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    • Fun with Paint

    • Fun with Paint

    • Children; HIV-AIDS

    • A few of the kids who helped design and paint the mural at our primary school posed for a picture during the process. The photo was taken in January 2012 in the village of Bissighin in Burkina Faso.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hand in Hand

    • Hand in Hand

    • HIV-AIDS

    • I took this photo during an English Corner at Bijie University where we discussed AIDS and the impact it can have on a community. Every week Bijie University, in Guizhou, China holds an English corner where students from all different majors come...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mind Empowered

    • Mind Empowered

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • After listening to the local PHA (People with HIV/AIDS) group talk, the students all signed an HIV/AIDS pledge banner stating "I will practice safe sexual habits." Students, teachers, Peace Corps Volunteers and members of the PHA group all signed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Engageons-nous!

    • Engageons-nous!

    • Art; HIV-AIDS

    • This photo shows the final product of the mural the students and teachers painted at my primary school in Burkina Faso in January 2012. The mural followed activities I led with the teachers to teach the students about HIV/AIDS transmission,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Je m'engage

    • Je m'engage

    • Art; HIV-AIDS

    • One of the students at our primary school in Burkina Faso made his hand print on the mural to show that he chooses to engage in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The mural followed an activity I did with the teachers at the primary school to teach the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rivne Candlelight Memorial Ceremony

    • Rivne Candlelight Memorial Ceremony

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken on May 15th, 2012 in Ukraine, in the main square of a town. It features Volunteers and Ukrainians laying down candles for a candlelight memorial we did to remember those who have died of HIV AIDS. The candles in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing Knowledge

    • Sharing Knowledge

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken on May 15th, 2012 in the main square of a town in Ukraine. It features pupils excitedly sharing their knowledge of HIV after a series of HIV awareness seminars. They are encouraging their peers to add a link to the Chain of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • It's Not Who You Are

    • It's Not Who You Are

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This quilt piece was made by a participant of an HIV awareness seminar conducted on December 1, 2011. The seminar highlighted the fact that there are no "high-risk people," only "high risk behaviors." Understanding this concept is crucial in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Engageons-nous!

    • Engageons-nous!

    • Art; HIV-AIDS

    • The students and teachers gathered for a photo after putting the finishing touches on our HIV/AIDS mural at a primary school in Burkina Faso. The mural followed activities I led with the teachers to teach the students about HIV/AIDS transmission,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chatting before the conference begins

    • Chatting before the conference begins

    • Affiliate groups

    • PC Mexico CD talking to local municipal president before a local environment conference begins. The conference was organized by Peace Corps. Photo taken in Amealco in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. People in photo: Dan (Mexico CD) and Amealco...
    • Staff Photos
    • Staff Retreat Pantomime Turkmenistan

    • Staff Retreat Pantomime Turkmenistan

    • Affiliate groups; Training

    • Peace Corps is famous for hands-on, experiential learning, so staff have to get down and dirty as well as Volunteers. In February 2011 Turkmenistan staff at an IPBS Retreat formed small groups to act out "machines." Here one group, with Health...
    • Staff Photos
    • Preparing the soil

    • Preparing the soil

    • Agriculture

    • A group of volunteers preparing the soil before putting the seeds in it. The soil should be divided in equal parts so harvesting can be easier at a later time. Photo taken in a small rural community in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. People in...
    • Staff Photos
    • Learning to get the best from a seed

    • Learning to get the best from a seed

    • Agriculture

    • A woman from Chiteje de Garabato learns how to seed some plants that can be used in the community for meal purposes. Photo taken in a small rural community in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. People in photo: a woman from the community. It would...
    • Staff Photos
    • Congo/Zaire River

    • Congo/Zaire River
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    • The Congo/Zaire River is in the background. I was visiting Kinshasa and Zaire for the first week when this photo was taken. The fisheries program director had birds that talked (African Greys) and great view of the river. 1980
    • Volunteer Photos

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