I took this picture during World Aids Day in Gaoua, Burkina Faso, (West Africa) with the 10th grade students on December 5, 2011. This picture showed the participation of students during World Aids Day.
This photo was snapped on June 20, 2012. These are the winning learners at a senior secondary school, in Namibia, grades 9A and 10A. One of the AIDS Awareness Week activities was to submit a class question and the top three would win a prize. We...
This is a picture at the end of the World AIDS Day 2011 bike ride in Piman, Thailand. The two people in the middle are teachers that helped spread the word at a large school about the ride. Som Ying (female teacher) is holding one of the signs that...
This photo was taken on May 20, 2011 at the HIV/Aids This photo was taken at a candlelight memorial in Ukraine. Students of all ages participated in a candlelight walk, quizzes focused on prevention and stigma reduction, behavior pledges, and...
This photo was taken on May 20, 2011 at an HIV/AIDS candlelight memorial in Ukraine. Students of all ages participated in a candlelight walk, quizzes focused on prevention and stigma reduction, behavior pledges and presented interpretive dance,...
This photo was taken on May 20, 2011 at the HIV/AIDS candlelight memorial in Ukraine. Students of all ages participated in a candlelight walk, quizzes focused on prevention and stigma reduction, behavior pledges, and presented interpretive dance,...
I took this picture during a bingo game (with HIV/AIDS words they had learned) during the HIV/AIDS Camp in Piman, Thailand (April, 2011). When there was a winner, we spent a few minutes going back over the phrases of the winning bingo card to...
We had a bike ride on World AIDS Day in Piman, Thailand. All riders wore a sign on their back with the themes of "Getting to Zero." More than 120 children/adults rode in a caravan. This was a picture when the ride was finished. The ride took place...
This photo was taken on May 20, 2011 at an HIV/AIDS candlelight memorial Ukraine. Students of all ages participated in a candlelight walk, quizzes focused on prevention and stigma reduction, behavior pledges and presented interpretive dance, song...
This is a picture of the t-shirts that each attendee to the 3-day HIV/AIDS Camp received (April, 2011). The front of the shirt simply has the red ribbon -- the back says it's the HIV/AIDS Camp in Piman (mostly in Thai). When my service ended nearly...
During the HIV/AIDS Camp in Piman, Thailand (April, 2011) -- we had the kids paint and sign a banner. They had fun painting and deciding how big to write their names! They then understood what the red ribbon symbolized and why it was so prominent...
This is a picture of the whole group of attendees of the HIV/AIDS Camp - the camp was April 7-9, 2011, in Piman, Thailand. This was the day each attendee wore the t-shirt designed for the camp attendees.
I helped develop and obtain funds for a three-day HIV/AIDS Camp in Piman, Thailand during my Peace Corps Service. The camp was held for three days in April, 2011. More than 40 students attended the camp. This is one of the participants learning...
Even after the bike ride for World AIDS Day 2011, in Piman, Thailand, I kept a sign on my bicycle the rest of the month to continue showing my support to my community.
These are four of the adult riders in the bike ride for World AIDS Day in Piman, Thailand - December 2, 2012. Each rider wore a sign (either in Thai or English) that used the themes of "Getting to Zero." The 2nd and 4th people (from left) are both...
This photo was taken on May 20, 2011,at an HIV/AIDS Candlelight Memorial in Ukraine. Students of all ages participated in a candlelight walk, quizzes focused on prevention and stigma reduction, behavour pledges and presented interpretive dance,...
This support group in Uganda would get together every 2 weeks throughout the year to talk about issues and concerns and receive education on HIV/AIDS. This picture is the group that came in September 2011. The group would sometimes have 15 to 80...
This photo was taken during an HIV/AIDS education and prevention, treatment, care, and support, and Reducing/eliminating stigma and discrimination support group that is held every 2 week throughout the year. The participants number in 15 to 86 at...
In April 2012, Peace Corps Volunteers in the Dominican Republic completed the fourth and final filming of an educational soap opera. The project was designed for Volunteers to use technology in innovative ways to address common adolescent issues...
A Colombian workshop participant in a Peace Corps HIV/AIDS workshop is a little shy about presenting her group's work in Colombia, in 2012. The week-long workshop was given by Peace Corps Volunteerss for Peace Corps Volunteers, Peace Corps staff,...