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    • Mind Empowered

    • Mind Empowered

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • After listening to the local PHA (People with HIV/AIDS) group talk, the students all signed an HIV/AIDS pledge banner stating "I will practice safe sexual habits." Students, teachers, Peace Corps Volunteers and members of the PHA group all signed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Engageons-nous!

    • Engageons-nous!

    • Art; HIV-AIDS

    • This photo shows the final product of the mural the students and teachers painted at my primary school in Burkina Faso in January 2012. The mural followed activities I led with the teachers to teach the students about HIV/AIDS transmission,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Je m'engage

    • Je m'engage

    • Art; HIV-AIDS

    • One of the students at our primary school in Burkina Faso made his hand print on the mural to show that he chooses to engage in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The mural followed an activity I did with the teachers at the primary school to teach the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rivne Candlelight Memorial Ceremony

    • Rivne Candlelight Memorial Ceremony

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken on May 15th, 2012 in Ukraine, in the main square of a town. It features Volunteers and Ukrainians laying down candles for a candlelight memorial we did to remember those who have died of HIV AIDS. The candles in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing Knowledge

    • Sharing Knowledge

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken on May 15th, 2012 in the main square of a town in Ukraine. It features pupils excitedly sharing their knowledge of HIV after a series of HIV awareness seminars. They are encouraging their peers to add a link to the Chain of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • It's Not Who You Are

    • It's Not Who You Are

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This quilt piece was made by a participant of an HIV awareness seminar conducted on December 1, 2011. The seminar highlighted the fact that there are no "high-risk people," only "high risk behaviors." Understanding this concept is crucial in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Engageons-nous!

    • Engageons-nous!

    • Art; HIV-AIDS

    • The students and teachers gathered for a photo after putting the finishing touches on our HIV/AIDS mural at a primary school in Burkina Faso. The mural followed activities I led with the teachers to teach the students about HIV/AIDS transmission,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wind Is Your Friend

    • Wind Is Your Friend

    • Agriculture

    • Strong winds may kick up a lot of dust in the Far North of Cameroon, but the Kapsiki women here use this force of nature to separate beans and grains from there protective layers. January 27th, 2012.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gazing Red Colobus Monkey

    • Gazing Red Colobus Monkey

    • Animals

    • While walking in Jozani Forest,Zanzibar in April 2011, I was able to capture many photos of these Old World monkeys, yet this was the only one who did not seem frightened as I approached.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Angoni Ncwala Ceremony

    • Angoni Ncwala Ceremony

    • Ceremonies; Traditional dress

    • This is a member of the Angoni tribe in Zambia. This was taken at the annual harvest ceremony for the Angoni tribe. The ceremony takes place in February or March every year.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Zambian Boy

    • Young Zambian Boy

    • Children

    • This photo was taken in September 2010 during our celebration of induction into Peace Corps Zambia. I was trying to take photos of the dancers behind this boy, but the constant gazing of his eyes drew my lens to focus on him. My favorite part of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Brother and Sister by the River

    • Brother and Sister by the River

    • children

    • This picture was taken April 28, 2011 along the banks of the Niger river in Mali. I was out on the banks with my women's association dyeing bazaan material, and caught this brother and sister pair resting under the shade of a pirogue. A pirogue is...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Three Muses

    • Three Muses

    • Children

    • Three girls of a close family in the village of Tanka, Niger. It must have been bath time. The photo was taken in 2006 and it captures each of their personalities so perfectly.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Self Shot

    • Self Shot

    • Children; Celebrations; Dance

    • This photo was taken on 26 March 2011 in Eastern Province, Zambia. I was invited to a cultural dance ritual, where I began taking photos of the dancers. Every time the digital image would show on the cameras screen, the children behind me would...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My friend Sophia

    • My friend Sophia

    • Children; Host families

    • This is a photo taken during training in Paraguay. Sophia is related to my training family and lives next door. Many times Sophia would come and visit me while I was studying and go through my pictures from home. After many times of looking through...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Building Blocks

    • Building Blocks

    • Construction

    • After the harvests in the far north of Cameroon, it's time to build. Here, a group of Kapsiki men use mud bricks to construct another classroom for their children at the catholic primary school of Vitte. May 21st, 2012.
    • Volunteer Photos

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