After a two hour hike up nearly 1,000 meters, my counterpart and I arrive at a women's group meeting in Tuicoy, a small village outside of Todos Santos, Guatemala. The view is incredible.
Abimael and I helped to start this women's group -- an hour bus ride and 30 minute walk from the municipality. They were motivated to start a group savings account and sustainable gardening projects.
While staying with two Slovak young men at a historic mill in the woods of the High Tatry of Northern Slovakia, I was invited to join them in walking to a cabin, the home of an old woodcutter. One of the young men had promised to take photos of his...
I took this picture during the World AIDS Day march in 2010 in Ecuador. Many children, youth, adults, and local organizations participated in the march. This was one of the signs that the participants made.
While we were conducting a home visit, these two boys came tromping back from working out in the fields. They were instantly curious as to who the strangers in their house were. They looked so cute in their matching cowboy hats that I asked to take...
Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture; Traditional dress
While serving in the village, Meri, in the Extreme North Region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in Village. To pass the time while we worked, they would teach me...
I worked with the Mpika Catholic church to distribute 1000 nets in my area. In this picture, we see villagers of Daubti opening up the first box received. Mid-2010.
This photo was taken at the end of my organization's World AIDS Day Awareness Campaign on December 2, 2011 in South Africa. This image is of the four Volunteers who helped make the awareness campaign such a huge success. The "flag" they are...
I took this photo in 2001, while working with a community member, and good friend, Miguel. He works in the forestry and cattle industries in Eastern Honduras.
In Fall 2008, photo from working in the peanut field with my friends from the village. I'm wearing a Peace Corps shirt, UC Berkeley hat and lots of dirt from the fiend.
Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture; Traditional dress
While serving in the village, Meri, in the Extreme North Region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in Village. To pass the time while we worked, the women would teach...
Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
While serving in the village of Meri, in the extreme north region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in the village. To pass the time while we worked, they would...
This is a photo of workers from the indigenous communities that my counterpart organization collaborated with making repairs to the Visitors' Center in the wildlife reserve we managed, as part of an infrastructure development project we coordinated.
On the morning of June 18th, 2011, at 4:00am in Moldova, my host father knocks on the door to my room. I open the door, and am told "today we are going to work the land my son!" I was tired, yet excited. We then proceeded to walk about two miles to...
This scene from the Acting Out Awareness play represents the four corners of the world coming together in the fight against AIDS. The actor in the middle represents the AIDS virus. Even though the virus is strong, if we all work together we can...
Volunteer Caroline with members of various organizations that are members of the National Assembly for the Disabled at a conference for Ukrainian organizations that work to promote and to improve the lives of the disabled in Ukraine.
This photo was taken at a health center in Ethiopia. The Volunteer is encouraging children who were orphaned by HIV to be creative and express themselves using art (paper and markers).