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    • Waiting for the Footballer

    • Waiting for the Footballer

    • Traditional dress; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • I joined another Volunteer for her malaria and sports came on the border town of Ribaou. Each day as we walked to the the camp two women would sit soaking in the morning air and chatting away. She was neither wearing the green scarf nor the stern...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kids Can Sew Too!

    • Kids Can Sew Too!

    • Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Children

    • This photo was taken during a break at a sewing workshop in Natokalau Village, Fiji. I was teaching a week-long workshop to women and saw the children very interested. October 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • National Women's Day

    • National Women's Day

    • HIV/AIDS; Education; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Women's Day is a national holiday in South Africa. From 2007-2009, my husband, Ben, and I were Volunteers in the rural village of Mokuruanyane, SA. My primary project was working with four women educators to develop Chrysalis Girls Club, an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Women from Timbi-Tounni

    • Women from Timbi-Tounni

    • Crafts; Food and meals; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • When I served as an Education Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea (West Africa), I met strong women, women with the ability of inspiring happiness despite their hard lives. They are in charge of the entire household, which includes exhausting tasks...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Proud Student

    • Proud Student

    • Education; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • 1987 Shoshong Secondary School, Botswana, Africa. Woodworking student admiring his project before turning it in.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Grinding coffee

    • Grinding coffee

    • Food and meals; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Volunteers

    • I took this picture of Volunteer Andrea Yajko learning how to grind coffee from her neighbor. Taken in 2001 in Villa Riva, Dominican Republic
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Camp G.L.O.W., Pohnpei 2010

    • Camp G.L.O.W., Pohnpei 2010

    • Girls' education; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Camps and clubs

    • Two PCVs get ready for the start of Camp G.L.O.W. (Girls Leading Our World). FSM Pictured: Amanda (M76) and Kate (M75) June 2010
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Demonstration Using Female Condoms

    • Demonstration Using Female Condoms

    • HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken during a girls-empowerment conference (REDES) in Chimoio, Mozambique sometime in July of 2011. One of my female students is demonstrating to other girls in her group how to correctly use a female condom, something that she'd...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tanzania Girls Conference Condom Demonstration

    • Tanzania Girls Conference Condom Demonstration

    • HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Volunteer Sativa demonstrates the proper use of a condom and answers questions during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College, Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The girls empowerment conference included...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Soda Bottle Condom Practice

    • Soda Bottle Condom Practice

    • HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Secondary school girls practice applying a condom to a soda bottle during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College in Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The bottles serve as readily accessible substitutes when...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Soda Bottle Condom Demonstration

    • Soda Bottle Condom Demonstration

    • HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Volunteer Ryan oversees a condom demonstration as secondary school girls practice applying a condom to a soda bottle during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College in Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The bottles...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Condom Explanation

    • A Condom Explanation

    • HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Volunteer Sativa demonstrates the difference between the inside and the outside of a condom during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College, Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The girls empowerment conference...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Earrings

    • Making Earrings

    • Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); International Women's Day; Crafts

    • A Volunteer is teaching Mozambican female youth the art of making earrings out of local resources at the annual REDES conference. The REDES program (Rapargas Em Desenvolvimento E Saude - Girls in Development and Health) was started by Mozambique...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sorting Out Coffee

    • Sorting Out Coffee

    • Environment; Food security; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar. It’s July 15th, 2011. I want to fetch water at the fountain. But, once again, the flow is slow and it’s taking forever. I had brought the Economist to read. But, J… is sorting the coffee, taking out...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Almost There

    • Almost There

    • Environment; Water and sanitation; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • A village on the west Coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Wait

    • The Wait

    • Terrain; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Environment

    • A village on the west coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers… 10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Senegal Goodbye Party

    • Senegal Goodbye Party

    • Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken in September 1992 in Popenguine, Senegal. The party was hosted by the Popenguine Women's Group. The photo is taken in the open air environmental education center that was funded by the SPA grant that I applied for during my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Vinegarville

    • Vinegarville

    • Business development; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture

    • This is a picture of some of the 25 women who are learning to to make vinegar, wine vinegar, and herb-infused vinegar. The man in the picture is the agricultural agent who is teaching them. They come every week from all over the valley. They hope...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mother and Child Nutrition Training

    • Mother and Child Nutrition Training

    • Food and meals; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken by Maya, a Peace Corps health volunteer, in a rural village a two hours hike from her site in the northeast of Madagascar. These women are participating in a monthly health education session, during which they weigh their...
    • Volunteer Photos

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