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...
This photo was taken in 2011 during pre-service training, November 30, 2011. As we got to know our host families, we found that one game we could all play together is UNO. Playing games together not only allowed us to have fun together, but gave...
This photo was taken during the Youth Day activities at my school on February 11th 2011; it shows me dancing with a student on campus. The school administration organized an event with music and dancing for the students on the campus of the school.
This is a photo taken with members of my first host family in Thailand. After 4 months of service at my site 10 hours from Sing, I made a trip back to visit them. The photo shows five diverse and unique individuals who found that through laughter,...
My husband and I are Volunteers in the deep south of Thailand. It is a special place because of its mix of Chinese, Buddhist, and Muslim cultures. This is a picture of my host mom and me wearing our hajibs on our way to break fast after Ramadan.
This photo was taken during my 'Becoming A Man' class in which I teach my young Ukrainian male students what it means to be mature, responsible, citizens of the world.