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    • International Cooking Day

    • International Cooking Day

    • Celebrations; Teachers and students; Cooking

    • This photo was taken in August 2011 in Guatemala. In an effort to share bits of cuisine from other cultures and teach about nutrition, I spent the day helping groups of 9th graders prepare their meals for our International Cooking Day. These two...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • International Women's Day

    • International Women's Day

    • Celebrations; Women's movement; Food and meals; International Women's Day

    • International Women's Day Celebration in Niue, South Pacific in 2000. The women gathered to show their crafts, watch and perform in dances and songs and of course, eat delicious Niuean food! This was the buffet table - as colorful as the women...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stars and Stripes Forever in Honduras

    • Stars and Stripes Forever in Honduras

    • Children

    • This photo was taken around the 4th of July at the Instituto Hondureno de la Ninez y la Familia (IHNFA) in Honduras. IHNFA is a government organization that serves children living in extreme poverty, and children of working mothers (under age 7)....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gallo Pinto, Peace Corps Style

    • Gallo Pinto, Peace Corps Style

    • Food and meals

    • This is my version of Costa Rica's most traditional breakfast, gallo pinto. Gallo pinto literally means "speckled rooster", and this dish gets its name from its speckled appearance of the two main ingredients, beans and rice. The dish also includes...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pupusas

    • Pupusas

    • Food and meals; Celebrations

    • Pupusas are the national snack of El Salvador. They are made with corn or rice flour, and stuffed with cheese and other ingredients (beans, chicharron, ayote, etc.). Pupusas are eaten in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, but El Salvador claims...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The First Cuy Sighting

    • The First Cuy Sighting

    • Food and meals; Markets

    • This photo was taken on July 17, 2011 in the market of Huaraz, Ancash, Peru during my Peace Corps training. Guinea pig, or rather Cuy, is a delicacy in Peru that I had wanted to try since I first arrived in the country. I took this photo because I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What it Means

    • What it Means

    • HIV/AIDS

    • A student at a school in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Eastern Caribbean) writes out the definition of HIV/AIDS at an educational seminar in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention facilitated by Volunteers Katie and Sheena.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • MYTH

    • MYTH

    • HIV/AIDS

    • During an HIV/AIDS education workshop facilitated by PCVs in conjunction with the House of Hope Society in Kingstown, St. Vincent (Eastern Caribbean), students examined myths and facts about the spread of HIV/AIDS. In this photo, the student holds...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Blood Transfusion

    • Blood Transfusion

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Peace Corps Volunteer Sheena facilitates an interactive learning session with primary school students at a school in St. Vincent (Eastern Caribbean) about the myths and facts about HIV/AIDS transmission. In this photo she holds up the card reading...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • MYTH

    • MYTH

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken during an educational program for primary school students about the myths and facts of HIV transmission. Peace Corps Volunteers and staff at the House of Hope state possible forms of HIV transmission and the students hold up...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Myths and Facts

    • Myths and Facts

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Sixty students in Grade 4 at a school in St. Vincent participate in a Myths and Facts activity designed to teach different ways through which HIV/AIDS is transmitted. The HIV/AIDS awareness/education program is facilitated by Volunteers and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Do you know Pepe?

    • Do you know Pepe?

    • HIV/AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • This is a photo taken of club Superman in Dominican Republic. The group is for young boys and is facilitated by a local teenager, Victor. He is a wonderful role model and facilitates HIV prevention games that are taught in the Deportes para la...
    • Volunteer Photos

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