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...
Taken in the highlands of Yemen, somewhere between Amran and Thula, in Fall of 1977. My husband and I had arrived in Yemen about a week before and were hiking toward the highest mountain on the Arabian peninsula, and wondering how we would be...
The photographer was attending an event in Tsivangiana. She saw a photo opportunity and took a picture of the two beautiful children. Tsivangiana is located on the east coast of Madagascar. The photo was taken in 2010.
I took this photo during my first stove demonstration on November 30, 2009 in the village of Cajola Chiquito, Guatemala. Many women in rural Guatemala still cook over open fires, and families suffer form chronic respiratory diseases year-round. The...
I took this photo in Juan O' Leary, Alto Parana while in the backyard of a friend's house on February 13, 2011. It's a photo of two girls posing while one is holding a bird.
High school girls performing a traditional Tongan dance at the 50th Anniversary of Hofangahao College on the island of 'Eua, in Tonga. When performing traditional dances, the dancers are covered in Tongan oil and spectators stick money onto the...
My wife Karen and I were volunteers in Truk, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (now Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia) from 1974-76. Twenty married couples comprised our group, which served as teachers throughout Truk. We lived on the...
A history of the Peace Corps in Chile, prepared on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the US Peace Corps, for distribution at the reunion of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Chile, hosted by the Embassy of Chile in Washington DC...
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...
HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
Volunteer Sativa demonstrates the proper use of a condom and answers questions during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College, Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The girls empowerment conference included...
I took this photo during a summer project in Wu Long, the poorest corner of Chongqing Municipality, China. The girls were hanging out on a tennis judging stand outside the Wu Long Experimental Middle School teaching building where 17 of us 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...
In Uganda, all schoolchildren wear uniforms. The color & pattern of the uniform identifies the school. Both girls' & boys' heads are shaved, usually until they have completed school. Half of Uganda's population in under the age of 15 & despite the...