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    • A Pledge Enacted

    • A Pledge Enacted

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • The signatures of students, Peace Corps Volunteers, teachers, and PHA (People with HIV/AIDS) group members show their commitment to practice safe sexual habits. All camp participants signed the banner after hearing stories from PHA group members...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • AIDS is Strong but We are Stronger

    • AIDS is Strong but We are Stronger

    • Drama; HIV-AIDS

    • In this scene from the awareness play “Acting Out,” the AIDS virus, represented by the actor in red, attacks the four corners of the world. The AIDS virus may appear stronger than the world, but in the end, the world defeats AIDS. “Acting...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Attacking the Virus

    • Attacking the Virus

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • I took this photo at Mochudi Teen Club located at Stepping Stones International in Mochudi, Botswana in 2011. Teen Club is a support group for HIV positive adolescents, sponsored by Baylor Childen's Clinical Centre of Excellence in Botswana. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Candlelight Red Ribbon

    • Candlelight Red Ribbon

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken after a week-long training of trainers on the topic of HIV/AIDS and behavior change communication, which included interviews of local sex workers, and a testimonial from a PLWH. This pictures is of Blake Van Fleteren, one of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Carrying AIDS Away

    • Carrying AIDS Away

    • HIV-AIDS; Drama

    • In this scene from the Acting Out Awareness play, the actors representing the four corners of the world are carrying AIDS far away so that it cannot hurt anyone again. The Acting Out Awareness play is a Peace Corps Partnership Project from Massa,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Creative Teaching

    • Creative Teaching

    • Teachers and students; Education; HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken at a school in central Swaziland in November of 2011. The students had been exposed to HIV messages for years, but this was their first interactive lesson. The lesson (and subsequent lessons) were very successful. Students...
    • 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
    • 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
    • Fighting Against AIDS

    • Fighting Against AIDS

    • Drama; HIV-AIDS

    • In this scene from the Acting Out Awareness play, the AIDS virus has come face to face with the four corners of the world. At first, the world doesn't know what to do to stop AIDS. In the end they join forces to fight against AIDS. Acting Out...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fun with Paint

    • Fun with Paint

    • Children; HIV-AIDS

    • A few of the kids who helped design and paint the mural at our primary school posed for a picture during the process. The photo was taken in January 2012 in the village of Bissighin in Burkina Faso.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hand in Hand

    • Hand in Hand

    • HIV-AIDS

    • I took this photo during an English Corner at Bijie University where we discussed AIDS and the impact it can have on a community. Every week Bijie University, in Guizhou, China holds an English corner where students from all different majors come...
    • 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
    • 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
    • Life Decisions

    • Life Decisions

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo, the camp co-lead teacher, Kruu Namfone, is the last person to sign the anti-HIV/AIDS pledge banner. She eloquently summed up the experience as, "heart warming, knowing that my students, the future leaders of Thailand, promise to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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
    • No Assistance Necessary

    • No Assistance Necessary

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this photo two students practice putting a condom on a realistic model. This photo is particularly intriguing because, rarely seen in the States, two male students are more comfortable demonstrating proper condom usage than a male and female...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Old Enough to Know a Good Thing

    • Old Enough to Know a Good Thing

    • HIV-AIDS; Elders

    • This photo was taken during a community WORTH meeting in Swaziland. This woman walks more then 40 minutes every week to meet with other women and gain knowledge both of HIV/AIDS prevention and micro-fiance. Well into her 70's and with five...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pointed in the Right Direction

    • Pointed in the Right Direction

    • Children; HIV-AIDS

    • A Community WORTH group was meeting in the lowveld of Swaziland in Feburary of 2012. WORTH groups consist of 20-30 women who meet to discuss HIV issues and work on micro finance. When women are able to pull together and succeed, the OVC in that...
    • Volunteer Photos

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