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    • Traditional Dancing

    • Traditional Dancing

    • Dance

    • Each year on Francophonie Day, our school celebrates the culture in Vanuatu by dressing up traditional costumes and doing traditional dances from the different regions in Vanuatu. This is a picture of me and a fellow teacher. We dressed in costumes...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Immune System

    • Immune System

    • Health; Counterparts

    • This photo was taken at a workshop for basic level health care providers in Vanuatu. Here, my Ni-Vanuatu co-facilitator and I are explaining an easy method which the health care providers can use to explain the body's immune system and how it works...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Event

    • Village Event

    • Celebrations

    • Peace Corps Volunteer life includes a lot of attending local events and that means a lot of waiting...for the important guests to finally show up, for the speeches to finish, etc. Here's a photo taken of me hanging out with other community members...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weaving Mats

    • Weaving Mats

    • Crafts; Host families

    • Weaving is a big part of a woman's life in Vanuatu. This is a photo of me learning how to weave mats from dried pandanus leaves with my host aunt Monique.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weaving Mats

    • Weaving Mats

    • Crafts; Host families

    • Weaving is a big part of a woman's life in Vanuatu. This is a photo of me learning how to weave mats from dried pandanus leaves with my host aunt Monique.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weighing Babies for Maternal and Child Health 3

    • Weighing Babies for Maternal and Child Health 3

    • Maternal and child health

    • Each week at the local dispensary we have maternal and child health day where, moms bring in their infants and babies to be weighed, update immunizations, and make sure their baby is developing normally. This photo was taken of me at one of these...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional Dress

    • Traditional Dress

    • Traditional dress

    • Each year on Francophonie Day, our school celebrates the culture and customs of the various regions of Vanuatu by dressing in traditional costumes and doing traditional dances. This is a picture of me and my fellow teacher who were dressed in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weighing Babies for Maternal and Child Health 2

    • Weighing Babies for Maternal and Child Health 2

    • Maternal and child health

    • Each week at the local dispensary, we have maternal and child health day, where moms bring in their infants and babies to be weighed, update immunizations and make sure their baby is developing normally. This photo was taken of me at one of these...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weighing Babies for Maternal and Child Health

    • Weighing Babies for Maternal and Child Health

    • Maternal and child health

    • Each week at the local dispensary, we have maternal and child health day where moms bring in their infants and babies to be weighed, update immunizations and make sure their baby is developing normally. This photo was taken of me at one of these...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Explaining the Immune System

    • Explaining the Immune System

    • HIV/AIDS; Education

    • I took this photo on May 29th, 2012 in Vanuatu, at a week-long workshop I led for Ni-Vanuatu Village Health Workers. We taught them simple tools and resources they can use to effectively teach their remote communities about HIV and AIDS and to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV/AIDS "String Activity"

    • HIV/AIDS "String Activity"

    • HIV/AIDS; Games

    • I took this photo on May 31st, 2012 in Vanuatu. The photo shows Ni-Vanuatu Village Health Workers learning a string activity which can be used in various ways to illustrate how HIV can be transmitted and the ABC’s of HIV prevention (Abstinence,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Earthquake Icebreaker

    • Earthquake Icebreaker

    • HIV/AIDS; Games; Education

    • This is a photo from our week-long workshop on HIV/AIDS for Ni-Vanuatu Village Health Workers. In Vanuatu, a highly religious and conservative country, topics such as body parts, sex, risky behaviors and condoms are generally taboo and can be...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV/AIDS Drama

    • HIV/AIDS Drama

    • HIV/AIDS; Drama

    • I took this photo of Ni-Vanuatu Village Health Workers learning a drama they could use in their home communities to simply explain how HIV works in the body and when it becomes AIDS.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Weaving Baskets

    • Weaving Baskets

    • Crafts

    • Weaving of all kinds is a favorite (and traditional) activity in Vanuatu; each island claims a particular style or specialty in weaving. Here, my friend Edna is teaching me how to weave a basket in the style of the island Futuna. It was taken on...
    • Volunteer Photos

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