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    • Saber Es Poder - Knowledge is Power

    • Saber Es Poder - Knowledge is Power

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo on December 1, 2011 at the World AIDS Day event in my community in Dominican Republic. Our youth group Escojo Mi Vida ("I Choose My Life") prepared and presented informational talks and dramas about HIV/AIDS. The photo shows some...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing HIV Prevention Lyrics

    • Sharing HIV Prevention Lyrics

    • HIV/AIDS

    • These are two girls in my secondary school health club in Cameroon. We were planning to perform for the end-of-school ceremony on the topic of AIDS prevention, so they are pitching the lyrics they wrote to the rest of the club.
    • 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
    • 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
    • Soyskabobs

    • Soyskabobs

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this picture during a soy formation I organized as part of a series of VAST-funded income-generating activity trainings for people living with AIDS who are under treatment at the local hospital in Cameroon. The project was aimed at care and...
    • 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
    • Student Leadership

    • Student Leadership

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo in May 2012 as part of the Rivne Awareness Project. The PEPFAR funded project included two trainings of trainers for both teachers/psychologists in Rivne as well as secondary school students (grades 9-11). After completing the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tailoring with Hope

    • Tailoring with Hope

    • Life skills

    • I took this photo during the second month of tailoring classes for local women infected with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Many of these women have not completed primary school and are using their new technical skills to generate income and empower...
    • 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
    • Tears for Years of Fighting HIV/AIDS

    • Tears for Years of Fighting HIV/AIDS

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Rights of Children

    • The Rights of Children

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is a photo of a mural done on the front of an elementary school in Dominican Republic by the group Brilliant Girls. The mural depicts children's rights and features some of the painters and their proud work! One of the rights says freedom...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • United Together

    • United Together

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo in May 2012 as part of the Rivne Awareness Project. The PEPFAR funded project included two trainings of trainers for both teachers/psychologists in Rivne as well as secondary school students (grades 9-11). After completing the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • We are Taking Control

    • We are Taking Control

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo is was taken at Uukwiyuushona Combined School on the 28th of June 2012 during HIV/AIDS Awareness Week, established by the government of Namibia. This photo was organized with the theme of reducing and eliminating stigma and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2011

    • World AIDS Day 2011

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is a photo I took on World AIDS Day 2011 at the Lycee Bokito in Cameroon. We worked with the high school students to prepare speeches, video screenings, contests, and a testing center to raise awareness of the illness and promote prevention....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia

    • World AIDS Day in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia

    • HIV/AIDS

    • In Georgia, where talking about HIV and AIDS is taboo, it can be difficult to raise awareness and spread accurate information about this important health issue. However, 14 high school students stepped up to the challenge in Akhaltsikhe as part of...
    • Volunteer Photos

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