Many of the men in my village leave to find work in Italy. They are gone for years at a time while the women and girls have to make ends meet in village, waiting for money to be sent over. This is a photo of three girls from my village in...
Over the past year, I have been working with a youth club with the aim of lifeskills education and girls' empowerment. Part of our aim is empowerment through health and ownership of one's body. Every Wednesday after school, anywhere from 15-25...
Several of my students in the village of Tougouri, Burkina Faso are "hanging out" in front of their classroom - no electricity and no water. It is an amazing feat that there are three girls in the picture as only about 10% of my students were...
Work; Women in Peace Corps; Education; Girls' education; Environment
I took this photo on the north coast of Jamaica of students from my "Environmental Awareness" class at Knox Community College. This is was the first time most of them had ever been to the ocean or beach. I took them tidepooling and swimming. To get...
This photo was taken on March, 2010 in Karfigula, Burkina Faso during a camp for young girls. The camp used soccer as a tool to educate girls on HIV/AIDS. The photo shows Peace Corps volunteer, Brandon Perkins, and Burkinabe counterpart, leading a...
This photo was taken on in March 2010, in Karfigula, Burkina Faso during HIV/AIDS education camp for girls. The camp, organized by four volunteers, used soccer as a means to educate girls from around Burkina Faso on HIV/AIDS. This photo shows a...
camps and clubs; girls' education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
Secondary school learner Patricia shows off her primary artistic tool while making hand-print t-shirts at a Camp GLOW in Graskop, South Africa on February 9, 2011. The week-long camp consisted of sessions on life skills, girls empowerment and...