I took this photo during training in April of 2008 while visiting the T'schila tribe in El Poste, Ecuador. The photo shows an elderly woman of the tribe traditionally cooking food in a hut.
Photo taken for me and a small indigenous child (the tribe is called Coris I believe) in the rain forest outside of Santa Marta, Columbia. This photo was taken on a hike to the Ciudad Perdidos.
From December 11-14, 2010, Peace Corps Suriname Volunteers held a Camp GLOW for young women who live on the upper Suriname River. In this photo, volunteers work with a local health worker to help the campers construct a food pyramid.
Photo by Ryan...
This photo was taken on November 8, 2010, in a port town on the Upper Suriname river, Suriname. Chris Rodriguez (left) and another Volunteer teach participants of an HIV/AIDS prevention training how to properly dispose of condoms. The training was...
A young local boy and Peace Corps Suriname Volunteer, Chris Rodriguez, show off their red beads which were distributed and worn by attendees of a World AIDS Day 2009 event in Suriname. The beads represented the community's unification to stop...
This photo was taken in 1964 in Danané, Ivory Coast, where I taught English and physical education at a secondary school. The little boy, the son of the town photographer, was quite brave. Many of the other kids would run away when I approached.
I took this photo during the celebration of Namibia's independence. Independence came to Namibia on March 21, 1990. I was visiting a fellow Peace Corps volunteer (she's my wife today). The picture is of a few students wearing traditional Nama...
On his birthday, the President of Bolivia Evo Morales visited my site of 1600 people in San Antonio de Lomerio. He flew in by helicopter and had lunch with a lot of the townspeople. It was a very joyous occasion.
Swaziland currently has the highest HIV rate in the world. One out of every four people is infected with the virus. But everyone in this small but beautiful country is affected. The children of Swaziland suffer the most, many losing their parents...