I took this photo with the Togolese youth soccer team I had started in the village Kpekpleme. This was the day we had finally recieved the soccer uniforms and equipment from the U.S Soccer Foundation. We played an inaugeral soccer match with the...
I took this photo in May 2010 at a Catholic primary school in Togo, West Africa. This was a HIV/AIDS training teaching students the characteristics of the disease, prevention, living with it, etc. This photo shows the students representing every...
I took this photo during the middle of the construction of a grain storage warehouse in December 2009 in a village in Togo, West Africa. This was the first major project of any size for the village and everyone wanted to chip in some effort. This...
I took this photo at the end of the construction of an enviromentally-friendly latrine at the end of April 2010 in a village in Togo, West Africa. This photo shows the two masons, myself, and the community health worker celebrating the end the...
I took this photo in early June 2010 in the countryside of Tuv province. The driver stopped briefly when we were en route to our training site in Mongolia. It depicts my good friend and fellow Volunteer (Mongolia 2010-12), Alexandria picking up...
A gogo (grandmother) eats porridge and fruits and veggies before taking her TB medicine while her grandson waits, curious about the camera. The persistent runny nose of the child is a possible sign of TB.
An out-of-school youth spends his time making music how ever he can, in this case he uses a wire and an old deodorant stick to make a trumpet-like instrument. The caregivers seen in the background were doing a home visit in South Africa. June 2011.
Traditional dancers performed for trainees in South Africa in January 2011. The dance involved women in traditional dress stomping, clapping and parading around a set of traditional drums that were providing the music for the dance.
Paula plays jump rope with some children who come to her drop-in center in South Africa on August 23, 2011. The center provides orphans and vulnerable children with a meal and fun activities after school.
Sindri joins a scramble for the ball with some students during a game of netball in South Africa in January 2011. Netball is similar to basketball and is popular among South African girls.
Barb gets her hair trimmed to a buzz one night in February 2011 in South Africa. Shavings became a nightly ritual for trainees during the first week in-country. In the background, from left to right, are Lanna, Stephanie Martone, and Shaelyn.
Primary school children participate in traditional dance during a culture and art competition in South Africa on August 30, 2011. The competition was held in the school's biggest hall and categories included modern and traditional dance, choir and...