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    • morning coffee with the nana staras

    • morning coffee with the nana staras

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

    • This photo was taken in July outside of my school the south west mountains of Bulgaria. In my community, which is 100% Bulgarian Muslim the women have a traditional dress that includes a head scarf and colorful pants called shalvary. Through out...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girls Rural Basketball League

    • Girls Rural Basketball League

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

    • This photo was taken in April 2011 in Guatemala. As an outlet and self-esteem builder, I started a basketball league for teenage girls from surrounding areas. This picture shows some of the girls wearing their newly donated jerseys from a family...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I Am

    • I Am

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

    • This photo was taken in beautiful Belize in spring 2011. My sister is the girl in the photo. She is a strong girl with strong opinions and in this photo she is stating a statement about her life.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chicas Sanas

    • Chicas Sanas

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

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Conhecendo os Nossos Corpos (Learning About Our Bodies)

    • Conhecendo os Nossos Corpos (Learning About Our Bodies)

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

    • This photo was taken on October 18th, 2010 at the 1st provincial REDES Conference in Inhambane, Mozambique. REDES, which stands for Raparigas em Desenvolvimento, Educação, e Saúde (or, Girls in Development, Education, and Health), is an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • International Women's Day in Burkina Faso

    • International Women's Day in Burkina Faso

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

    • The women of the Gulmance ethnic group in Burkina Faso proudly showcase their traditional wares for International Women's Day. This holiday, held annually on March 8th, highlights the achievements and contributions of women. The women in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Income Generating Activities

    • Income Generating Activities

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

    • I worked with this women's group during my 3rd year extension. They started a a new income generating project that year. They would dye material and then sew them into bags for sale. All their profits went towards sending orphans from surrounding...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hand-weaving Corte

    • Hand-weaving Corte

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

    • Corte, the traditional Indigenous wrap worn by women is hand made with several steps. This giant loom is the final step of this process that takes several weeks. In the town of San Andres Xecul, Totonicapan, Guatemala, corte is made by the majority...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • International Women's Day

    • International Women's Day

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

    • I took this picture on International Women's Day in 2007. Each year on this day, the women in my village in Mali play a soccer game. We played unmarried women versus married women.
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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