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    • Lisa in Guinea on Ramadan

    • Lisa in Guinea on Ramadan

    • Traditional dress; Celebrations; Host families

    • This picture was taken by my host sister in my village of Dinguiraye, Haute Guinea on the last day of Ramadan in 2008. It shows my host mom, "Mama Kadi" in her finest celebration clothes, and myself wearing a "bazin complet" dress and a veil that...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Christmas Trees in Western Honduras

    • Christmas Trees in Western Honduras

    • Celebrations; Children

    • These children attend one of the few government-run centers in the country catering to families with severe economic hardships and children of working mothers. Just before Christmas 2010, they made these decorations to bring home and spread the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Stars and Stripes Forever in Honduras

    • Stars and Stripes Forever in Honduras

    • Children

    • This photo was taken around the 4th of July at the Instituto Hondureno de la Ninez y la Familia (IHNFA) in Honduras. IHNFA is a government organization that serves children living in extreme poverty, and children of working mothers (under age 7)....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • AIDS Vigil

    • AIDS Vigil

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken with two little girls during a vigil I organized with the Red Cross to remember those who have died of SIDA (AIDS) and to raise awareness of the disease. The sign, translated in English, reads: "AIDS isn't just a disease:...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Los Multiplicadores de Los Limones

    • Los Multiplicadores de Los Limones

    • Celebrations

    • This photo is of the youth group in one community in which I worked, Los Limones. The event is of a graduation of the "Escojo Mi Vida!" (I choose my life) curriculum in which youth learned about Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV/AIDS, self...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • La Vide da La Vega

    • La Vide da La Vega

    • Host community friends

    • This is a photo I took while visiting the family members of one of my community friends in La Vega, Dominican Republic. What was originally just an experiment testing out my new camera, turned into a fascinating portrait of Dominican "campo"...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tailoring with Hope

    • Tailoring with Hope

    • Life skills

    • I took this photo during the second month of tailoring classes for local women infected with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Many of these women have not completed primary school and are using their new technical skills to generate income and empower...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Romanian Dancers

    • Romanian Dancers

    • Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • I took this photo in the fall of 2003 at the annual dance festival and competition that takes place each year in Giurgiu, Romania to celebrate the harvest.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Basketball Court

    • Basketball Court

    • Host community; Sports

    • The basketball court was a central feature of Neijiang Teachers' College in 1998. Basketball was almost as popular as ping-pong. Neijiang, Sichuan, China.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • View of the Lake and Farmers' Homes

    • View of the Lake and Farmers' Homes

    • Housing

    • Pig farmers lived in this brick house across from my apartment building. I heard the pigs squealing as they were killed. In the background is a modern white building in the city of Neijiang, across the river from our village near Neijiang Teachers'...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Morning Market

    • Morning Market

    • Markets

    • The nearby farmers sold ducks, chickens, eggs, vegetables, and tofu at the morning market in our village near Neijiang Teachers' College, Sichuan, China (1998).
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Down by the River

    • Down by the River

    • Host community

    • This is the road leading down to the Tuo River. The road was in the 'bad' part of the village surrounding Neijiang Teachers' College in Sichuan, China. There were karaoke bars, tea houses, and a two-kuai movie theater along this road. 1998
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Student Dorms

    • Student Dorms

    • Housing

    • This is one of the student dorms at Neijiang Teachers' College in 1998. The students lived eight to a room (with four bunk beds) and hung their laundry out to dry on their balconies.
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