Women from a small village on the island of 'Eua spend the day painting tapa cloth. These cloths can be up to 50 feet long and are made from the bark of a tree. The cloths, once finished are given as gifts at many events, such as weddings,...
I took this photo during my first stove demonstration on November 30, 2009 in the village of Cajola Chiquito, Guatemala. Many women in rural Guatemala still cook over open fires, and families suffer form chronic respiratory diseases year-round. The...
High school girls performing a traditional Tongan dance at the 50th Anniversary of Hofangahao College on the island of 'Eua, in Tonga. When performing traditional dances, the dancers are covered in Tongan oil and spectators stick money onto the...
This photo was taken on May 22, 2011 during a soccer tournament. Honduras Peace Corps Youth Development Volunteer Ashley Bass was giving a "charla," or chat, about the proper use of a condom to a large group of men ages 15-15 during a break in a...
This photo was taken in Biikira Parish, Rakai district, in Southern Uganda. It is on the wall of the maternity ward at St. Joseph Health Center III. The student, John Paul, is painting a mural that encourages pregnant HIV positive women to go for...
Ishiwi lya Abanna, meaning voice of the children, was a group created at a school for youth to have a safe haven to express themselves through creativity. On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2010, the children marched 15 kilometers through their...
Ishiwi lya Abanna, meaning voice of the children was a group created a schooll for youth to have a safe haven to express themselves through creativity. On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2010, the children marched 15 kilometers through their community...
Ishiwi lya Abanna, meaning voice of the children was a group created at a school for youth to have a safe haven to express themselves through creativity. On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2010, the children marched 15 kilometers through their...
This photo was taken on May 30, 2012 during a workshop my counterpart and I gave to a class of ninth graders. This is Leonor Vargas, my counterpart, and a ninth grade student. We are doing a dinamica to show the students how people use all kinds of...
I live in Mali, West Africa. I'm a health Volunteer and get to bike along the Niger River everyday as I travel to work at the Cscom. My favorite part of my daily ride is passing by "Mini Dioro," a small island surrounded by the beauty of the Niger...
I took this photo during my parents' visit to Malawi on Jan. 2, 2007. A previous Peace Corps volunteer at my site had taught this store owner to play Scrabble and left him this board when he finished his service. He was very good at the game when...
This photo was taken on May 30, 2012 during an HIV/AIDS workshop with ninth graders in Colombia. It was my counterpart, Leonor Vargas' and I's first workshop with the students after the HIV/AIDS conference in May 2012. We covered stigma and...
Ishiwi lya Abanna, voice of the children, made a statement on December 1, 2010 in Zambia to fight against stigma and educate their community on HIV/AIDS. Here we have a peer educator and a small boy putting their head and hand together in unity....
This photo was taken during a health lesson with a women's group in a village in Guatemala. We were discussing the presence of germs and how they enter the body. Since the majority of women in rural Guatemala have low literacy levels, lessons are...
I took this photo during an English Corner at Bijie University where we discussed AIDS and the impact it can have on a community. Every week Bijie University, in Guizhou, China holds an English corner where students from all different majors come...
I took this photo at the end of an English club with young learners during the spring 2011 semester. We studied sea and beach vocabulary (because we live by the sea) by drawing pictures on the blackboard and labeling them in both Russian and...
This photo was taken on May 30, 2012 during a workshop my counterpart Leonor Vargas and I gave to ninth graders on VIH/AIDS. The woman in the picture is Leonor. We made the poster shown with the ways of transmission, and with the students one by...
A common sight next to an outdoor kitchen in Tonga. Here, a young Tongan girl sits among a large pile of coconuts. Coconuts play an extremely important role in the Tongan peoples lives from a source of food to potholders and pot cleaners as well as...
This photo was taken in January 2011 in Honduras in a small convenience store where Ashley Bass (Peace Corps Youth Development Volunteer) is playing with two young boys - Janier Aaron and Marvin Maradiaga - who will be receiving club foot...