This music school, located in Mozambique, performs in various community events, like the wedding pictured here. At the school, they learn to play instruments, to sing, and to dance traditional dances. Many of the songs that they sing and perform...
HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
This photo was taken during a girls-empowerment conference (REDES) in Chimoio, Mozambique sometime in July of 2011. One of my female students is demonstrating to other girls in her group how to correctly use a female condom, something that she'd...
This picture was taking in September 2012 in Mozambique. I, Theresa Cole, am an Education Peace Corps Volunteer in Mozambique who is starting a Children's Community Library in my community. The building in the photo was donated to me by my...
The photo was taken at the completion of the mosquito netting project in Mozambique. The goal of the project was to prevent malaria by putting up new mosquito netting in all windows and plant lemon grass outside of the classrooms to deter...
Taken during the retrofitting of all windows with mosquito netting at a secondary school in Mozambique. The goal of the project was to retrofit all windows with new mosquito netting and plant lemon grass plants outside of the classroom to deter...
Girls from the three southern-most provinces of Mozambique incorporate HIV-prevention methods while learning to play ultimate frisbee at the 2011 Southern Regional REDES (Rapariga em Desenvolvimento, Educação e Saúde--Girls in Education,...
Teachers and students; Schools; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
I am giving a quick introduction to the computer and internet for my Mozambican secondary school students who participated in a empowerment through arts and media summer workshop in 2009.
Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Women's movement
This photo was taken on National Mozambican Women's Day, April 7th, 2010. This is a day where all women are commemorated in Mozambique, which is important in Mozambique's struggle to gain gender equality. Pictured is a young woman teacher trainee...
Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); International Women's Day; Crafts
A Volunteer is teaching Mozambican female youth the art of making earrings out of local resources at the annual REDES conference. The REDES program (Rapargas Em Desenvolvimento E Saude - Girls in Development and Health) was started by Mozambique...
This photo was taken in December 2010 in Mozambique. My girls youth group was reaching out to vulnerable children in our villa who were living with and/or affected by HIV/AIDS. We made up care packages as an encouragement; stuffing hand sews sacks...
I took this photo at Xai-Xai Beach in Mozambique right at the end of my Peace Corps Service in June of 2007. Justin is playing the guitar and David is sitting on the right. The boys sold necklaces made of shells at the beach and were intrigued by...
The class of five-year-olds at the community preschool enjoying their music class with their enthusiastic teacher. I took this photo during the first few months of the preschool, which started in May, 2011. To date, the preschool is funded...
I am so happy here! This photo was taken on World AIDS Day with the young women in the nonprofit I started, PROLIR. We had just performed a dance in front of the government officials in my town in Mozambique, Africa. The young women were so proud...
HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
This photo was taken on October 18th, 2010 at the 1st provincial REDES Conference in Inhambane, Mozambique. REDES, which stands for Raparigas em Desenvolvimento, Educação, e Saúde (or, Girls in Development, Education, and Health), is an...
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities and how Peace Corps fit in to the newly formed federal agency ACTION, which was established on July 1, 1971. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is...