In Burkina Faso, my girl's soccer team practiced giving presentations on correct condom usage together before demonstrating their knowledge to the police officers of our community. As part of learning healthy living through sport, condom usage to...
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...
I helped develop and obtain funds for a three-day HIV/AIDS Camp in Piman, Thailand during my Peace Corps Service. The camp was held for three days in April, 2011. More than 40 students attended the camp. This is one of the participants learning...
This photo was taken during the Northern Luzon Regional HIV/AIDS Training of Trainers. During the condom demonstration, each participant was taught and able to practice correct and consistent condom use. Many participants had never seen a condom...
This photo was taken during Northern Luzon Regional HIV/AIDS Training of Trainers held in October 2011. Pictured are three girls working together to properly apply a condom to a penile model donated from the College of Nursing.
Volunteer Alison (Education, Kenya 2010-2012) helps a girl open a condom for a condom relay race held at the annual Camp GLOW, which empowers girls through HIV/AIDS education. The camp also focuses on relationships, gender violence, and careers for...
Secondary school girls during a May 2012 girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College in Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania play hot potato with an inflated condom containing a true or false questions inside. Once the music stops, whoever is...
This photo is of my 10th grade Biology class at my school in Liberia. Period 4 was focused on health topics, and with donated condoms from the local hospital, and bananas brought by the students we learned how to use a condom correctly and the...
HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
Volunteer Sativa demonstrates the proper use of a condom and answers questions during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College, Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The girls empowerment conference included...
HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
Secondary school girls practice applying a condom to a soda bottle during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College in Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The bottles serve as readily accessible substitutes when...
HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
Volunteer Ryan oversees a condom demonstration as secondary school girls practice applying a condom to a soda bottle during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College in Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The bottles...
HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
Volunteer Sativa demonstrates the difference between the inside and the outside of a condom during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College, Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The girls empowerment conference...
In July 2010, a group of PCVs in Madagascar toured Lac Alotra promoting HIV/AIDS awareness. We visited 9 towns in 10 days and talked to thousands of Malagasy people about protecting themselves from STDs. In this picture, a Malagasy woman runs to...
This image was taken during a discussion on family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention in February of 2012 in a village 8 kilometers from our local hospital. Before giving a condom demonstration, we had a relay race. A team of four men and four women...
I took this photo of Annette and Christy giving a condom demonstration during a Coaching for Hope workshop in Ouagadougou. 10 Volunteers brought 2 counterparts each to this July 2011 training to learn how to incorporate soccer drills into HIV/AIDS...
This image was taken during a discussion on family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention in February of 2012 in a village 8 kilometers from our local hospital. Before giving a condom demonstration, we had a relay race. A team of four men and four women...