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    • AIDS Vigil

    • AIDS Vigil

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken with two little girls during a vigil I organized with the Red Cross to remember those who have died of SIDA (AIDS) and to raise awareness of the disease. The sign, translated in English, reads: "AIDS isn't just a disease:...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Celebrating at Camp Superman

    • Celebrating at Camp Superman

    • Camps and clubs

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yoga in the DR

    • Yoga in the DR

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken during a Chicas Brillantes conference in February 2011. Volunteer Phoebe is teaching 50 young Dominican girls how to use yoga to relieve stress, build self-confidence and stay healthy. It was part of a 3-day conference that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Los Multiplicadores de Los Limones

    • Los Multiplicadores de Los Limones

    • Celebrations

    • This photo is of the youth group in one community in which I worked, Los Limones. The event is of a graduation of the "Escojo Mi Vida!" (I choose my life) curriculum in which youth learned about Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV/AIDS, self...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • La Vide da La Vega

    • La Vide da La Vega

    • Host community friends

    • This is a photo I took while visiting the family members of one of my community friends in La Vega, Dominican Republic. What was originally just an experiment testing out my new camera, turned into a fascinating portrait of Dominican "campo"...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Children of the Batey

    • Children of the Batey

    • youth

    • The Bateyes, or Haitian migrant sugarcane-camps, are culturally isolated and the most impoverished communities within the Dominican Republic. In this photograph, four batey children play with an improvised toy while they run through the smoke...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coffee Harvest

    • Coffee Harvest

    • agriculture

    • This photograph was taken in Mata Grande, Dominican Republic where my husband Taylor Joyal and I worked on a organic pesticide project with local coffee farmers. Inthis particular shot, one of our best friends, Mecho Fernndez shows off her...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coffee Beans

    • Coffee Beans

    • agriculture

    • This photograph is of coffee beans picked during the harvest in the mountains of the Dominican Republic where my husband and I worked with traditional coffee growers on an organic pesticide project. This photograph was taken in 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Children on a Firetruck

    • Children on a Firetruck

    • Children; Host community

    • This photo was taken during the PC DR 07-02 Health Volunteer Community Based Training near Bani, in the Dominican Republic. One of the health volunteers was staying in a home where the front room was let out to the volunteer fire department. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Trainees on a gua gua

    • Trainees on a gua gua

    • Transportation; Host community; Volunteers

    • This is a photo of a group of trainees as we head to the training center in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in Feb of 2001. This is typical public transportation in the city, a crowded "gua gua" where there's always room for one more!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Grinding coffee

    • Grinding coffee

    • Food and meals; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Volunteers

    • I took this picture of Volunteer Andrea Yajko learning how to grind coffee from her neighbor. Taken in 2001 in Villa Riva, Dominican Republic
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Home remedies

    • Home remedies

    • Markets; health

    • This is a photo of some home remedies sold in the market in Dajabon, Dominican Republic, Oct. 2002. Titles of the potions include, "Come With Me Water," Lucky Water," "I will be with you because I will be with you Water," "Conqueror Water,"...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Map mural

    • Map mural

    • Art; Teachers and students; Youth development

    • A group of Volunteers painting a map mural. Cabrera, Dominican Republic, 2001
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Special education summer camp

    • Special education summer camp

    • Maternal and child health; Health; Host community; Volunteers

    • This is a photo of me doing some stretching exercises with a child with cerebral palsy during a summer camp for children with disabilities that me and my host mother held in my site. This was work that was done through the parent support group that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Computer rehab project

    • Computer rehab project

    • training; children; Volunteers

    • This is a photo of Volunteer Matt Kennedy with youth from his community showing them how to repair computers. I was working for an NGO, World Links, and coordinated this project with Peace Corps and the Ministry of Education to allow a group of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host mother

    • Host mother

    • Host families

    • This is a picture of me and my host mother. We've remained close well after my service. I even invited her to live with me for several months in the US after my first child was born. She is like a second mother to me. Castillo, Dominican...
    • Volunteer Photos

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