This photo was taken November 16, 2012 in Costa Rica at an anti-abuse march. Many schools, businesses, and PANI (Costa RIca's equivalent to Health and Human Services) were involved. Groups made signs and walked a mile in the main part of town.
Pre-service Training (PST); Host families; Universities
I got a doll of my school mascot the day I graduated from University of Idaho. Joe Vandal now travels the world with me, and wouldn't miss out on serving in Africa alongside. This picture is of my PST host sister, Jesska, and Joe, the day I said my...
Universities; Host families; Pre-Service Training (PST)
I got a doll of my school mascot the day I graduated from University of Idaho. Joe Vandal now travels the world with me, and wouldn't miss out on serving in Africa alongside. This picture is of my PST host sister, Mapala, and Joe, the day I said my...
Universities; Host families; Pre-Service Training (PST)
I got a doll of my school mascot the day I graduated from University of Idaho. Joe Vandal now travels the world with me, and wouldn't miss out on serving in Africa alongside. This picture is of my PST host sister, Mapalo, and Joe, the day I said my...
The midwife at a local clinic celebrates on her wedding day in Burkina Faso. The bride is dancing with friends during a Muslim wedding celebration where friends stick money on her while singing and dancing. People all around are using technology...
Taken during the retrofitting of all windows with mosquito netting at a secondary school in Mozambique. The goal of the project was to retrofit all windows with new mosquito netting and plant lemon grass plants outside of the classroom to deter...
The photo was taken at the completion of the mosquito netting project in Mozambique. The goal of the project was to prevent malaria by putting up new mosquito netting in all windows and plant lemon grass outside of the classrooms to deter...
Many of the men in my village leave to find work in Italy. They are gone for years at a time while the women and girls have to make ends meet in village, waiting for money to be sent over. This is a photo of three girls from my village in...
This photo was taken at the dia de anexión in Costa Rica July 25, 2012. Dia de anexión is a major holiday for this part of Costa Rica. It represents when Guanacaste became part of Costa Rica. This picture depicts the district wide acto civico...
For one month during the Costa Rican school break, many volunteers put on a Jump Start camp to help incoming 7th grades improve their English level. This camp was lead by a Volunteer and a 7th grade English teacher. It was given to students who...
This photo was taken January 20, 2013 at the fairgrounds in Costa Rica. One week every January the community hosts a large festival with great food, music, rides and rodeos. This picture is on the last night of the fiesta.
I took this photo on December 12th, 2012, during my community's first ever Christmas Parade in Costa Rica. My nephews begged me to walk them to the square to watch the parade and they even managed to dig up some old Santa hats to wear. I am...
During my pre-service training (PST), an RPCV came back to Nicaragua to visit my host family, who was also his old host family from when he was in PST. We made over 20 nacatamales, a traditional Nicaraguan dish made of cornmeal, pork (or chicken),...
This is a photo of the lunch my host mother prepared for me in Moldova. I was the only one eating. Moldovans love to share food and homemade wine and they expect you to eat EVERYTHING. The food is delicious and my waistline is expanding. Many great...
This photo is of the Akee Fruit eaten on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica. Careful, its poisonous until it opens! It is usually prepared with fish and vegetables, and tastes delicious!
This photo shows children learning proper handwashing outside of Savusavu, Fiji, on May 3, 2013. As part of community outreach, I went with the Savusavu Hospital health care team to assist them with health presentations. Malnutrition is a major...