This little girl is one of my neighbors and she is the loudest little girl. She will see me coming from a mile away and scream my name as loud as she can before running over and chatting non-stop in the local language, Kiborana. On this day in June...
This is a picture of a young girl who lives in a Manyatta out in the desert. She is very shy and never talks. I took this picture of her in June of 2011.
This photo was taken on August 6th, 2011. It was my birthday and me and a group of other Volunteers were heading from Nairobi to Mombasa on a night train. We all woke up at dawn to hang out the windows and watch the landscape roll by.
A mentally ill street person was provided treatment by the Peace Corps volunteer in Finote Selam. The community did not believe mentally ill people could be treated. The success from treating this girl led the community to treat more than 30...
Children; Celebrations; Crafts; September 11, 2001
This photo was taken at my school in South Africa. This is my 5th grade technology class where we were learning about structures. We discussed how structures are created and different types. I taught them about skyscrapers and in lieu of the 10th...
These women are some of the vulnerable women being given training in urban gardening to help them improve their nutrition and teach them to raise their own gardens. Many of these women are HIV positive. This photo was taken in Ethiopia in the...
These at-risk women, most HIV positive, are being trained to grow their own vegetables to improve their nourishment and possible provide income. Finote Selam, Etthiopia April 2011
Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture
At risk women in Finote Selam, Ethiopia are tilling and watering the garden in preparation for planting. They are given two years of communal training in gardening and then given their own plot to raise their own food.