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.
I took this photo during a training for people living with AIDS that trained them on several income-generating activities to improve their quality of life and foster their ability to take care of themselves and adhere to treatment. This woman is...
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....
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...
I took this picture of AIDS patients at our local hospital in Nkongsamba, Cameroon hanging out the fabric we dyed and printed together. The activity was part of a series of income generating trainings for people living with AIDS in the community...
This photo was taken during the Youth Day activities at my school on February 11th 2011; it shows me dancing with a student on campus. The school administration organized an event with music and dancing for the students on the campus of the school.
I was invited to listen to a group of tribal drummers in a small village. The children were more interested in looking at me than listening to the drums. This candid shot was take while I was listening to the drums. Bafang, Cameroon.
Bafang, Cameroon. The equivalent of McDonalds in Africa. This is a roadside market where all kinds of barbecue meat, fish and vegetables could be purchased. Hundreds of drivers who pass this site daily stop to eat lunch or have a snack on route...
I took this photograph of my school in 2000 after I returned to Cameroon to continue to assist the students. G.S.S. Tatum, now Government High School, is located in Bui Division in the Northwest region of Cameroon.
During the last year of my Peace Corps service I decided to visit many of my students in their villages. Except for one, we (delegation of students and I) went everywhere on foot and had a lot fun along the way too. Our visit was greatly...
The traditional rulers from Tatum/Nkum area appreciated greatly my efforts during my Peace Corps service and in 1999 gave a traditional title Ngwang with a beautiful dress, a cap, a handmade necklace and a country bag. To them I was a peacemaker...
Work; Schools; Teachers and students; Celebrations
In 2001 I returned to Cameroon with 17 boxes of various donations for the students and the school. This photograph was taken during the reception of the donations at G.S.S. Tatum.
Each year since my Peace Corps service we assist through Educare-Africa many students with basic school supplies which we give to the best three in every class in 2-3 schools. This photograph was taken in 2008 during the prize giving ceremony at...
This picture was taken at the Swearing In Ceremony for the Community Health and Agroforestry PC Cameroon Stages December 2009. Swearing in is the culmination of three months of hard work both on the part of the Peace Corps trainee and their host...