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    • Hand Washing

    • Hand Washing

    • Water and sanitation

    • This is a photo of the children who live in my courtyard. Every morning, midday and evening they come to my house so that we can wash our hands together. Hygiene is one of the health program's most emphasized subjects.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Burkina Faso

    • Burkina Faso

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this picture during World Aids Day in Burkina Faso, WEST AFRICA with the 10th grade students at Bafuji LycĂ©e on December 5th 2011. This picture showed the participation of students during World Aids Day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Soyskabobs

    • Soyskabobs

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this picture during a soy formation I organized as part of a series of VAST-funded income-generating activity trainings for people living with AIDS who are under treatment at the local hospital in Cameroon. The project was aimed at care and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A la Sante!

    • A la Sante!

    • HIV/AIDS

    • These are participants of the soy workshop I organized as part of a series of income-generating activity trainings for AIDS patients at the local hospital. They have just made soymilk, learning about nutrition and also opportunities for earning...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing HIV Prevention Lyrics

    • Sharing HIV Prevention Lyrics

    • HIV/AIDS

    • These are two girls in my secondary school health club in Cameroon. We were planning to perform for the end-of-school ceremony on the topic of AIDS prevention, so they are pitching the lyrics they wrote to the rest of the club.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2011

    • World AIDS Day 2011

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is a photo I took on World AIDS Day 2011 at the Lycee Bokito in Cameroon. We worked with the high school students to prepare speeches, video screenings, contests, and a testing center to raise awareness of the illness and promote prevention....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Health Club HIV Prevention Song Practice

    • Health Club HIV Prevention Song Practice

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo during the practice session of the Health Club girls who were going to sing an HIV prevention song, with an accompanying dance, at Youth Day in front of the whole community. They were out of my house practicing after having made...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Edzi Toto Comes to Cape Verde

    • Edzi Toto Comes to Cape Verde

    • HIV/AIDS

    • On December 1st 2012, Peace Corps Cape Verde celebrated what would be its last AIDS Day in country as not soon after Peace Corps would announce its graduation from the country it has so loyally served since 1988. In this photo, Volunteer...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Bwaise Slum Project

    • Bwaise Slum Project

    • HIV/AIDS

    • The youth here were taught life skills decision-making techniques for prevention of HIV. The youth acted out what they would do and say if confronted with a decision for sex. It was really great to watch them react to various situations that they...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tailoring with Hope

    • Tailoring with Hope

    • Life skills

    • I took this photo during the second month of tailoring classes for local women infected with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Many of these women have not completed primary school and are using their new technical skills to generate income and empower...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Risk Game

    • The Risk Game

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo during an HIV/AIDS lecture my students were providing to one of our local combined primary and junior high schools on July 20th, 2012 in Ghana. The photo shows my HIV/AIDS student leaders from the senior high school I teach at...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV/AIDS Club Leader Presents The "ABCDs"

    • HIV/AIDS Club Leader Presents The "ABCDs"

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo during one of the presentations that my HIV/AIDS club has been doing around our district - primarily to primary and junior high schools. This photo shows one of our HIV/AIDS student leaders presenting the "ABCDs" of HIV/AIDS...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peer Education in Ghana

    • Peer Education in Ghana

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo while my Form 2 HIV/AIDS club presented information concerning HIV/AIDS transmission, prevention, and misconceptions to the local combined primary and junior high school in Ghana. The photo shows our Form 2 Club vice president...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stop AIDS, Love Life

    • Stop AIDS, Love Life

    • HIV/AIDS

    • After having completed our first HIV/AIDS meeting ever at our senior high school, we went around teaching them the "Stop AIDS, Love Life" handshake which everyone fell in love with. This photo was taken this year, 2012, after my form 2 students...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gaoua

    • Gaoua

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this picture during World Aids Day in Gaoua, Burkina Faso, (West Africa) with the 10th grade students on December 5, 2011. This picture showed the participation of students during World Aids Day.
    • Volunteer Photos

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