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    • Attacking the Virus

    • Attacking the Virus
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    • I took this photo at Mochudi Teen Club located at Stepping Stones International in Mochudi, Botswana in 2011. Teen Club is a support group for HIV positive adolescents, sponsored by Baylor Childen's Clinical Centre of Excellence in Botswana. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hand in Hand

    • Hand in Hand
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    • I took this photo during an English Corner at Bijie University where we discussed AIDS and the impact it can have on a community. Every week Bijie University, in Guizhou, China holds an English corner where students from all different majors come...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • To Be Better Informed

    • To Be Better Informed
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    • In this photo a student, Tungmay, practices reading the expiration date on a condom. All of the students were surprised to hear that condoms can (and do) expire. Therefore, as part of the lesson plan, it was key for students to practice locating...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • No Assistance Necessary

    • No Assistance Necessary
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    • In this photo two students practice putting a condom on a realistic model. This photo is particularly intriguing because, rarely seen in the States, two male students are more comfortable demonstrating proper condom usage than a male and female...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Practice Makes Perfect

    • Practice Makes Perfect
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    • In this photo, two students are demonstration proper condom usage on a realistic model. The local hospital graciously lent us these models to use as well as their time. An HIV/AIDS nurse came to my camp to help educate the students about...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Life Decisions

    • Life Decisions
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    • In this photo, the camp co-lead teacher, Kruu Namfone, is the last person to sign the anti-HIV/AIDS pledge banner. She eloquently summed up the experience as, "heart warming, knowing that my students, the future leaders of Thailand, promise to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Pledge Enacted

    • A Pledge Enacted
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    • The signatures of students, Peace Corps Volunteers, teachers, and PHA (People with HIV/AIDS) group members show their commitment to practice safe sexual habits. All camp participants signed the banner after hearing stories from PHA group members...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mind Empowered

    • Mind Empowered
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    • After listening to the local PHA (People with HIV/AIDS) group talk, the students all signed an HIV/AIDS pledge banner stating "I will practice safe sexual habits." Students, teachers, Peace Corps Volunteers and members of the PHA group all signed...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Wedding

    • Village Wedding
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    • This picture was taken on July 16th, 2011, in a village in Bulgaria. Kay and Tyler are the bride and groom, and are accompanied by a few of the many babas (grandmothers) in this small village. Kay and Tyler met during pre-service training (PST),...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girls

    • Girls
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    • While walking back to the village during my Volunteer visit, these three young women came up to talk with us. They asked me to take their picture. After a few shots they grabbed each other's hands to stand in this circle. April 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Vinegarville

    • Vinegarville
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    • This is a picture of some of the 25 women who are learning to to make vinegar, wine vinegar, and herb-infused vinegar. The man in the picture is the agricultural agent who is teaching them. They come every week from all over the valley. They hope...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Kids Next Door

    • The Kids Next Door
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    • This picture was taken during our pre-service training (PST) in Belize, April 2011. We are sitting on the steps of a "board house." Every night the girls would come over and say, "Miss Cat, you could tell us a story?"
    • Volunteer Photos

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