This photo was taken in May 2012, outside the local preschool. The children learned about putting a 'STOP' to AIDS and basics on how to avoid getting the virus. The kids were drawing in the sand showing the hand signal to stopping AIDS.
This photo is of two of the local preschool children in Swaziland. Learning about 'STOPPING' and thinking before you go near someone else's blood. The children learned the common 'stop' hand signal when learning about HIV and proudly displayed it...
I took this photo our first day in our training location, Sumqayit, Azerbaijan - a suburb of the capital city of Baku, and a former Soviet industrial playground perched on the Caspian Sea. Having only arrived in country a week earlier, my husband...
This photo was taken in 2011 during pre-service training, November 30, 2011. As we got to know our host families, we found that one game we could all play together is UNO. Playing games together not only allowed us to have fun together, but gave...
In Azerbaijan, it is common for produce...furniture...sheep...you name it, to be sold from the backseat of a Soviet-style Lada. This one happened to be a regular on our street and was most often full of apples. Stationed between the dentist office...
Riders take a dangerous fall during the Todos Santos Feria in the Western highlands of Guatemala. Todos Santos Cuchumatan hosts a horse race every Nov. 1 (All Saints Day). The riders and horses are typically intoxicated as they ride back and forth...
Men in Todos Santos wear traditional clothing daily. The materials for the pants and shirts are produced within the municipality and the women spend months weaving the colorful, traditional collars for their shirts.
This photo was taken at the World AIDS Day event in a community in Swaziland. This group of young primary students are a part of the school's health club. They performed a drama about 'getting to zero' in terms of zero new infections, zero related...
This picture was taken of my host sisters in the village of Katuyola, Zambia in 2002. They found these large mushrooms in the bush...they were delicious!
Peace Corps Volunteer Abimael and I worked to organize this women's group in a tiny community about a 30 minute hike from the nearest road. We encouraged the municipality to help the women start a community bank, and we conducted trainings on...
After a two hour hike up nearly 1,000 meters, my counterpart and I arrive at a women's group meeting in Tuicoy, a small village outside of Todos Santos, Guatemala. The view is incredible.
Abimael and I helped to start this women's group -- an hour bus ride and 30 minute walk from the municipality. They were motivated to start a group savings account and sustainable gardening projects.
This photo is taken on December 1st, 2011 in Swaziland. In organizing a day event at the local primary school to raise awareness and decrease stigma of HIV/AIDS, the students participated in various ways. This picture is of young primary school...