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    • Young Kichwa Dancer

    • Young Kichwa Dancer

    • Children; Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken on May 23, 2009 at a dance competition in Ecuador. Traditional Kichwa dances are performed at every public event in the Napo province and troupes are composed children of all ages. The dance steps describe traditional...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yearn for Education

    • Yearn for Education

    • Art

    • I took this photo February, 2012 in Carpuela (Valle de Chota) Imbabura, Ecuador. It depicts artist Alicia Villaba's view of the yearning and longing for a better education for the young Afro-Ecuadorians in her community. This power piece is made...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2012

    • World AIDS Day 2012

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this picture during the World AIDS Day march in 2010 in Ecuador. Many children, youth, adults, and local organizations participated in the march. This was one of the signs that the participants made.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2010

    • World AIDS Day 2010

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this picture of my youth group in Colimes, Ecuador after the World AIDS Day march on December 1, 2010. All of the youth include in this picture are peer educators who worked with hundreds of youth in their community in HIV prevention and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working on our Balance

    • Working on our Balance

    • Camps and clubs; Children; Health

    • Isabel works on the parallel bars to improve her balance during occupational therapy. Her peers cheer her on. About 30-40 children with multiple disabilities lived at the children's section of the Julio Endara M. Hospital near Quito, Ecuador. Some...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Word AIDS Day 2010

    • Word AIDS Day 2010

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this picture during the World AIDS Day march in 2010 in Ecuador. Many children, youth, adults, and local organizations participated in the march. This was one of the signs that the participants made.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Where the Senorita Comes From

    • Where the Senorita Comes From

    • World map project; Youth; Education

    • The children spent a lot of time in my house, so I kept crayons and paper around. When they asked me about where I came from, I told them I had lived near Mount St. Helens, which had erupted a few years earlier. This is one of my neighbors and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Water Delivery

    • Water Delivery

    • Children; water and sanitation; Transportation

    • Water came from shallow wells in the creekbed. My neighbors delivered two jugs a week - about 10 gallons. This is my weekly delivery of water.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking to La Perla

    • Walking to La Perla

    • Youth; Children

    • I took this photo in Ecuador while walking to visit a family farm. The kids are all students, and were making the 30 minute walk home from school, as they do every day.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Tsáchilas Touch

    • The Tsáchilas Touch

    • Traditional dress

    • Here, a tribal member the Tsáchilas community is applying the achiote paste to dye my hair...a sign of their welcoming me and my Omnibus into their tribe for the day, but also a way for us to enter their world and not just observe, but FEEL, what...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Third Wise Man: Pase del Niño

    • The Third Wise Man: Pase del Niño

    • Celebrations; Ceremonies

    • I took this photo on December 19th, 2008 in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. A local boy's mother is preparing him for the parade of the traveling child (niño viajero) through the city of Cuenca. The main parade in Cuenca takes place in the week...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Mad Hatter

    • The Mad Hatter

    • traditional dress; artisans

    • I took this photo in August 2011 in Ecuador at the famous "Poncho Plaza." This is largely an indigenous community that successfully markets its traditional Andean textiles and goods throughout the world. This photo depicts the Panama hat, a symbol...
    • Volunteer Photos

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