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    • Youth Remember Victims of HIV/AIDS

    • Youth Remember Victims of HIV/AIDS

    • HIV/AIDS; Youth

    • Youth in Ukraine light candles to remember victims of HIV/AIDS. They are among those who are aware of HIV/AIDS and how to avoid it, thanks to the Peace Corps and its Volunteers who teach youth to adopt healthy lifestyles.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Youth Computer Classes

    • Youth Computer Classes

    • Technology; Youth

    • This photo was taken while my husband taught a Basics of Computers class to a group of young Basotho men in Lesotho. The photo captures him explaining the use of the keyboard for the first time.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Youth Building Business Signs

    • Youth Building Business Signs

    • Host community friends; Volunteers;

    • As a Municipal Development Volunteer, I worked with a group of youth originating from rural and urban parts of the municipality. In this photo, an unofficial counterpart and I were teaching them how to make wooden signs for businesses in their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Youth

    • Youth

    • HIV/AIDS; Youth

    • This photo was taken during my trip to Crimea, Ukraine, to visit some local Volunteers. I don't remember the name of the boy, I guess he is eleven. He lives in Crimea, and enjoys his life playing football with his friends rather then wasting time...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Students

    • Young Students

    • Children; Education; Schools; Women in Peace Corps

    • Students attending school every morning or afternoon. School sponsored by local Association to Aid Youth of Jequie.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yoga in Pilatovets

    • Yoga in Pilatovets

    • Sports; Children; Volunteers

    • On August 18th, 2011, the second day of a summer camp in Bulgaria, I led a yoga class. The picture shows me, second from the left, and a group of girls, ages 8-12, in the Warrior I pose. Women and girls were very interested in fitness. As an after...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yazd

    • Yazd

    • Architecture

    • This is a picture of the rooftops of Yazd, where I lived, in central Iran - looking north, taken from a mosque in the Bazaar, Circa 1975.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wrestling on the Darzak

    • Wrestling on the Darzak
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    • My assignment in 1972 was creating a photo essay on the Peace Corps/USAID Project called Operation Help. A book was published for the Afghan government to document the project that fed 250,000 people before the winter of 1972.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day Bike Ride - Piman Thailand

    • World AIDS Day Bike Ride - Piman Thailand

    • HIV/AIDS

    • We had a bike ride on World AIDS Day in Piman, Thailand. All riders wore a sign on their back with the themes of "Getting to Zero." More than 120 children/adults rode in a caravan. This was a picture when the ride was finished. The ride took place...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2011 - Piman, Thailand

    • World AIDS Day 2011 - Piman, Thailand

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is a picture at the end of the World AIDS Day 2011 bike ride in Piman, Thailand. The two people in the middle are teachers that helped spread the word at a large school about the ride. Som Ying (female teacher) is holding one of the signs that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2011 - Piman, Thailand

    • World AIDS Day 2011 - Piman, Thailand

    • HIV/AIDS

    • These are four of the adult riders in the bike ride for World AIDS Day in Piman, Thailand - December 2, 2012. Each rider wore a sign (either in Thai or English) that used the themes of "Getting to Zero." The 2nd and 4th people (from left) are both...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working Together to Fight AIDS

    • Working Together to Fight AIDS

    • HIV-AIDS; Drama

    • This scene from the Acting Out Awareness play represents the four corners of the world coming together in the fight against AIDS. The actor in the middle represents the AIDS virus. Even though the virus is strong, if we all work together we can...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working The Land With My Host Parents

    • Working The Land With My Host Parents

    • Agriculture; Gardens; Host families

    • On the morning of June 18th, 2011, at 4:00am in Moldova, my host father knocks on the door to my room. I open the door, and am told "today we are going to work the land my son!" I was tired, yet excited. We then proceeded to walk about two miles to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Work Outing

    • Work Outing

    • Transportation; Counterparts

    • This is a picture was taken in June 2011 on route back to the office. This photo opportunity occurred during a work outing to visit an OTOP project.
    • Volunteer Photos

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