This photo was taken September 2006, for the patron saint festivals of San Miguel in the community of San Miguel Ingenio, Metapan, Santa Ana, El Salvador. There is a Catholic church in the background, which is the host of the festivities. The...
This photo was taken in El Salvador during our COS conference, September 2006. Out of the original 15 in our Agroforesty/Environmental Education training group (2004-2006), these are the only ones who COS'ed, although two others were still in...
We took this picture after receiving our new soccer uniforms. The girls had written letters to local establishments, and a fast food restaurant bought them shirts and shorts. The girls on the team were able to travel to other local communities a...
Photo was taken in Uganda at the International Candlelight Memorial 2012. Faith, age 6, is placing a candle in remembrance of the victims of AIDS. Faith was abandoned around the age of 4 and has tested HIV negative twice but some of her fellow...
It was common practice for people to put a blanket on their back and go through garbage/litter for anything useable. The dress is typical of a Quechua woman recently arriving in the barriada outside Lima from high in the Andes. Photo taken in 1963...
This photo was taken outside our home in the squatter settlement outside of Lima, Peru. The barriada was built on a river bed so the streets were river rock. Meat and produce were purchased at an open air market. Food was cooked on a kerosene...
The picture was taken in the home of my host family on New Year's Eve, 2001. The picture is taken in front of the decorated tree with the two children of my host family, This picture accompanies the story I submitted about the events of that...
This photo was taken on World AIDS Day (1 December 2011) at a march organized to raise awareness about AIDS. The picture shows some 9th grade students holding posters they made encouraging safe sex, dispelling stigmas and unfair stereotypes, and...
In Nicaragua, clowns are a popular tool for discussing questions of the stigma and discrimination faced by HIV/AIDS positive people. In this scene, an ambulance worker and a TV reporter argue over whether or not to provide care for a man who has...
In parched north-eastern Nicaragua, a watermelon, tomato, or bell-pepper can mean the difference between good health and malnourishment. For someone living with HIV/AIDS, it can mean the difference between life and death. This photo was in 2012 as...
In parched north-eastern Nicaragua, a bell pepper can mean the difference between good health and malnourishment. For someone living with HIV/AIDS, it can mean the difference between life and death. This photo was in 2012 taken at a family garden...
AnKay, pictured, contemplates his work in contributing to group of over 30 youth that teamed up with Volunteer Martin do Nascimento to paint two huge murals on the walls of their high school dedicated to HIV/AIDS prevention.
Taken in 2012, during a Peace Corps workshop in Colombia, one Peace Corps Volunteer shows another the presentation that he's created to depict how HIV/AIDS attacks the immune system of the human body.
Taken in Kukra Hill, Nicaragua, in 2012, this photo shows a group of over 30 youth that teamed up with PCV Martin do Nascimento to paint two huge murals on the walls of their high-school dedicated to HIVaids prevention.
Used powdered milk cans make great paint buckets for a group of over 30 Nicaraguan youth that teamed up with Volunteer Martin Hadsell do Nascimento to paint to huge murals dedicated to HIV/AIDS prevention on the walls of their high school.