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    • Lamusa

    • Lamusa

    • Children

    • This photo was taken during a seminar for women's health. The child in this picture is the son of the woman who was presenting information about proper nutrition. I held him while she presented. His name is Lamusa, which means "Thursday" in my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Taking a Stand Together

    • Taking a Stand Together

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo during the May 2011 Candlelight Memorial in Rivne, Ukraine. The transmission rate of HIV in Eastern Europe is one of the highest in the world and this picture displays the Rivnenska community taking a moment to remember those who...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Steps

    • Steps

    • HIV/AIDS

    • A photo of women at a local health center who are attending a seminar on infant and maternal health. The photo shows a mother watching her child walk across the frame, holding my hands.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Soviet Memories

    • Soviet Memories

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken in Ukraine in June 2012. Pictured are Irena Karkan and Volunteer Joanne Luongo (seated). Ukraine is full of reminders of its communist past. Tanks, fighter jets, and heavy artillary are displayed in every community around the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pretty Maids all in a Row

    • Pretty Maids all in a Row

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken in the yard of my apartment block in Ukraine, in May 2012. Our yard is the "Children's Yard" where all the kids in the neighborhood gather to play every evening after dinner. The children are bright, beautiful, fun and very...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Preparing the Land

    • Preparing the Land

    • HIV/AIDS

    • These at-risk women, most HIV positive, are being trained to grow their own vegetables to improve their nourishment and possible provide income. Finote Selam, Etthiopia April 2011
    • Volunteer Photos
    • SIDA March

    • SIDA March

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Photo taken on Dec. 1, 2006 when the town of Tachina, Ecuador organized a march against HIV/AIDS. These are local students from the Luis Vargas Torres high-school.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pin Pride

    • Pin Pride

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken at the junior high school I teach at in Gbedema, Ghana during the week of World AIDS Day which was December 1, 2012. During the week, the students were taught lessons on HIV/AIDS and the teachers wore red ribbon pins to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Advocacy Starts Young

    • Advocacy Starts Young

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken at the junior high school I teach at in Ghana during the week of World AIDS Day which was December 1, 2012. During the week, the students were taught lessons on HIV/AIDS and the teachers wore red ribbon pins to commemorate...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Painting for Prevention

    • Painting for Prevention

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo on January 30th, 2012 at my Peace Corps site in Nicaragua. It was the second day of a two-day HIV workshop with at-risk youth and gang members funded by Peace Corps/PEPFAR VAST funds. The workshop was focused on HIV prevention and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • AIDS Mural and Pledge

    • AIDS Mural and Pledge

    • HIV/AIDS

    • After a lesson to elementary school children on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, students take a pledge to remain AIDS-free and sign with handprints on the AIDS mural. A community member helps children with the handprinting process. This activity...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Remembrance

    • Remembrance

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Photo was taken in Uganda at the International Candlelight Memorial 2012. Faith, age 6, is placing a candle in remembrance of the victims of AIDS. Faith was abandoned around the age of 4 and has tested HIV negative twice but some of her fellow...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV-Free Future

    • HIV-Free Future

    • HIV/AIDS

    • For World AIDS Day, December 1, 2011, my counterpart and I put together a testing day and video show event in my town, Krobo, Central Region, Ghana. For the testing part we encouraged all community members to test. Our focus was specifically on...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hand Washing

    • Hand Washing

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is a photo of the children who live in my courtyard. Every morning, midday and evening they come to my house so that we can wash our hands together. Hygiene is one of the health program's most emphasized subjects.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hand Washing

    • Hand Washing

    • Water and sanitation

    • This is a photo of the children who live in my courtyard. Every morning, midday and evening they come to my house so that we can wash our hands together. Hygiene is one of the health program's most emphasized subjects.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Burkina Faso

    • Burkina Faso

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this picture during World Aids Day in Burkina Faso, WEST AFRICA with the 10th grade students at Bafuji Lycée on December 5th 2011. This picture showed the participation of students during World Aids Day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Burkina Faso

    • Burkina Faso

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this picture during World Aids Day in Burkina Faso, WEST AFRICA with the 10th grade students at Bafuji Lycée on December 5th 2011. This picture showed the participation of students during World Aids Day.
    • Volunteer Photos

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