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- World Map
- Teachers and Students; World Map Project
- This is a photo of Volunteer Aliyya painting a world map with her students in Guatemala.
- Volunteer Photos
- World AIDS Day
- HIV/AIDS
- For the event of World AIDS Day, we conducted a two part activity. The first part of the activity was a mini workshop on the transmission and prevention of HIV. When this activity was done, I, along with some members of the health center staff,...
- Volunteer Photos
- World AIDS Day
- HIV/AIDS
- This is me starting to paint the mural. This was at the very beginning before the mural was completely finished. Here I am emphasizing on the touches of the butterfly of hope. The butterfly became the symbol for Canillà in raising awareness and...
- Volunteer Photos
- World AIDS Day
- HIV/AIDS
- This mural painted in front of the health center in a town in Guatemala was part of an art contest that was held on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2011. The art contest was among children and a 13 year old boy won the contest. His drawing was painted...
- Volunteer Photos
- World AIDS Day
- HIV/AIDS; Art
- This is the mural painting by itself after the completion for World AIDS Day 2011 in a town in Guatemala. This mural was painted in front of the health center to raise HIV awareness for the entire town.
- Volunteer Photos
- Working Cowboys
- Youth; Work; Rural sites
- While we were conducting a home visit, these two boys came tromping back from working out in the fields. They were instantly curious as to who the strangers in their house were. They looked so cute in their matching cowboy hats that I asked to take...
- Volunteer Photos
- Women's Group Meeting in Tuj Kuk, Guatemala
- Women's movement; Transportation
- Abimael and I helped to start this women's group -- an hour bus ride and 30 minute walk from the municipality. They were motivated to start a group savings account and sustainable gardening projects.
- Volunteer Photos
- Women's Group Meeting In Todos Santos
- Women's movement; Counterparts
- After a two hour hike up nearly 1,000 meters, my counterpart and I arrive at a women's group meeting in Tuicoy, a small village outside of Todos Santos, Guatemala. The view is incredible.
- Volunteer Photos
- Women's Group in Todos Santos, Guatemala
- Women's movement
- Peace Corps Volunteer Abimael and I worked to organize this women's group in a tiny community about a 30 minute hike from the nearest road. We encouraged the municipality to help the women start a community bank, and we conducted trainings on...
- Volunteer Photos
- Women's Artists Cooperative
- Artisans
- The first official meeting of our Mayan women's arts collective- part of the larger cultural preservation/ tourism project called Runawal Tinamit, Aldea El Pajuil, Chicaman, El Quiche. El Pajuil, where my primary project was based, is a small ...
- Volunteer Photos
- With Friends
- Volunteers
- Robert "RJ" Harper in Guatemala City, Guatemala visiting the home of friends from Livingston, Guatemala.
- Volunteer Photos
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Libraries; Children
- This is a photo of a Guatemalan boy enjoying a copy of "Donde Los Monstruos Viven" or "Where the Wild Things Are." His rural school received over 100 books as part of a library donation from the USA.
- Volunteer Photos
- 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
- Water Project
- Water and sanitation; Host community friends
- Robert "RJ" Harper in Livingston, Guatemala moments after installing a water project with the local Garifuna community.
- Volunteer Photos
- 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
- 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
- Volcan Fuego
- Terrain
- I took this picture of Volcan Fuego in March of 2009, outside of my window at my host family's house in Guatemala.
- Volunteer Photos
- Village Duck
- Animals; Children
- Pedro taking his duck for walk along the river while waiting for his mom to finish washing their clothes.
- Volunteer Photos
- Vaccination in Guatemala
- Maternal and child health; Health; Terrain; Host community
- I took this picture in my site, Santa Barbara, Huehuetenango, which is a rural Mayan community in the western highlands of Guatemala Its a picture of a nurse I worked with getting ready to vaccinate a baby.
- Volunteer Photos
- Universal Symbol
- Children; Celebrations
- This was taken in October 2010 after the inauguration of 8 water faucets for my school, La Felicidad, in Guatemala. Pictured here are me and two students after the inauguration.
- Volunteer Photos