This photo was taken during the West Regional Project in Bafoussam, Cameroon on World AIDS Day 2010- an event working with 22 Peer Educators. Volunteers and host country nationals met in the regional capital and paraded, passed out condoms (male...
I took this photo during a World AIDS Day event at the end of November, 2011 at a primary school in Swaziland. World AIDS Day is a great event held yearly in order to educate children and adults alike in the community, an important and fun way to...
This photo was taken on a hike leading up to the summit of Volcán Tacaná, the second highest peak in Central America, at 13,320 feet. Volcán Tacaná is located in the department of San Marcos, Guatemala, which I visited in January of 2010. I...
Taken in October 2010 in Chivarreto, Totonicapan, Guatemala. My in-laws and brother in-law came to visit our village and see what life for the majority is like here in Guatemala. Our neighbor kids were so welcoming and loved spending time with...
I took this photo in March of 2009, and it is of Volcán Pacaya within the department of Escuintla, Guatemala. This photo shows a Guatemalan man taking in the beauty of the natural landscape surrounding him at Pacaya.
Taken in April, 2011 in Guatemala. My host sister, myself, and sister in-law (blonde) on the roof of my house, with the town (like Hollywood) sign in the background. Celebrating culture, womanhood...and clothes!
This photo was taken during a week-long workshop for Village Health Workers in Vanuatu. The purposes of the workshop were to provide Village Health Workers (who work in very remote areas) with education on HIV/AIDS and to train them in tools and...
Taken March, 2011 in Guatemala. My sister in-law and father in-law came to visit our village. One of the many cross-cultural activities we did was to share favorite cuisines. Here we are breaking all the rules... the men made tortillas and we...
I took this photo of a fellow Volunteer, Julie, helping her counterpart, Suzi (shown), demonstrate a tofu making class to the women at an orphanage in my village of Baham, Cameroon. In the photo, Julie and Suzi are straining the soy milk before...
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...
I took this photo during a mural-painting event held in March 2012 in Swaziland. The HIV+ Support Group came together to design and paint a large mural encouraging community members to remain faithful to one partner in order to stop the spread of...
In this photo is Volunteer Liz Anderson teaching a class of 30 girls a session on the biology and transmission of HIV during a Girls Empowerment HIV Awareness Summer Camp in Baham, Cameroon, August 2010.
Two young dar chebab (youth center) students in Morocco participated in creating an art mural for the dar chebab where Volunteer Elizabeth Chon taught the students how to paint properly and the meaning behind the art mural.
In this photo that was taken in August of 2010, I was teaching women in my community how to eat a balanced diet and explained to them which foods support growth, keep the body healthy, and provide energy. As part of a wood efficient stove project...
This is a photo of me and several of my community members as we participate in a local celebration in the Lubombo region of Swaziland. The festival commemorates the harvest of the marula fruit in February 2011 and women from all over come together...
This photograph features myself, my site mate Christina, and a local counterpart, Arnulfo, from the Ministry of Education. As youth development Volunteers, we facilitated a two-day HIV/AIDS workshop in Totonicapán, Guatemala in February 2011. The...
I took this photo at the finish line of the first race. BREDS is an organization established in 1998 by Peace Corps Volunteer Aaron Laufer and local community leaders. The funds raised during this brutal, yet joyful, annual competition support...
I took this photo July 4th, 2011, while hiking on the outskirts of Andringitra National Park in Southern Madagascar. I was hiking with a guide and porter, both of whom I work and live with in a small village, and two French tourists. I remember...