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    • Positive and Negative Brotherhood

    • Positive and Negative Brotherhood

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken in November of 2011 in central Swaziland. Two boys are walking home from school, one is HIV positive and the other HIV negative. Swaziland has a HIV prevalence between 26-33% percent depending on what study you are looking...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • AIDS is Strong but We are Stronger

    • AIDS is Strong but We are Stronger

    • Drama; HIV-AIDS

    • In this scene from the awareness play “Acting Out,” the AIDS virus, represented by the actor in red, attacks the four corners of the world. The AIDS virus may appear stronger than the world, but in the end, the world defeats AIDS. “Acting...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Standing Up Against HIV

    • Standing Up Against HIV

    • HIV-AIDS; Drama

    • This photo was taken during a workshop on female sexual health in the primary school of a rural farming community. The photo shows Selena Martinez as an HIV virus, surrounded by crouching girls, whom demonstrated white blood cells letting down...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV Prevention Mural

    • HIV Prevention Mural

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken in June 2009. Myself and the 16 year old brother of my neighboring Peace Corps Volunteer painted this mural in my village, Gbangbadou in Guinea. It's painted in the 10th grade classroom of a brand new school building and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV/AIDS Sign Vegetable plot

    • HIV/AIDS Sign Vegetable plot

    • Gardens; HIV-AIDS

    • The photo was taken at North-West Province of South Africa in a school called Goakganya Primary School where Peace Corps had their permagarden training with PCVs & Counterparts. The workshop was held on the 2-3 April 2012 and the picture was taken...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention

    • HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention

    • HIV-AIDS

    • Early in my service, I established a high school club called "Yo Merezco" that had a goal to create awareness and educate others on all that is associated with HIV/AIDS. In 2010, I was asked by the health center to co-coordinate World AIDS Day. As...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Let's Be Friends

    • Let's Be Friends

    • Drama; HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken after an elementary school presentation of "It's OK to be Friends," a puppet show I wrote for the Palau Red Cross Society to serve as a tool to educate children that you can't catch AIDS by being a friend. I made all the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Comfortable with Condoms

    • Comfortable with Condoms

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Creative Teaching

    • Creative Teaching

    • Teachers and students; Education; HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken at a school in central Swaziland in November of 2011. The students had been exposed to HIV messages for years, but this was their first interactive lesson. The lesson (and subsequent lessons) were very successful. Students...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pointed in the Right Direction

    • Pointed in the Right Direction

    • Children; HIV-AIDS

    • A Community WORTH group was meeting in the lowveld of Swaziland in Feburary of 2012. WORTH groups consist of 20-30 women who meet to discuss HIV issues and work on micro finance. When women are able to pull together and succeed, the OVC in that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Old Enough to Know a Good Thing

    • Old Enough to Know a Good Thing

    • HIV-AIDS; Elders

    • This photo was taken during a community WORTH meeting in Swaziland. This woman walks more then 40 minutes every week to meet with other women and gain knowledge both of HIV/AIDS prevention and micro-fiance. Well into her 70's and with five...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • To Be Better Informed

    • To Be Better Informed

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo a student, Tungmay, practices reading the expiration date on a condom. All of the students were surprised to hear that condoms can (and do) expire. Therefore, as part of the lesson plan, it was key for students to practice locating...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • No Assistance Necessary

    • No Assistance Necessary

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo two students practice putting a condom on a realistic model. This photo is particularly intriguing because, rarely seen in the States, two male students are more comfortable demonstrating proper condom usage than a male and female...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Practice Makes Perfect

    • Practice Makes Perfect

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo, two students are demonstration proper condom usage on a realistic model. The local hospital graciously lent us these models to use as well as their time. An HIV/AIDS nurse came to my camp to help educate the students about...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Life Decisions

    • Life Decisions

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo, the camp co-lead teacher, Kruu Namfone, is the last person to sign the anti-HIV/AIDS pledge banner. She eloquently summed up the experience as, "heart warming, knowing that my students, the future leaders of Thailand, promise to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Putting the Pieces Together

    • Putting the Pieces Together

    • HIV-AIDS; Schools

    • This photo was taken on April 20, 2012 at an HIV/AIDS awareness presentation put on by a school in Ukraine. The photo shows a world map puzzle created by students at this school as a reminder that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is worldwide, and as such,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Candlelight Red Ribbon

    • Candlelight Red Ribbon

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken after a week-long training of trainers on the topic of HIV/AIDS and behavior change communication, which included interviews of local sex workers, and a testimonial from a PLWH. This pictures is of Blake Van Fleteren, one of...
    • Volunteer Photos

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