In this photo, Maratou creates her dream. During the summer of 2009, I co-facilitated a girl’s camp in Komteaga, Burkina Faso. We led the participants through nutrition, sexual education, good hygiene and goal-setting programs. For many of the...
Once you take out a camera, it is very hard to keep it away- the kids are always requesting more photos! One day, I decided to take photos and was lucky to get one with almost everyone smiling. Meet my kids- Fati, Biba, Idrissa, Naima, and Madi!
Every International Women’s Day, the ladies of Burkina celebrate by participating in dances, sports and other festivities. Here, my friends from village make their way to our closest city for the March 8, 2009 activities. Each year, the country...
Some of my students came over to my house one day to play Dames, which is an African version of checkers that is much more wild and entertaining. Taken in Bagare, Burkina Faso in May, 2008.
This photo was taken in my host family's apartment. I loved nights when they bought a watermelon. Everyone in the family, their neighbors and various other parties would squeeze together around the living room table to snack on the sweet summer...
This picture of my host sisters, my host mother and myself was taken in a beautiful park near our home in Chengdu. We had just spent a beautiful Sunday afternoon listening to live, traditional music, playing games, eating, drinking tea and walking...
My friend invited me to his village to meet his family and to learn about how they live. They taught me how to grind millet into flour by pushing a smooth rock over a stationary rock with grains of millet in between. This picture was taken near...