Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Camp participants play trust
games, helping them to feel comfortable with one other in hopes of encouraging them to open up and share their experiences. During the April 2012 camp, several youth led seminars on HIV...
My name is Nic, I have been a Peace Corps education Volunteer in Mozambique since 2011. I teach French and English to very talented 11th and 12th graders. Last month I organized the town's first annual Cultural Day to give my students an...
This photo was taken in April 2012 in Ghana (Northern Region) at a school for the deaf. I, Kate Barclay, am giving the presentation, and my JHS students are watching. The presentation is entirely in Ghanaian Sign Language.
I took this photo while on the c-section ward at the hospital in Arua Uganda. This is a set of twin girls. I also took photos of other twins born at this time. Being a nurse I have direct patient contact to help educate and inform. Education is a...
A daughter of an HIV positive woman was helping collect manure for drying to be used for heating. This is in Ateya, Ethiopia during my pre-service training.
The photo was taken on World AIDS Day 2011 at a health center in Cambodia. The picture is of a girl who was visiting the health center that morning. She helped glue pieces red paper to complete an HIV/AIDS ribbon.
This photo was taken at a primary school in Cambodia on World AIDS Day 2011. Each student was given a red ribbon and a cube containing information about HIV/AIDS along with a short lecture on the topic. The picture shows a student with a ribbon...
The photo is from World AIDS Day 2011 at a primary school in Cambodia. The photo shows a student who has already pinned his HIV/AIDS ribbon and is waiting to listen to a presentation on HIV/AIDS.
This photo was taken at the district hospital's community garden in Namibia where I have been assisting community members with learning permagardening techniques after receiving training as part of my Peace Corps service. This picture is of a group...
This group of employees from the district hospital in Namibia had just finished planting seeds in their plot at the hospital's community garden. The women are part of an HIV support group at the hospital that I had the pleasure of teaching...
These women are some of the vulnerable women being given training in urban gardening to help them improve their nutrition and teach them to raise their own gardens. Many of these women are HIV positive. This photo was taken in Ethiopia in the...
This photo was taken during an Alcohol and Drug Abuse Awareness Walk in asmall village in Botswana where I have served since June 2010. The photo shows a student holding a placard during the event which alerts young people living with HIV/AIDS to...
I took this photo during an HIV/AIDS-focused 8 day home-based care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. In the photo, two home-based caregivers are drawing a map of all the HIV/AIDS related resources in their community, such as health posts, NGOs,...
I took this photo during an 8 day, HIV/AIDS-focused home-based care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. Fifteen caregivers were trained using a Peace Corps VAST grant to provide home-based care to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia. This...
I took this photo during an 8 day, HIV/AIDS-focused home-based care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. Fifteen caregivers were trained using a Peace Corps VAST grant to provide home-based care to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia. This...
I took this photo during an 8 day, HIV/AIDS-focused home-based care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. Fifteen caregivers were trained using a Peace Corps VAST grant to provide home-based care to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia. This...
HIV/AIDS is a major contributor to the growing number of orphans and vulnerable children in Ethiopia. Many of these orphaned children live on the streets in Dessie, Ethiopia, without much support, and chance to live in a home or receive an...
I took this photo during an 8 day, HIV/AIDS-focused home-based care training in Mekaneselam, Ethiopia. Fifteen caregivers were trained using a Peace Corps VAST grant to provide home-based care to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia....