A boy still has banana residue on his mouth after taking his medicine to treat TB as his father sits in the background. The child likely was infected with TB by his mother, who is also HIV positive. The HIV pandemic has created TB epidemics in some...
This photo was taken in the village of Gbadjahe, Togo during my service there in 2006. This is part of a project in three surrounding villages that trained peer health educators. At the end of each training there was a village wide event where peer...
This photo was taken at an annual Peace Corp Togo camp (camp espoir, or 'hope' in English). This camp occurs every year and for children and youth in every region of the country who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. The camp gives the kids an...
This photo was taken in Togo, West Africa in the village of Pagala at the Peace Corp training site. This was a camp (Camp Espoir, or Hope in English) for children and youth who were infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. A large majority of the campers...
A group of trained peer-educators made signs for the 2008 World AIDS Day parade in Sonaguera, Honduras. This youth's sign says "Kiss me! HIV is not transmitted by kissing."
I took this photo during a mural-painting event held in March 2012 in Swaziland. The HIV+ Support Group came together to design and paint a large mural encouraging community members to remain faithful to one partner in order to stop the spread of...
I worked with students in the secondary schools to create prayer flags, "Messages of Hope," about HIV. It was a beautiful activity and students really opened up creating these flags. Some students created memorials, some quotes and some messages...
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 photo was taken on May 31st, 2012 in Vanuatu, at a week-long workshop on HIV/AIDS for Ni-Vanuatu Village Health Workers (VHWs). VHWs live and work in the most remote areas of Vanuatu and face many challenges but often receive very little...
I took this photo on May 31st, 2012 in Vanuatu. The photo shows Ni-Vanuatu Village Health Workers learning a string activity which can be used in various ways to illustrate how HIV can be transmitted and the ABC’s of HIV prevention (Abstinence,...
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.
This was taken on the first day of our HIV/AIDS workshop for Village Health Workers in Vanuatu on May 27th in Vanuatu. Lindsay, a Volunteer, is wearing one of our special designed t-shirts for this years HIV/AIDS Village Health Worker Workshop.
I took this photo at the end of a week-long workshop on HIV/AIDS for Village Health Workers in Vanuatu. Throughout the week we trained VHW's in HIV/AIDS knowledge and in tools and resources they could use for simple, effective awareness and...
This was taken on the second day of our HIV/AIDS workshop for Village Health Workers in Vanuatu on May 28th in Pango Village, Efate, Vanuatu. Village Health Workers came into Efate from many different islands across Vanuatu to learn how to teach...
This was taken on the fourth day of our HIV/AIDS workshop for Village Health Workers in Vanuatu on May 30th in Pango Village, Efate, Vanuatu. Village Health Workers came into Efate from many different islands across Vanuatu to learn how to teach...
This was taken on the third day of our HIV/AIDS workshop for Village Health Workers in Vanuatu on May 29th in Pango Village, Efate, Vanuatu. Mi Li, a Volunteer, is going over some of the HIV/AIDS posters to a Village Health Worker after one of the...
I took this photo of Ni-Vanuatu Village Health Workers learning a drama they could use in their home communities to simply explain how HIV works in the body and when it becomes AIDS.
This photograph features myself, my site mate Christina, and a local counterpart, Arnulfo, from the Ministry of Education. As youth development Volunteers, we facilitated a two-day HIV/AIDS workshop in Totonicapán, Guatemala in February 2011. The...
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.