Here is a picture of two of my Peace Corps neighbors hauling all of their purchases back to site after a day in our provincial capital stocking up (notice the chicken). Pictured are Austin and Emily biking through my village on February 17, 2011.
At my village's middle school, I started a girl's soccer team to get them active and show that they can play just like the boys. Family and friends from back home donated authentic balls and other equipment to outfit us. This photo was taken in May...
Here is a picture of my host family in my village in Bapla, Burkina Faso looking at photos sent by my family back home. This was taken in front of my house under my shade structure in April of 2011.
I took this photo during the second day of a soap-making training with the women in my village family. The two day liquid soap-making class was held in the courtyard in my village in Burkina Faso. My family was so excited that all of the children...
I took this photo of Annette and Christy giving a condom demonstration during a Coaching for Hope workshop in Ouagadougou. 10 Volunteers brought 2 counterparts each to this July 2011 training to learn how to incorporate soccer drills into HIV/AIDS...
Here is a photo I took in May 2011 while teaching one of my local women's groups how to make organic mosquito repellant using the medicinal elements of boiled down leaves from the neem tree.