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    • True or False

    • True or False

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo during an HIV/AIDS prevention session at the Kingston YMCA in Kingston, Jamaica on April 23, 2012. This picture shows a group of boys raising their hand to true or false statements related to HIV/AIDS prevention.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV/AIDS Sign Vegetable plot

    • HIV/AIDS Sign Vegetable plot

    • Gardens; HIV-AIDS

    • The photo was taken at North-West Province of South Africa in a school called Goakganya Primary School where Peace Corps had their permagarden training with PCVs & Counterparts. The workshop was held on the 2-3 April 2012 and the picture was taken...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hats On, Hombres

    • Hats On, Hombres

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken during my practicum week in Nicaragua during my Peace Corps training. A group of Peace Corps trainees delivered an HIV/AIDS eduction workshop with a group of 60 navy men at the naval base in Corinto. The image is of me and a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV Education

    • HIV Education

    • HIV/AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this class, that was a part of one day camp in a high school, this teacher is teaching about how HIV spreads. The theme of the day was "choose better life skills" and a tee shirt with this logo was given to each kid. There were more than 100...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • AIDS Education and Prevention

    • AIDS Education and Prevention

    • HIV/AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • In this clas,s that was a part of one day camp in a high school, this teacher is teaching about how HIV spreads. The theme of the day was "choose better life skills" and a tee shirt with this logo was given to each kid. There were more than 100...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Their Undivided Attention

    • Their Undivided Attention

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo during our Farewell Celebration for our host families in Mpumalanga, South Africa on March 22, 2012, day before I was to be sworn in as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Africa. Staring from the back, I was in awe at the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reading with Friends

    • Reading with Friends

    • Teachers and students

    • A moment captured by community economic development Volunteer Hilary Braseth of fellow secondary education Volunteer Christina at the "Pont de Dieu," a natural bridge in Dalaba, Guinea. “God's Bridge” offers a serene getaway among fields and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Caravan of Support, May 2012

    • Caravan of Support, May 2012

    • HIV/AIDS; Dance

    • This is a photo from a caravan style publicity parade for an event with the CECOJE (Center for youth counseling and peer education - particularly surrounding health) in Guinea, that my partner organization, Population Services International, and I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Drumming up Support

    • Drumming up Support

    • HIV/AIDS; Celebrations; Dance

    • This is a photo from a caravan style publicity parade for an event with the CECOJE (Center for youth counseling and peer education - particularly surrounding health) in Mamou, Guinea, that I and my partner organization Population Services...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Training of Health Workers

    • Training of Health Workers

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is from a training of health workers in Guinea that I supervised with my partner organization, Population Services International. The health workers were trained in how to advise those who came into their regional health centers and hospitals...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Holistic Care

    • Holistic Care

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo during my first support group with adolescents infected with HIV. The support group took place in Guyana. Participants were asked to write questions or topics relating to their medication and put them in a box. We discussed each...
    • 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
    • Holistic Care

    • Holistic Care

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo during my first support group with adolescents infected with HIV. The support group took place at a foundation in Guyana. Participants were asked to write questions or topics relating to their medication and put them in a box. We...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Diversity Days

    • Diversity Days

    • Music

    • In Panama on July 19, 2012, the students of the local school put on a series of skits and musical performances to show appreciation to Padres de Familia.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Whole New Dawn

    • A Whole New Dawn

    • Pre-service training (PST)

    • This photo was taken on my last morning at my training site in Indonesia. Later this day, I would start my new life at my permanent site, which meant I had to say goodbye to six new friends I had spent the previous ten weeks with. Before that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Write On Competition

    • Write On Competition

    • Libraries

    • I am doing practice writing classes for the students before the Write On contest, which will be February 12th at our high school in the Philippines. They write in the library. When this picture was taken there were 11 students; we are up to 14 and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Timket Service

    • Timket Service

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • Orthodox priests line up and chant during the Timket (Epiphany Celebration) Service on Jan. 19, 2013 in Gondar, Ethiopia. Gondar is a large pilgrimage site for Epiphany, and the service includes the blessing of holy water at Fasilides Baths, unique...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Candlelight Prayer at Dawn

    • Candlelight Prayer at Dawn

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • Woman praying by candlelight at dawn at the Timket (Epiphany Celebration) Service on Jan. 19, 2013 in Gondar, Ethiopia. Timket is celebrated every year on Jan. 19th and marks the baptism of Jesus by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church calendar.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Getting around in Ukraine's snow!

    • Getting around in Ukraine's snow!

    • Climate

    • In December 2013, after a meeting with my counterpart, he needed to take his son to the store, so we got him dressed and prepared for the walk in the snow. He was bundled up in his snow suit, boots, gloves and scarf. Ukrainians really know how to...
    • Volunteer Photos

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