These are participants of the soy workshop I organized as part of a series of income-generating activity trainings for AIDS patients at the local hospital. They have just made soymilk, learning about nutrition and also opportunities for earning...
I took this photo in July 2011 at a summer camp for at-risk youth infected and affected by HIV in Ukraine. Camp OHALOW (Overcoming HIV And Leading Our World) is a week-long HIV leadership camp where kids aged 10-13 have an opportunity to experience...
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...
This photo is the two winning classes of the AIDS Awareness Week Question Competition. Each class was tasked to come up with a new question about AIDS, not the same old shop worn questions. Class 9A was the first place winners. They were rewarded...
This photo is original work of the Girls' Club of Uukwiyuushona Combined School, Namibia from 28 June 2012. Thirty female learners ages 14-20 collaborated ideas and were given a camera to capture them. As learners in grades either 9 or 10, they...
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...
This photo is original work of the Girls' Club of Uukwiyuushona Combined School, Namibia from 28 June 2012. Thirty female learners ages 14-20 collaborated ideas and were given a camera to capture them. As learners in grades either 9 or 10, they...
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.
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.
The youth here were taught life skills decision-making techniques for prevention of HIV. The youth acted out what they would do and say if confronted with a decision for sex. It was really great to watch them react to various situations that they...
I took this photo in May 2012 at the end of the Rivne Awareness Project (Ukraine). The PEPFAR funded project included two trainings for both teachers/psychologists in Rivne and school students (grades 9-11). After completing the training teachers &...
I took this photo during a training for people living with AIDS that trained them on several income-generating activities to improve their quality of life and foster their ability to take care of themselves and adhere to treatment. This woman is...
This is a photo taken of club Superman in Dominican Republic. The group is for young boys and is facilitated by a local teenager, Victor. He is a wonderful role model and facilitates HIV prevention games that are taught in the Deportes para la...
On December 1st 2012, Peace Corps Cape Verde celebrated what would be its last AIDS Day in country as not soon after Peace Corps would announce its graduation from the country it has so loyally served since 1988.
In this photo, Volunteer...
This photo was taken on December 1, 2011, at the World AIDS Day event in my community's church, Carlos Pinto, Dominican Republic. I am kneeling at the center surrounded by some of the youth members of our HIV/AIDS awareness group Escojo Mi Vida (I...
I took this picture of AIDS patients at our local hospital in Nkongsamba, Cameroon hanging out the fabric we dyed and printed together. The activity was part of a series of income generating trainings for people living with AIDS in the community...
This is a photo of Dominican youth playing 'Find the Ball,' a game from the HIV prevention initiative Deportes para la Vida. Youth pass a ball from one another behind their backs in order to see if they can guess where it stops. The ball...
This photo was taken at a life skills summer camp we did in Ntolo, Cameroon. We were working on writing goals around staying in school and having a positive, healthy year. HIV/AIDS prevention was a big part of the life skills focus. This girl was...
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.