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    • Mujeres Poderosas

    • Mujeres Poderosas

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); youth development

    • This photo that I took in January, 2011, shows young teenage girls from the Andes mountains in Shilla, Peru on their first day of the club Mujeres Poderosas (Powerful Women) in which they participated in a 6 week workshop where we talked about...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • La Vide da La Vega

    • La Vide da La Vega

    • Host community friends

    • This is a photo I took while visiting the family members of one of my community friends in La Vega, Dominican Republic. What was originally just an experiment testing out my new camera, turned into a fascinating portrait of Dominican "campo"...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coming Home from the Chacras

    • Coming Home from the Chacras

    • children; Host families

    • Walking around my site during my second month there in October, 2009, I happened to have my camera on me taking pictures of all the new and beautiful things Shilla, Ancash, Peru had to offer, when I came upon my host sister (20 years old at the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Los Multiplicadores de Los Limones

    • Los Multiplicadores de Los Limones

    • Celebrations

    • This photo is of the youth group in one community in which I worked, Los Limones. The event is of a graduation of the "Escojo Mi Vida!" (I choose my life) curriculum in which youth learned about Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV/AIDS, self...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Madiba Day

    • Madiba Day

    • Volunteerism

    • Each year, South Africa celebrates Madiba Day. Each South African is asked to do 67 minutes of community service in honor of Nelson Mandela's 67 years of fighting for the rights of humanity.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Day at the Fair

    • Day at the Fair

    • Celebrations

    • This little boy latched on to our mascot during the fair and would not let go. It was quite adorable to see him and our mascot holding hands throughout the day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Close to Nature

    • Close to Nature

    • Animals

    • While at a bird reserve, we saw no birds, but on our exit, ran into a small heard of zebra who appeared just as curious about us as we were about them.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • London Calling

    • London Calling

    • technology; traditional dress

    • I took this picture of a fellow Volunteer in my village during a wedding ceremony on March 4, 2011. This picture is a contrast because of the traditional clothing worn in the ceremonies, usually matching among friends, and the cell phone that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • the Griot

    • the Griot

    • Music; Celebrations

    • Every spring, classes at the public schools in Tchamba, Togo stop for Cultural Week. Students from different tribes have a chance to showcase their traditions, dances, food and more. It's a big festival organized for and by the students. In this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mother and Child

    • Mother and Child

    • Maternal and child health

    • Once a month, I traveled to Nadjoubi with the medical assistant from the Tchamba hospital to give vaccines. I helped with his record keeping and answered basic health questions from the mothers. We also brought a scale to weigh babies and monitor...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Celebrations!

    • Celebrations!

    • host community friends; Transportation

    • This photo was taken in Southeastern Liberia in the middle of the rainy season. We were on our way from Greenville to Zwedru after a WFP training. Our driver thought we could make it through a huge mud hole if he went fast enough.. but he was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Henna

    • Henna

    • host community

    • I took this photo of fellow Volunteer in her village on June 17, 2010. Her host family was helping her apply henna, a local beauty treatment that many women apply in the village before wedding and naming ceremonies. A paste of crushed roots and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kids Market at Camp Hope 2009

    • Kids Market at Camp Hope 2009

    • HIV/AIDS; Education; Business development

    • Camp Espoir (Hope) is a camp for kids infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. It is organized in collaboration between Peace Corps and local HIV/AIDS care organizations. At the 2009 centrale camp, each cabin learned how to make something they could sell...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Neem Cream

    • Neem Cream

    • health

    • I took this photo of my friend while I was teaching her and her family how to make neem cream. Neem cream is a local insect repellant made by boiling leaves of the neem tree and then mixing the neem water with soap and oil. It is very simple and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Play-doh with the Kindergarten

    • Making Play-doh with the Kindergarten

    • Games; Art

    • In Togo, almost no one speaks French, the official language, at home. They speak their local tribe languages. In kindergarten in Togo all the kids learn is French so that they can go on to school. I worked with the kindergarten class at Ecole...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bombali

    • Bombali

    • fishing

    • I took this picture while visiting a Fellow Volunteer in his village on March 10, 2010. We are standing beside a large stream flowing from the Gambia River, which runs up to his village. The fish he is holding is one caught by a local fisherman....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Smiling Students

    • Smiling Students

    • children; schools; environment

    • I took this picture of elementary school students on January 10, 2011 in my village. The staff, students, and family members were holding a local cleaning exercise at the Lower Basic school, and I was walking around taking pictures when the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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