host community friends; celebrations; traditional dress
This photo was taken of me at a Masai celebration. My site is in Kibaya, Tanzania where there is a large Masai population. My wife and I were invited to this celebration then encouraged to particpate in the dancing, singing and jumping...
We, new Peace Corps Volunteers, were traveling up to our CBT Hub and took a little break. This picture represents our growing excitement and aw at the breath taking view of the hills in the background.
Paula plays jump rope with some children who come to her drop-in center in South Africa on August 23, 2011. The center provides orphans and vulnerable children with a meal and fun activities after school.
This photo was taken in Karfigula, Burkina Faso on March 2010 during an HIV/AIDS education camp. The camp used soccer as a tool to educate young girls about HIV/AIDS. The photo shows a group of young Burkinabe girls celebrating with two volunteers...
Games; Sports; Schools; Teachers and students; Celebrations
This photo was taken in the last hours of Waterberg Primary School's Annual Athletics event. Students, divided into red and blue teams, participate in track and field events all day in a field just outside of the school grounds. Here, a 5th grade...
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...
HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
Secondary school girls practice applying a condom to a soda bottle during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College in Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The bottles serve as readily accessible substitutes when...
HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
Volunteer Ryan oversees a condom demonstration as secondary school girls practice applying a condom to a soda bottle during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College in Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The bottles...
HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
Volunteer Sativa demonstrates the difference between the inside and the outside of a condom during a regional girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College, Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania on May 27, 2012. The girls empowerment conference...
Secondary school girls during a May 2012 girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College in Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania play hot potato with an inflated condom containing a true or false questions inside. Once the music stops, whoever is...