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    • What Stigma in the Community Looks Like

    • What Stigma in the Community Looks Like

    • HIV/AIDS

    • A male caregiver and youth leader demonstrate what 'stigma in the community' looks like in a role play that was part of a two day Stigma Symposium held in South Africa in November, 2011. Here the older man helps his young friend while community...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Red Ribbons and Red Hands

    • Red Ribbons and Red Hands

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photograph was taken at a primary school in South Africa. A neighboring Volunteer and I taught HIV/AIDS lessons to the students and had them pledge to promote awareness and give their support to the community. Students from grades 1-5 proudly...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing and Loving Life

    • Dancing and Loving Life

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Creation of support groups and training peer educator for People Living with HIV/AIDS is a valuable and often underfunded effort. These groups are a valuable, ‘safe-space’ where people can find a chance to be open about their status, learn...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Empowered Youth

    • Empowered Youth

    • HIV/AIDS

    • The young girls of Mibenge Basic schools Ishiwi lya Abanna, meaning voice of the children, come together as they dance and sing there way on the gravel road, uniting all to come together to fight against the stigma of HIV/AIDS. -Luapula, Zambia.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fun with Female Condoms

    • Fun with Female Condoms

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken December 1, 2011 in my village in Burkina Faso. We celebrated World AIDS day by giving a village-wide awareness campaign and condom demonstrations. Surprisingly, one of the volunteers for practicing with the female condom was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Medical Ritual

    • A Medical Ritual

    • HIV/AIDS

    • A woman infected with HIV takes her TB medicine in the presence of a home-based worker on June 16, 2011, in Mangata, South Africa. To ensure on going treatment of a patient to slow the spread of TB, meds must be taken with a health worker present.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ishiwi lya Abanna

    • Ishiwi lya Abanna

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Ishiwi lya Abanna, voice of the children, made a statement on December 1, 2010 in Zambia to fight against stigma and educate their community on HIV/AIDS. Here we have a peer educator and a small boy putting their head and hand together in unity....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Remote HIV Outreach

    • Remote HIV Outreach

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Hike to a remote village in the mountains near Mokhotlong, Lesotho. Peace Corps volunteers assisted organization Touching Tiny Lives in identifying mothers and children with HIV/AIDS in the most remote areas of Lesotho. Volunteers provided...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Mayor's Message of Prevention

    • A Mayor's Message of Prevention

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo walking home through Guayaquil on November 30th, 2009. I had been working late in anticipation of the launch of a new campaign to raise public awareness of HIV by my counterpart organization, Fundación VIHDA, the next day in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Friendly Visit

    • A Friendly Visit

    • HIV/AIDS

    • A woman infected with HIV shares a smile with her family and a home-based care worker (foreground) who was visiting to ensure the woman was continuing her TB treatment. Taken in Mangata, South Africa on June 16, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Just Listening

    • Just Listening

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Instead of meeting outside on a rainy day, my youth group listens to a podcast about the HIV/AIDS crisis on my computer in a classroom at a school in South Africa on March 16, 2012. Everyone, including Nicholus, and his girlfriend Fairytale, payed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Junior

    • Junior

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo in June 2012 at La Ressource Combined school in St. Lucia. After seeing the HIV/AIDS awareness pin that I keep on my bag, a couple of grade 5 boys were interested in what it stood for. I came to find out that they knew very little...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fatima's Gift

    • Fatima's Gift

    • HIV/AIDS

    • A student in Morocco holds some of the ribbons that were distributed during a local music festival. Volunteers, a Moroccan HIV/AIDS organization, and local high school students conducted outreach and HIV testing.I took this photo during a local...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • One Love Swazi Style

    • One Love Swazi Style

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo is taken of the mural at the local KaGogo center (community center) in Mabondvweni, Swaziland. It is a take on the Swaziland flag by replacing the shield with a man and woman kissing. The intent of the mural is to display the importance...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Double Epidemic

    • Double Epidemic

    • HIV/AIDS

    • An elderly woman infected with HIV takes her TB medicine with food in the presence of a home-based worker in the morning in South Africa on June 16, 2011. HIV has fueled a TB epidemic in South Africa as well as many other countries.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • STOP and Think!

    • STOP and Think!

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo is of two of the local preschool children in Swaziland. Learning about 'STOPPING' and thinking before you go near someone else's blood. The children learned the common 'stop' hand signal when learning about HIV and proudly displayed it...
    • Volunteer Photos

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