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    • You Go Girl

    • You Go Girl

    • Girls' education; Host community

    • 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...
    • 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
    • Wedding Bliss

    • Wedding Bliss

    • Weddings; Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Stomp Out Malaria - Mosquito Netting Project Crew

    • Stomp Out Malaria - Mosquito Netting Project Crew

    • Malaria; Schools; Youth; Site development

    • 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...
    • 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
    • Nicaraguan Nacatamales

    • Nicaraguan Nacatamales

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • 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),...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Neighbors

    • Neighbors

    • Cross-cultural transition; Youth; Host community

    • New neighbors come to visit me a few days after arriving to my site in Burkina Faso, December 2012.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Let's go to the fiestas!

    • Let's go to the fiestas!

    • Celebrations; Music; Host community

    • 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.
    • 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
    • Jump Start to success!

    • Jump Start to success!

    • Education; Teachers and students

    • 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...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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