This photo show Peace Corps Volunteer Leana NĂ¡poles and preschool children in Ecuador. This picture was taken after Leana and her fellow HIV/AIDS program trainees gave a charla (or talk) to the preschoolers on the importance of handwashing and...
This photo was taken on May 23, 2009 at a dance competition in Ecuador. Traditional Kichwa dances are performed at every public event in the Napo province and troupes are composed children of all ages. The dance steps describe traditional...
Between the village school and the mosque, there is a beautiful playing area that turns delightfully green during the rainy season. After praying in the afternoon, students sit for a while and play or, in this case, read novels to learn English....
Partnering with a school in Agadir, located on the ocean, the boys were able to spend a month during the summer on the beach. Being in the ocean gave them a freedom of movement they had not experienced since contracting polio.
This photo is the Jr. Achievement Group from the Telesecundaria de Cedral (Cedral High School), who were attending a Jr. Achievement competition in the capitol of Costa Rica- San Jose. The students were in 11th grade and started their own small...
I took this photo with the Togolese youth soccer team I had started in the village Kpekpleme. This was the day we had finally recieved the soccer uniforms and equipment from the U.S Soccer Foundation. We played an inaugeral soccer match with the...
I took this photo during the middle of the construction of a grain storage warehouse in December 2009 in a village in Togo, West Africa. This was the first major project of any size for the village and everyone wanted to chip in some effort. This...
I took this photo in May 2010 at a Catholic primary school in Togo, West Africa. This was a HIV/AIDS training teaching students the characteristics of the disease, prevention, living with it, etc. This photo shows the students representing every...
I took this photo at the end of the construction of an enviromentally-friendly latrine at the end of April 2010 in a village in Togo, West Africa. This photo shows the two masons, myself, and the community health worker celebrating the end the...