The photo was taken in Uganda, November 2011. This was the Peace Club doing a drama for the community on Conflict Resolution/HIV/AIDS/Alcohol & Drugs. Over 500 people in the community attended. The Peace Club was developed when the youth...
The photo was taken in Uganda, November 2011. This was the Peace Club doing a drama for the community on Conflict Resolution/HIV/AIDS/Alcohol & Drugs. Over 500 people in the community attended. The Peace Club was developed when the youth...
A Kapsiki man in the Far North of Cameroon watches as one of the rainy seasons first storms passes through his village. Though it may do damage to his home, it's a welcoming sign that the rains will soon be steady enough for him to begin planting...
I took this photo of a fellow Volunteer, Paco, pinning HIV/AIDS ribbons on orphans and vulnerable children at a youth forum in Bobirwa Region on World AIDS Day, December 2010. We held a candlelight vigil to honor those we have lost to HIV/AIDS and...
This photo was taken of students on December 1st, 2011 at a PEPFAR funded HIV awareness event in the Volunteer's town square. You can plainly see the HIV/AIDS sign in the background. They are performing a skit dedicated to preventing discrimination...
This photo was taken on December 1st, 2011 at a PEPFAR funded HIV awareness event in the Volunteer's town square. You can plainly see the large poster made by students at a secondary school and a teenage girl talking about their project.
Togo: We held a M.A.P. (Men as Partners) event in April 2012. We covered subjects such as HIV, STDs, abstinence and condoms. We also talked to the girls about things they might do before they have a family, and talked to them about why it's not...
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.
I took this photo on February 15, 2012 at a school in Ukraine. Pictured is Lyudmila sharing information with local psychologists from schools in the town. This seminar was put on through a PEPFAR grant that an RPCV worked on. It took place over two...
This photo was taken in Capiata, Paraguay - a community located one hour outside the capitol. Often, it is referred to as a "dormotorio" community, or a place where you sleep, as the majority of the residents commute into the capitol for work. This...
This is from a training of health workers in Guinea that I supervised with my partner organization, Population Services International. The health workers were trained in how to advise those who came into their regional health centers and hospitals...
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...
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...
This photo was taken on December 1st, 2011 at a PEPFAR funded HIV awareness event in the Volunteer's town square as he registered members of a school to participate in a contest between nine schools about HIV awareness. You can plainly see the huge...
This photo was taken on December 1st, 2011 at a PEPFAR funded HIV awareness event in the Volunteer's town square. You can plainly see the volunteer carrying in a large table for the event with a health center member and trainee, an AIDS ribbon on...
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.