These are hand made homes outside of Eldoret, Kenya. they are made with "Rammed Earth" style cob construction and roofed in thatch. Generally this is how most Kenyans live in the rural areas.
I took this photo in 2004 at the Point Hill Diagnostic Reading Centre in Point Hill, Jamaica. We only had one computer that was powered by an extension cord running to the house next door (the power wouldn't be connected to the centre for another...
Me, shortly after my arrival in-country, with the village children in Ouahigouya (Why-E-Goo-Ya), a village in northern Burkina. Shortly after, I relocated to my permanent teaching assignment in the western city of Bobo-Dioulasso.
This was taken on World AIDS day in Point Hill, Jamaica on Dec 1, 2005. The students made posters then had a parade down the street and through the main square. The posters encouraged people to get tested and be accepting of those with HIV/AIDS.
This photo was taken in September 2009 during Peace Corps training while I was staying with my host family. My host mother and auntie were teaching me how to weave mats on the weekends. I (Bina Contreras) am on the left, my host mother "Mama...