This photo was taken during the unveiling of an HIV prevention mural painted in 2008 in collaboration with the students from Kongo SS in the Upper East Region of Ghana. This was the culmination of a six week project focused on collaboration between...
I took this photo of a World AIDS Day Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT) promotion banner right outside the Bawku hospital in the Upper East Region of Ghana. I worked with the other Volunteers in the Upper East Region to help make this...
A group of youth from Massa, Morocco, choreographed a short skate program to raise awareness among other youth about AIDS. Their group called 'Style Masst' also writes and records songs about AIDS awareness and the dangers of smoking. Photo taken...
During a visit by the Ministry of Youth and Sports to the youth center in Massa, Morocco, a large banner was created by local youth to be hung at the youth center. The banner is a constant reminder to the youth that they need to be aware and...
Photo was taken outside the clinic in Liro, Paama in the Republic of Vanuatu. Volunteer Amy Chan and Peace Corps staff Excellent Toka are showing off the free condoms that are available to the community.
The HIV+ group I worked with in Mpungu Vlei, Namibia, was bold and ready to take risks to eliminate stigma in the village. I designed t-shirts that said 'I'm Positive' on the front and 'about reducing stigma' on the back. Positive and negative...
The photo was taking in Mpepo Village, Zambia. It was during VCT Day (Voluntary Counseling and Testing), June 30 2008. The man's name is Ed and he is one of the volunteer counselor who is a great counterpart that I worked with my two years in the...
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...
I took this photo during an HIV/AIDS-focused 8 day home-based care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. In the photo, two home-based caregivers are drawing a map of all the HIV/AIDS related resources in their community, such as health posts, NGOs,...
I took this photo during an 8 day, HIV/AIDS-focused home-based care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. Fifteen caregivers were trained using a Peace Corps VAST grant to provide home-based care to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia. This...
I took this photo during an 8 day, HIV/AIDS-focused home-based care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. Fifteen caregivers were trained using a Peace Corps VAST grant to provide home-based care to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia. This...
I took this photo during an 8 day, HIV/AIDS-focused home-based care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. Fifteen caregivers were trained using a Peace Corps VAST grant to provide home-based care to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia. This...
I took this photo during an 8 day HIV/AIDS focused homebased care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. Fifteen caregivers were trained using a Peace Corps VAST grant to provide homebased care to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia. This...
I took this photo during an 8 day, HIV/AIDS-focused home-based care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. Fifteen caregivers were trained using a Peace Corps VAST grant to provide home-based care to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia. This...
HIV/AIDS is a major contributor to the growing number of orphans and vulnerable children in Ethiopia. Many of these orphaned children live on the streets in Dessie, Ethiopia, without much support, and chance to live in a home or receive an...
I took this photo during an 8 day, HIV/AIDS-focused home-based care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. Fifteen caregivers were trained using a Peace Corps VAST grant to provide home-based care to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia....
I took this photo during an 8 day, HIV/AIDS-focused home-based care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. Fifteen caregivers were trained using a Peace Corps VAST grant to provide home-based care to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia....
Here are some of our students playing a game centered on myths and facts about AIDS/HIV. This took place at a nursing school in Mongolia during the school's first Worlds AIDS Awareness Day on December 2, 2009.