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    • Street Sign

    • Street Sign

    • Malaria

    • Serving as a PCRV in Liberia, I came across this sign along the roadside of my hometown of Tubmanburg. It reminds people to sleep under their mosquito nets at night to protect from malaria.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing

    • Dancing

    • Dance; Teachers and students; Games

    • At a primary school in Guyana, I would often tell the students in my phonics class that "lots of times we read and sometimes we dance." This was a day when we chose to dance in front of the school during an assembly in 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Fair

    • World Fair

    • Education; Camps and clubs

    • Volunteers from the region of Sikasso in Mali, West Africa conduct a World Fair to help kids learn about different countries and cultures.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Barack Obama Shirts

    • Barack Obama Shirts

    • Children

    • These kids are wearing their best Obama shirts to a dance party in Mali in 2012. The party was a celebration of local hunters who gathered to make a sacrifice and show off some of their best kills, including monkeys, antelope and a huge wild boar.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mural in Koutiala

    • Mural in Koutiala

    • Maternal and child health; Hospitals; Art

    • Koutiala Volunteers in Mali, West Africa, paint a mural depicting maternal health and nutrition at the Women's and Children's Hospital. This mural was done a few days before Mali Volunteers were evacuated from the country due to the coup d'etat and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Back-Handed Excessive Force Technique

    • Back-Handed Excessive Force Technique

    • Health; Youth Development; Life Skills

    • Learning to brush your teeth can be a fun activity especially when you have a cool new toothbrush to do it with. We received donations of about 50 new toothbrushes and some toothpaste. So, I decided it would be a great opportunity to teach the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional Dancing

    • Traditional Dancing

    • Dance

    • Each year on Francophonie Day, our school celebrates the culture in Vanuatu by dressing up traditional costumes and doing traditional dances from the different regions in Vanuatu. This is a picture of me and a fellow teacher. We dressed in costumes...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Immune System

    • Immune System

    • Health; Counterparts

    • This photo was taken at a workshop for basic level health care providers in Vanuatu. Here, my Ni-Vanuatu co-facilitator and I are explaining an easy method which the health care providers can use to explain the body's immune system and how it works...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Event

    • Village Event

    • Celebrations

    • Peace Corps Volunteer life includes a lot of attending local events and that means a lot of waiting...for the important guests to finally show up, for the speeches to finish, etc. Here's a photo taken of me hanging out with other community members...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weaving Mats

    • Weaving Mats

    • Crafts; Host families

    • Weaving is a big part of a woman's life in Vanuatu. This is a photo of me learning how to weave mats from dried pandanus leaves with my host aunt Monique.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weaving Mats

    • Weaving Mats

    • Crafts; Host families

    • Weaving is a big part of a woman's life in Vanuatu. This is a photo of me learning how to weave mats from dried pandanus leaves with my host aunt Monique.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weighing Babies for Maternal and Child Health 3

    • Weighing Babies for Maternal and Child Health 3

    • Maternal and child health

    • Each week at the local dispensary we have maternal and child health day where, moms bring in their infants and babies to be weighed, update immunizations, and make sure their baby is developing normally. This photo was taken of me at one of these...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional Dress

    • Traditional Dress

    • Traditional dress

    • Each year on Francophonie Day, our school celebrates the culture and customs of the various regions of Vanuatu by dressing in traditional costumes and doing traditional dances. This is a picture of me and my fellow teacher who were dressed in the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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