HIV spreads. The theme of the day was "choose better life skills" and a tee shirt with this logo was given to each kid. There were more than 100...
In this clas,s that was a part of one day camp in a high school, this teacher is teaching about how HIV spreads. The theme of the day was "choose better life skills" and a tee shirt with this logo was given to each kid. There were more than 100...
This photo was taken on February 15, 2012 at the HoHoe Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) in the Volta Region, Ghana. Twenty junior high girls from villages where Volunteers work joined with seven high school girl leaders for a week long camp put...
Participants of a Ghana Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) work on solving an HIV puzzle. The weeklong camp hosted by Volunteers in February 2012 encouraged leadership for 20 junior high and seven senior high girls. Activities included an HIV...
Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Camp participants play trust
games, helping them to feel comfortable with one other in hopes of encouraging them to open up and share their experiences. During the April 2012 camp, several youth led seminars on HIV...
The photo was taken in Uganda, November 2011. This was the Peace Club doing a drama for the community on Conflict Resolution/HIV/AIDS/Alcohol & Drugs. Over 500 people in the community attended. The Peace Club was developed when the youth...
The photo was taken in Uganda, November 2011. This was the Peace Club doing a drama for the community on Conflict Resolution/HIV/AIDS/Alcohol & Drugs. Over 500 people in the community attended. The Peace Club was developed when the youth...
I have a creativity club for pre-school/kindergarden-aged children where we do activities to encourage creativity, independence, and outside-the-box thinking. In Burkina Faso the education system is based largely on a system of memorization, and...
This is a photo taken of club Superman in Dominican Republic. The group is for young boys and is facilitated by a local teenager, Victor. He is a wonderful role model and facilitates HIV prevention games that are taught in the Deportes para la...
This picture was taken during GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) Camp 2012 in the Dominican Republic. These girls spent the week learning about leadership, HIV/AIDS, managing stress, teamwork, and future planning. These 2 young leaders will spend the...
Chicos Superman is a program for boys aged 10-14 to meet and talk about positive self-esteem, values, and HIV/AIDS prevention. In May 2012, this group met to make Mother's Day cards for their moms. Their appreciation for their mothers' is one...
During a Soy Sana Chicas Brillantes, which is our version of G.L.O.W., mini conference in Dominican Republic I took a picture with my Deportes para la Vida (grassroots soccer) trainers who ran HIV/AIDS prevention games for the conference.
This photo was taken during a Soy Sana Chicas Brillantes mini conference in the Dominican Republic on Saturday April 14, 2012. Soy Sana focused on the girls understanding their body and reproductive organs, as well as HIV/AIDS prevention through an...
This picture was taken at a 2012 school summer camp. It was originally supposed to be just a picture of me with some of the kids. But once the photographer suggested that the kids place their hands on my head, they all gladly listened.
Participants prepare for a team-building exercise during an Indonesian Girls Leading Our World Camp. The camp focused on leadership, team-work, creative expression and developing healthy lifestyles. It was held for the first time in the most...
At the regional girls camp, the girls learned about self-esteem, leadership, volunteerism, sexual health, alchoholism, etc. all the while laughing, bonding with us "gringo" Peace Corps Volunteers and making new friends.
This Peace Corps Volunteer teaches mathematics at the Queen of the Rosary Secondary School in Bo. Here, he records the names of the winners during a girls extracurricular activity at the school. January 1980
This Peace Corps Volunteer teaches mathematics at the Queen of the Rosary Secondary School in Bo. Here, he judges the participants in a fun race at the school. January 1980