Dan & Donna sitting with the host family mother and father (Sina & Faiva) at the party the night we were sworn in as Peace Corps Volunteers for Tuvalu. The white around the necks is baby powder; it is a custom in Tuvalu to show appreciation during...
This photo was taken at Operation Youth Quake, a non-profit located just north of Roseau, Dominica. The photo shows one of the youth of OYQ walking across a new beam during the construction of a new hen house funded by USAID. An adjacent coop was...
I took this picture during World Aids Day in Burkina Faso, WEST AFRICA with the 10th grade students at Bafuji Lycée on December 5th 2011. This picture showed the participation of students during World Aids Day.
I took this picture during World Aids Day in Burkina Faso, WEST AFRICA with the 10th grade students at Bafuji Lycée on December 5th 2011. This picture showed the participation of students during World Aids Day.
July 21 2008. This photo was taken just after I finished a health talk at the "casa materna" in the town of Los Chiles, Rio San Juan. A casa materna or "community-based birthing home" is a house maintained by the Ministry of Health or another...
Volunteer Jenni celebrates with young Dominican boys during Camp Superman, April 2011. The camp was designed to teach Dominican youth about making healthy life choices and becoming responsible, respectful men in their communities.
March 2011. My friend PCV Christy sits with the children at Club Espoir in Dapaong, northern Togo. At the time we were listening to the opening comments from one of the organizers. Club Espoir (Club Hope) is organized by PCVs and Dapaong's...
Creole Day is held throughout the island to celebrate national pride of their country's independence. The traditional outfit is worn on that day by everyone. The girls wear a "jupe", the women wear a "robe dwiyet" and the men wear black pants,...
This photo was taken in 2004 on the island nation of the Commonwealth of Dominica during a parade in downtown Roseau. A DPPA employee was attempting to remove the stigma of condoms and getting people more accustomed to handling them. Shown in the...
June 2008. This photo was taken at our Project Design and Management workshop at Selva Negra, near the city of Matagalpa. Three Nicaraguan colleagues and I are perfecting "el baile de pollo", or the chicken dance, that we had been practicing...