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.
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.
I took this picture of my youth group in Colimes, Ecuador after the World AIDS Day march on December 1, 2010. All of the youth include in this picture are peer educators who worked with hundreds of youth in their community in HIV prevention and...
This mural painted in front of the health center in a town in Guatemala was part of an art contest that was held on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2011. The art contest was among children and a 13 year old boy won the contest. His drawing was painted...
Dina Davis holds the stickers she designed to accompany informational pamphlets for World AIDS Day. The campaign was initiated and carried out by the Peace Corps Paraguay AIDS Taskforce.
This is the mural painting by itself after the completion for World AIDS Day 2011 in a town in Guatemala. This mural was painted in front of the health center to raise HIV awareness for the entire town.
This was the actual handmade butterfly that was passed out to the health center staff in a town in Guatemala on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2011. It was a way to promote HIV awareness and the hope of finding a cure in the near future for HIV.
In this photo I am showing off the t-shirt I designed for the Paraguay Peace Corps HIV/AIDS Taskforce. I am standing in my garden in the town of San Miguel, Paraguay. Sales of the t-shirt support the program. It was quite popular. "Cuida tu Amor"...
Weaving of all kinds is a favorite (and traditional) activity in Vanuatu; each island claims a particular style or specialty in weaving. Here, my friend Edna is teaching me how to weave a basket in the style of the island Futuna. It was taken on...
This was taken on the last day of school in our training village, Dviri, in the mountains of central Georgia. Trainee Goodloe Harman treated students to a few songs in between classes outside of the village school. June, 2011
In Panama on July 19, 2012, the students of the local school put on a series of skits and musical performances to show appreciation to Padres de Familia.
This picture was taken during GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) Camp 2012 in the Dominican Republic. These girls spent the week learning about leadership, HIV/AIDS, managing stress, teamwork, and future planning. These 2 young leaders will spend the...
Chicos Superman is a program for boys aged 10-14 to meet and talk about positive self-esteem, values, and HIV/AIDS prevention. In May 2012, this group met to make Mother's Day cards for their moms. Their appreciation for their mothers' is one...
During a Soy Sana Chicas Brillantes, which is our version of G.L.O.W., mini conference in Dominican Republic I took a picture with my Deportes para la Vida (grassroots soccer) trainers who ran HIV/AIDS prevention games for the conference.
This photo was taken July 2012. My friend came to visit me and we were walking through my barrio with my host nieces. This is a beautiful view of what I get to see everyday.
Camps and clubs; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); HIV/AIDS
This photo was taken during a Soy Sana Chicas Brillantes mini conference in the Dominican Republic on Saturday April 14, 2012. Soy Sana focused on the girls understanding their body and reproductive organs, as well as HIV/AIDS prevention through an...
It's Ramadan and Sports Week here in Thailand, and this girl is ready to run in her track meet. The temperatures are in the sweltering upper nineties, and even though her Grandmother is fasting from food and drink, including water, from sunrise to...
Jopara is a GuaranĂ word for "mezcla/mixture" that Peace Corps Paraguay's Diversity and Advocacy Group has adopted for our name. We feel it accurately represents our goals and missions as a group. We work to create a more inclusive and supportive...