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    • Familia

    • Familia

    • children; Host families

    • It was on my site visit, seeing for the first time the town of that would be my home for the next two years back in August 2009 while I was sitting and chatting with my host familia and neighbors. My neighbors' were holding their friends' baby in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Snow in Africa

    • Snow in Africa

    • Climate; Host families

    • This is my little brother during a snow day in village. My host father woke me up early so i could see the snow, then as i walked out of my house, the first snowball hit me, well aimed and delivered by my little brother.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weaving Mats

    • Weaving Mats

    • Crafts; Host families

    • This photo was taken in September 2009 during Peace Corps training while I was staying with my host family. My host mother and auntie were teaching me how to weave mats on the weekends. I (Bina Contreras) am on the left, my host mother "Mama...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gros Piton

    • Gros Piton

    • Ecotourism

    • This photo is of me at the top of Gros Piton, the second tallest mountain in St. Lucia. The mountain in view behind me is Petit Piton.
    • 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
    • From the Mouths of Babes...

    • From the Mouths of Babes...

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is a picture of a simple poster made by a secondary school student who participated in a World AIDS Day parade in 2009, my first year in site in Cayalti, Peru. There were elaborate signs with tissue paper, paintings and glitter, but this sign...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Circle Reflection

    • Circle Reflection

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Way They Learn

    • The Way They Learn

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Elements of Discrimination

    • Elements of Discrimination

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fun with Female Condoms

    • Fun with Female Condoms

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken December 1, 2011 in my village in Burkina Faso. We celebrated World AIDS day by giving a village-wide awareness campaign and condom demonstrations. Surprisingly, one of the volunteers for practicing with the female condom was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jóvenes Contra el SIDA y VIH

    • Jóvenes Contra el SIDA y VIH

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo during the school parade that the Health Post and I organized for December 1st, 2009: International Day Against HIV and AIDS in Peru. All of the teenagers in the high school participated by making banners and marching to the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV Workshop

    • HIV Workshop

    • HIV/AIDS; Youth; Youth development

    • Volunteer Aliyya Shelley giving an interactive HIV workshop to high school and university students in Guatemala (June 2009).
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Operation Smile

    • Operation Smile

    • Hospitals; Celebrations

    • Dr. Sanaa Ademi and Volunteer Andrew Harris spread Christmas cheer to patients in Jordan during the most recent Operation Smile mission.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hollowed our Jicaro (Hee-ka-ro) for Coffee!

    • Hollowed our Jicaro (Hee-ka-ro) for Coffee!

    • host community friends

    • This is a picture of a very dear friend of mine, Felicia, hollowing out a dried Jicaro Fruit, in order to use it as a mug for coffee drinking! They live in Costa Rica in the small fishing village on the golf of Nicoya, Colorado de Abangares. Her...
    • Volunteer Photos

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