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    • Tumisi and Gary

    • Tumisi and Gary

    • counterparts

    • Early on at my site I made it a point to socialize with my colleagues. I figured if I was to spend two years of my life here, I may as well enjoy it. Tumisi was one of those guys who could make even the most dull situation joyous. This photo...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Son of the Soil

    • Son of the Soil

    • counterparts

    • Clement taught Religious Studies and Bookkeeping at our school for many years. He absolutely loved gardening and spent untold hours tilling his plot by hand until the soil was as fine as course sand. Son of the Soil was a real term of endearment...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancers at the Completer's Farewell

    • Dancers at the Completer's Farewell

    • dance; youth

    • Every year at my school, we had a huge celebration for the Form C's and Form E's, who were completing their respective levels of education. This photo shows Form C boys dancing with their bookkeeping teacher in November 1989
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Feast Preparation

    • Feast Preparation

    • food and meals; counterparts

    • This photo was taken in November of 1989 before our Completer's Farewell mokete. Some of the women preparing food were my colleagues.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Swearing-In

    • Swearing-In

    • Swearing-in ceremonies

    • This photo was taken in January 1988 after our Swearing-In Ceremony. Many of our trainers are in this photo as well as PCV's. These gatherings were always a good time.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tree Planting Day

    • Tree Planting Day

    • environment

    • This photo was taken in 1990 during our tree planting day. Many of these tree are now twenty feet tall or higher. The kids really felt they were doing something good for their environment.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Orphan boy with home-made guitar

    • Orphan boy with home-made guitar

    • Children; Terrain; Music

    • In April 2007 I was doing school visits far from the main road in the remote, mountainous Tsatsane Valley (Quthing province, LESOTHO). This orphan boy wandered by the hut where I was overnighting. The neck of his guitar was an old piece of wood...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Youth Computer Classes

    • Youth Computer Classes

    • Technology; Youth

    • This photo was taken while my husband taught a Basics of Computers class to a group of young Basotho men in Lesotho. The photo captures him explaining the use of the keyboard for the first time.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Painting the Mountain

    • Painting the Mountain

    • celebrations; weather; hiv/aids

    • I took this photo during a Peace Corps 50th Anniversary celebration in Lesotho on July 2nd, 2011. The Peace Corps Volunteers in the district, along with local government officials, chose to repaint a large HIV/AIDs ribbon on one of the surrounding...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Around the World

    • Around the World

    • diversity; education

    • This photo was taken at a youth event for primary school students at the Southern Mountain Association for Rural Transformation and Development Center in Lesotho on September 6th, 2011. The picture shows two young girls reading a picture atlas. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV/AIDS Prayer Flags

    • HIV/AIDS Prayer Flags

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Childrens Health Day, HIV Testing Event

    • Childrens Health Day, HIV Testing Event

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Childrens Health Day. HIV/AIDs testing for mothers and children, health education and distribution of vitamins. We had an overwhelming amount of mothers and children come to the event. Lesotho has one of the highest HIV rates in the world.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Youth HIV/AIDS Workshop

    • Youth HIV/AIDS Workshop

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo during the Makira Island Youth HIV/AIDS workshop on July 6th, 2011, on Makira Island, Vanuatu. It was a one-day workshop focusing on teaching the youth of the island about HIV/AIDS. The workshop was broken up into four sections...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Education for a AIDs-Free Generation

    • Education for a AIDs-Free Generation

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken inside a classroom at Mashai Primary School, in the remote mountains of Lesotho. It's estimated that 23% of the population of Lesotho is infected with HIV/AIDS. At Mashai Primary School 1/3 of the students are orphans. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Remote HIV Outreach

    • Remote HIV Outreach

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Hike to a remote village in the mountains near Mokhotlong, Lesotho. Peace Corps volunteers assisted organization Touching Tiny Lives in identifying mothers and children with HIV/AIDS in the most remote areas of Lesotho. Volunteers provided...
    • Volunteer Photos

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