In Georgia, where talking about HIV and AIDS is taboo, it can be difficult to raise awareness and spread accurate information about this important health issue. However, 14 high school students stepped up to the challenge in Akhaltsikhe as part of...
This photo is the two winning classes of the AIDS Awareness Week Question Competition. Each class was tasked to come up with a new question about AIDS, not the same old shop worn questions. Class 9A was the first place winners. They were rewarded...
After a lesson to elementary school children on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, students take a pledge to remain AIDS-free and sign with handprints on the AIDS mural. A community member helps children with the handprinting process. This activity...
Photo was taken in Uganda at the International Candlelight Memorial 2012. Faith, age 6, is placing a candle in remembrance of the victims of AIDS. Faith was abandoned around the age of 4 and has tested HIV negative twice but some of her fellow...
I took this picture during World Aids Day in Burkina Faso, WEST AFRICA with the 10th grade students at Bafuji Lycée on December 5th 2011. This picture showed the participation of students during World Aids Day.
I took this picture during World Aids Day in Burkina Faso, WEST AFRICA with the 10th grade students at Bafuji Lycée on December 5th 2011. This picture showed the participation of students during World Aids Day.
I took this picture during World Aids Day in Gaoua, Burkina Faso, (West Africa) with the 10th grade students on December 5, 2011. This picture showed the participation of students during World Aids Day.
This photo was snapped on June 20, 2012. These are the winning learners at a senior secondary school, in Namibia, grades 9A and 10A. One of the AIDS Awareness Week activities was to submit a class question and the top three would win a prize. We...
Participants of a Ghana Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) work on solving an HIV puzzle. The weeklong camp hosted by Volunteers in February 2012 encouraged leadership for 20 junior high and seven senior high girls. Activities included an HIV...
During Camp GLOW, we had these Moldovan girls play a game visually demonstrating how HIV is transmitted from person to person. The girls had a lot of fun and learned a lot about protecting themselves and the truth about HIV & AIDS.
Volunteers Luis, Scott, and Joey commemorate World AIDS day 2011 with their community in Burkina Faso. The mural was a great way to get the community interested in talking about HIV/AIDS. The Volunteers held multiple information sessions on...
This photo, taken at in Suriname on Jan 21, 2012, shows a community counterpart watching a HIV education play put on by a local womens group. This was the capstone event of a 3-day World AIDS Day event in the village.
This picture was taken at a museum in Suriname on Jan 21, 2012. The man speaking is my counterpart and one of the founders of the museum. He helped MC the 3-day HIV/AIDS education event, reaching over 400 people in the area.
This picture was taken on the path to a museum in Suriname on Jan 21, 2012. Several Volunteers came to the village to support a 3-day HIV/AIDS education event, reaching over 400 people in the area. This photo shows a female Volunteer from a...
Family members grieve at a deuil, or mourning ceremony, on the outskirts of Bandjoun, Cameroon, in August 2004. Many Cameroonians deny the existence of AIDS and insist that many die of the flu, pneumonia, or even sorcery. However, AIDS is often the...
Members of my women's association explained to mothers how to talk with their children about preventing HIV transmission, destigmatizing seropositivity, and how to prevent unwanted pregnancies. The group of 25 women met to discuss how to teach...
In Burkina Faso, my girl's soccer team practiced giving presentations on correct condom usage together before demonstrating their knowledge to the police officers of our community. As part of learning healthy living through sport, condom usage to...