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    • 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
    • Tofu Making

    • Tofu Making

    • Food and meals; Cooking

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tortillas

    • Tortillas

    • Traditional dress; Cooking

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Training Local Village Health Workers

    • Training Local Village Health Workers

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Typical Mayan Dress

    • Typical Mayan Dress

    • Traditional dress

    • 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!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volcán Pacaya

    • Volcán Pacaya

    • Terrain

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking in the Corn

    • Walking in the Corn

    • Host community friends; Host families

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Western Highlands of Guatemala

    • Western Highlands of Guatemala

    • Terrain

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Who Knows the Answer?

    • Who Knows the Answer?

    • Celebrations; Games

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS 2010 Day Media Event

    • World AIDS 2010 Day Media Event

    • HIV/AIDS; Media coverage

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos

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