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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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