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    • World AIDS Day in Kolofata

    • World AIDS Day in Kolofata

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo in December of 2012 at a high school in Cameroon. The Health Club and Girls Empowerment Club partnered together to hold a series of events for the school population to commemorate World AIDS Day. The most popular part was the...
    • Duck, Duck, Goose with Girls of Strength

    • Duck, Duck, Goose with Girls of Strength

    • youth development

    • In a village in Cameoon, fifteen girls come together once a week for youth development activities. This photo captures PCV Samatha Atkins teaching the girls “Duck, Duck, Goose.” They weren’t too impressed though as they showed us their own...
    • Managing Women's Savings Groups

    • Managing Women's Savings Groups

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo is of a fellow PCV, Jessica Warning, working with the President our women’s savings group while the Secretary looks on. The women of the Mbideng neighborhood in Ngaoundere, Cameroon come together once a week to save the equivalent of...
    • PC Cameroon Celebrates the 50th!

    • PC Cameroon Celebrates the 50th!

    • traditional dress; celebrations

    • On June 29, 2011, the US Embassy of Cameroon celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps with a gathering of over 1,000 Cameroonians and Americans. Here, current PCVs wear their American-styled traditional clothing (“pagne”) in front of...
    • Bracelets Anyone?

    • Bracelets Anyone?

    • traditional dress; artisans

    • While in Djenne, Mali, I came across this bracelet vendor during the town’s market day. She was more than happy to have her photograph taken! Taken August 1, 2011.
    • Internet for First-Timers

    • Internet for First-Timers

    • technology; business development

    • On April 21, 2011, I took this photo of fellow PCV Peter Pakwasky during our ICT/SED cross-collaboration project. He taught first-time computer users how to use the internet, while I organized logistics. It was a great income generating activity...
    • A Teacher's Work

    • A Teacher's Work

    • Schools; Children

    • While observing the Spanish class of fellow Volunteer Andrea Derocco, I found this the perfect opportunity to take a photo of her teaching 3rd graders. On this day of September 19, 2010, she teaches to a classroom of more than 50 students.
    • Dancing with Girls of Strength

    • Dancing with Girls of Strength

    • dance; youth development

    • In a village Cameoon, fifteen girls come together once a week for youth development activities. This photo captures me teaching the girls how to dance “The Electric Slide.” The group’s name, “Bikkoy Robe Beesembe,” means “Girls of...

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