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...
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...
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),...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...