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...
This photo was taken on May 20, 2009 at the independence day celebrations in Lagdo, Cameroon. I had been working with this small parent's school located in an Mbororo village near where I was living. The Mbororo are traditionally nomadic...
These are the "cowboys" of Ghana. They don't attend school because they have to take the cows out to the field for their family. When they come back into town in the evenings, I tutor them in English and art.
The students are standing in front of their recently completed construction of a chicken barn. The barn is built of local materials, primarily split bamboo and palm tree leaves for roofing.
Teachers and students; Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps)
PCRV Jacob Slusser teaching two young boys how to measure out and plant a reforestation plot with native tree species. Photo taken in September 2011 in Los Asientos, Los Santos Province, Panama
This photo was taken of me while distributing supplies that were donated by an elementary school in the U.S. to a rural Mayan school in Guatemala. As an agricultural extentionist from '99 - '01, I often worked in schools such as this one, helping...
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); Libraries; Teachers and students
This is a photo of my wife, Carolyn Elijah, working with 10th grade level students at the Vanuatu Agriculture College library. She is teaching Ni-Vanuatu students how to do research work via internet, a totally new concept and tool for...
10/23/09. Photo exhibition and piano concert to celebrate 10 year anniversary of "Roma Desegregation of Education in Central and Eastern Europe Project." Students read poetry and shared information during the piano concert. Vidin, Bulgaria -...
I took this photo on April 4, 2011 at my community's elementary school in Costa Rica. First through sixth graders participated in a drawing competition that I put together. The top 25 drawings were selected by the school teachers and staff to be...
This photo was taken at the Belize Zoo. Peace Corps Volunteer Christen Eure assisted a special education class in a field trip to the zoo where this sign is. The zoo features only rescued animals indigenous to Belize. The student with Christen...