On the morning of June 18th, 2011, at 4:00am in Moldova, my host father knocks on the door to my room. I open the door, and am told "today we are going to work the land my son!" I was tired, yet excited. We then proceeded to walk about two miles to...
This scene from the Acting Out Awareness play represents the four corners of the world coming together in the fight against AIDS. The actor in the middle represents the AIDS virus. Even though the virus is strong, if we all work together we can...
Volunteer Caroline with members of various organizations that are members of the National Assembly for the Disabled at a conference for Ukrainian organizations that work to promote and to improve the lives of the disabled in Ukraine.
For the event of World AIDS Day, we conducted a two part activity. The first part of the activity was a mini workshop on the transmission and prevention of HIV. When this activity was done, I, along with some members of the health center staff,...
This is me starting to paint the mural. This was at the very beginning before the mural was completely finished. Here I am emphasizing on the touches of the butterfly of hope. The butterfly became the symbol for CanillĂ in raising awareness and...
This mural painted in front of the health center in a town in Guatemala was part of an art contest that was held on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2011. The art contest was among children and a 13 year old boy won the contest. His drawing was painted...
This is the mural painting by itself after the completion for World AIDS Day 2011 in a town in Guatemala. This mural was painted in front of the health center to raise HIV awareness for the entire town.
This photo was taken December 3, 2011 during an event to mark the observance of World AIDS Day. This little girl attended the event, which included a candlelight vigil, a skit competition and informational session on SIDA. A group of young people...
The women at the literacy association where I worked made this cake as part of the World AIDS Day celebration that we held on Dec. 1, 2011 in Morocco. The event featured a SIDA skit competition, a candlelight vigil, and informational session about...
Condoms were distributed in a city in Bulgaria as a part of World Aids Day 2011. Some condoms were given out in "fortune cookie" style containing words of wisdom regarding HIV/AIDS.
This photo was taken during a World Aids Day observance in Lovech, Bulgaria in 2011. Youth volunteers from the Bulgarian Red Cross spent the afternoon passing out brochures, condoms, etc. in the Lovech city center. The event culminated with the...
In Georgia, where talking about HIV and AIDS is taboo, it can be difficult to raise awareness and spread accurate information about this important health issue. However, 14 high school students stepped up to the challenge in Akhaltsikhe as part of...
I painted this world map mural on the outside of the primary school in my assigned community of La Cruz de Abangares, Costa Rica. Several of the students painted the Costa Rica and Guanacaste (province) flags next to the world map. Together with...
I painted this world map mural on the outside of the primary school in my assigned community of La Cruz de Abangares, Costa Rica. It has every country in the world in Spanish, as well as inspirational quotes on the sides that I took from Martin...
My assignment in 1972 was creating a photo essay on the Peace Corps/USAID Project called Operation Help. A book was published for the Afghan government to document the project that fed 250,000 people before the winter of 1972.
I took this photo during an excursion to the remote village of Xinaliq in Azerbaijan. My colleague and fellow ESL Volunteer, Ka Miller is in the shot as well as my cousin, Bob, who was visiting me from America. Xinaliq is possibly the most remote...
This photo was taken in March of 2006 in Uzyn, Kievskaya Oblast, Ukraine, when I had been living with my host family for about a month. On the right is my host "mother" Maria, making sure I was properly dressed to go out into the cold to use the...