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    • Paper Making

    • Paper Making
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    • In April 2012, a club of primary school students learned how to make recycled paper in a small town in southern Mozambique. In this club, students learn skills that will help them to support themselves or their education, as well as information...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stop AIDS, Love Life

    • Stop AIDS, Love Life

    • HIV/AIDS

    • After having completed our first HIV/AIDS meeting ever at our senior high school, we went around teaching them the "Stop AIDS, Love Life" handshake which everyone fell in love with. This photo was taken this year, 2012, after my form 2 students...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Red Ribbon Benches

    • Red Ribbon Benches

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken on May 5th, 2012, during an HIV/AIDS mini-camp at a school in Ukraine. As part of the camp, all of the students had the opportunity to help paint HIV facts and statistics on the benches. Benches are a great way to raise...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Imprinting on the Future

    • Imprinting on the Future

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken on December 1st, 2011, at a lyceum in Ukraine. The photo shows four primary school girls admiring several posters on World AIDS Day. I organized a school-wide poster contest with my school psychologist to raise awareness about...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Mongolia, World Aids Day Game

    • PC Mongolia, World Aids Day Game

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Here are some of our students playing a game centered on myths and facts about AIDS/HIV. This took place at a nursing school in Mongolia during the school's first Worlds AIDS Awareness Day on December 2, 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reusable Menstrual Pads in Uganda

    • Reusable Menstrual Pads in Uganda

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken at a training for senior headwoman teachers and headteachers. The teachers are learning to sew reusable menstrual pads from affordable, locally available materials so that they can teach their upper primary girl students how to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dedoplistskaro's AIDS Ribbon

    • Dedoplistskaro's AIDS Ribbon

    • HIV/AIDS

    • The photo was a spur of the moment idea that quickly bloomed into a school wide effort. The Ministry of Education in Georgia held a health-related photo contest on Facebook, with different schools submitting their own photos. They asked me if I...
    • 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
    • Homemade Ribbons

    • Homemade Ribbons

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Three of my sixth grade students wait for the start of the primary school's 2011 World AIDS Day event. The boys wear their homemade AIDS ribbons while their fellow students dance, read poems, and sing as a sign of their support to win the fight...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV Poster Contest

    • HIV Poster Contest

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is my student at Savelugu School for the Deaf in the Northern Region of Ghana, Mohammed Sayibu, who is participating in an HIV poster contest at her school. This photo was taken in June of 2012.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV in the Classroom

    • HIV in the Classroom

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Volunteer Mark Stratton Jr. (Education, Kenya 2010-12) teaches a Life Skills class to form 1 (freshmen) students about HIV transmission and the effects it has on the immune system.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Condom Games

    • Condom Games

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Volunteer Alison (Education, Kenya 2010-2012) helps a girl open a condom for a condom relay race held at the annual Camp GLOW, which empowers girls through HIV/AIDS education. The camp also focuses on relationships, gender violence, and careers for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girls Leading Our World (GLOW)

    • Girls Leading Our World (GLOW)

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Three Kenyan secondary students (from left: A-Star, Monica, and Emily) attend May 2012 Camp GLOW for 55 secondary female students from Kenya's Eastern and Coast Provinces. The camp focuses on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, stigma reduction, as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Clowning

    • Clowning

    • HIV/AIDS

    • In Nicaragua, clowns are a popular tool for discussing questions of the stigma and discrimination faced by HIV/AIDS positive people. In this scene, an ambulance worker and a TV reporter argue over whether or not to provide care for a man who has...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Leaves

    • Leaves

    • HIV/AIDS

    • In parched north-eastern Nicaragua, a watermelon, tomato, or bell-pepper can mean the difference between good health and malnourishment. For someone living with HIV/AIDS, it can mean the difference between life and death. This photo was in 2012 as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baby Bell Pepper

    • Baby Bell Pepper

    • HIV/AIDS

    • In parched north-eastern Nicaragua, a bell pepper can mean the difference between good health and malnourishment. For someone living with HIV/AIDS, it can mean the difference between life and death. This photo was in 2012 taken at a family garden...
    • Volunteer Photos

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