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    • Home Based Care

    • Home Based Care

    • HIV/AIDS; Volunteerism

    • This photo was taken of a community home-based care volunteer in Mookane, Botswana on World AIDS Day December 1, 2004. These volunteers visit HIV/AIDS and other ill patients in their home bringing them supplies and friendship.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • How To Use A Condom

    • How To Use A Condom

    • HIV/AIDS; Teachers and students

    • This photo is of my 10th grade Biology class at my school in Liberia. Period 4 was focused on health topics, and with donated condoms from the local hospital, and bananas brought by the students we learned how to use a condom correctly and the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Prevent

    • Learning to Prevent

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken on May 30, 2012 during an HIV/AIDS workshop with ninth graders in Colombia. It was my counterpart, Leonor Vargas' and I's first workshop with the students after the HIV/AIDS conference in May 2012. We covered stigma and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Library Club

    • Library Club

    • HIV/AIDS; Libraries; Children

    • Children in Botswana gather for a weekly library club at their primary school. Volunteer Harmony Caton spent time with the children, combining art, computer lessons, and HIV education. The students often practiced by typing out phrases and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ludo HIV Awareness Tournament

    • Ludo HIV Awareness Tournament

    • HIV/AIDS; Games

    • This photo was taken in Uganda in 2009. It is a photo of a tournament involving 13 rural communities playing a popular game that has been modified to provide factual information about HIV/AIDS. During the tournament there were testaments from...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Nombres de la Calle

    • Nombres de la Calle

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken on May 30, 2012 during a workshop my counterpart and I gave to a class of ninth graders. This is Leonor Vargas, my counterpart, and a ninth grade student. We are doing a dinamica to show the students how people use all kinds of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • One in Four

    • One in Four

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Swaziland currently has the highest HIV rate in the world. One out of every four people is infected with the virus. But everyone in this small but beautiful country is affected. The children of Swaziland suffer the most, many losing their parents...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Our Team!

    • Our Team!

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is a photo of our team from Charitable Foundation VIRTUS, standing in front of our mobile ambulance and testing facility. The bus travels throughout the city daily providing services such as free express HIV testing, counseling for commercial...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peer Educator Training

    • Peer Educator Training

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo is from our peer educator training sessions, taken in a city in Ukraine on April 14, 2012. My organization is launching a dormitory-based peer education program, recruiting young students to learn about HIV and then design resources and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PEPFAR HIV/AIDS Calendar Contest

    • PEPFAR HIV/AIDS Calendar Contest

    • HIV/AIDS; Art

    • I took this photo of one of my students at Cape Coast School for the Deaf in Cape Coast, Ghana, working on her entry for the PEPFAR HIV/AIDS calendar contest. The theme of the contest was "My Friend with HIV is still my friend." I was her art...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Prevention through Murals

    • Prevention through Murals

    • HIV/AIDS; Art

    • This photo was taken in Biikira Parish, Rakai district, in Southern Uganda. It is on the wall of the maternity ward at St. Joseph Health Center III. The student, John Paul, is painting a mural that encourages pregnant HIV positive women to go for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Running Towards the Future

    • Running Towards the Future

    • HIV/AIDS

    • A woman runs towards a trash can to dispose of a "used" condom in a race against fellow villagers. By educating rural Malagasy on HIV/AIDS prevention, Peace Corps Volunteers hope to reduce transmission rates and increase awareness. In 2010,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing Knowledge, Spreading the Word

    • Sharing Knowledge, Spreading the Word

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken during the Northern Luzon Regional HIV/AIDS Training of Trainers held in October 2011. After completing the training, the newly trained nursing students echoed the training at a local high school. This is a photo of their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Skating For Awareness

    • Skating For Awareness

    • HIV/AIDS

    • A group of youth from Massa, Morocco, choreographed a short skate program to raise awareness among other youth about AIDS. Their group called 'Style Masst' also writes and records songs about AIDS awareness and the dangers of smoking. Photo taken...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Soda Bottle Condom Demonstration

    • Soda Bottle Condom Demonstration

    • HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Volunteer Ryan oversees a condom demonstration as secondary school girls practice applying a condom to a soda bottle during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College in Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The bottles...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Soda Bottle Condom Practice

    • Soda Bottle Condom Practice

    • HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Secondary school girls practice applying a condom to a soda bottle during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College in Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The bottles serve as readily accessible substitutes when...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tanzania Girls Conference Condom Demonstration

    • Tanzania Girls Conference Condom Demonstration

    • HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Volunteer Sativa demonstrates the proper use of a condom and answers questions during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College, Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The girls empowerment conference included...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Self Esteem Circle

    • The Self Esteem Circle

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken on May 12, 2012 at a secondary chool in Kenya. On this day, we had a Girls' Empowerment Day, during which we taught the girls various skills including HIV/AIDS prevention (proper condom use), reproductive health, and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Their Undivided Attention

    • Their Undivided Attention

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo during our Farewell Celebration for our host families in Mpumalanga, South Africa on March 22, 2012, day before I was to be sworn in as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Africa. Staring from the back, I was in awe at the...
    • Volunteer Photos

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