This photo was taken with two little girls during a vigil I organized with the Red Cross to remember those who have died of SIDA (AIDS) and to raise awareness of the disease. The sign, translated in English, reads: "AIDS isn't just a disease:...
I took this photo in Ben Guerir, Morocco during the first annual candlelight memorial to remember victims of HIV/AIDS in May 2007. The event was the result of a participatory planning process. The picture illustrates the excitement and solidarity...
This photo was taken by another Peace Corps volunteer in my region during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Ben Guerir, Morocco in May 2006. The campaign brought a mobile testing unit to the youth center and included a community awareness march by...
This photo was taken by another Peace Corps volunteer in my region during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Ben Guerir, Morocco in May 2006. The campaign brought a mobile testing unit to the youth center and included a community awareness march by...
This photo was taken by another Peace Corps volunteer in my region during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Ben Guerir, Morocco in May 2006. The campaign brought a mobile testing unit to the youth center and included a community awareness march by...
I took this photo in Ben Guerir, Morocco as we prepared to begin the first annual candlelight memorial to remember victims of HIV/AIDS in May 2007. My students are lighting their candles as they prepare to walk out into the courtyard. They are...
This photo was taken at one of the HIV and AIDS Prevention Education Workshops in Asuncion, Paraguay. These workshops were collaborative efforts from HIV and AIDS education professionals from the Ministry of Health and Peace Corps Volunteers....
This photo was taken in Capiata, Paraguay - a community located one hour outside the capitol. Often, it is referred to as a "dormotorio" community, or a place where you sleep, as the majority of the residents commute into the capitol for work. This...
This photo was taken at an HIV and AIDS prevention education workshop in Asuncion, Paraguay. The presenter is a professional educator who works with the National Secretariat of Children and Adolescents and had been working with this particular...
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...
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...
This photo is of the youth group in one community in which I worked, Los Limones. The event is of a graduation of the "Escojo Mi Vida!" (I choose my life) curriculum in which youth learned about Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV/AIDS, self...
This photo was taken during a U.S. school group's visit to Ben Guerir. During the visit, the group of young people from Ben Guerir and young people from America talked, played games, and shared lunch at the house of a local youth center member. ...
My host sister Liza and I cuddling one of the newest members of the family. This picture was taken May 21, 2006 in Trypillia, Ukraine towards the end of my training. I had become so attached to my host family I didn't even want to think about...
I had the opportunity to take a camel trek in the Sahara Desert during my Peace Corps service in Morocco. Here, I am joined by my teaching colleague and friend, and other friends during the camel trek in the spring of 2007. I never knew there were...
During my service, I played many sports and games with the youth of Ben Guerir, including baseball, American football, soccer, and frisbee. This photo captures our game of baseball adapted to work within the constraints of the cement field behind...
Schools; Teachers and students; Work; Celebrations; Traditional dress
This picture was taken on May 31st, 2007 on the last day of school at Zhovkva Secondary School Number 1 in Western Ukraine. These three girls have just finished first grade and are wearing traditional Ukrainian clothing. They're holding flowers...
These 7th-grade students in Samtredia, Georgia are working on their English assignments in full winter gear. We had a small wood heater in our classroom, which was more than what the other classrooms had, but often the heat was not enough to warm...
Mopti, Mali taken on August 07, 2008. I was giving a Moringa presentation as a part of a technical exchange with another Volunteer. The women at this center all had or were recovering from obstetric fistula.