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    • Painting for Prevention

    • Painting for Prevention

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo on January 30th, 2012 at my Peace Corps site in Nicaragua. It was the second day of a two-day HIV workshop with at-risk youth and gang members funded by Peace Corps/PEPFAR VAST funds. The workshop was focused on HIV prevention and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Clowning

    • Clowning

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Leaves

    • Leaves

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baby Bell Pepper

    • Baby Bell Pepper

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Careful Consideration

    • Careful Consideration

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • ¿Como Ataca?

    • ¿Como Ataca?

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Muralism Against HIV

    • Muralism Against HIV

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Paint Buckets

    • Paint Buckets

    • HIV/AIDS

    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Joyful

    • Joyful

    • HIV/AIDS

    • A workshop participant at a PC HIV/AIDS workshop in Colombia is able to muster a smile in spite of the dire subject-matter of the day and her camera-shyness. Taken in Barranquilla, Colombia, 2012.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Little Nervous at First

    • A Little Nervous at First
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    • A Colombian workshop participant in a Peace Corps HIV/AIDS workshop is a little shy about presenting her group's work in Colombia, in 2012. The week-long workshop was given by Peace Corps Volunteerss for Peace Corps Volunteers, Peace Corps staff,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Watermelon

    • Watermelon

    • HIV/AIDS

    • In parched north-eastern Nicaragua, a watermelon can make 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Team Work

    • Team Work

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Volunteer Tara and her counterpart work together to provide workshops to hospital staff at a public hospital in Nicaragua. The workshops focus on ensuring equal treatment of HIV positive patients, often times the exception rather than the rule...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Green Tomatoes

    • Green Tomatoes

    • HIV/AIDS; Gardens

    • In parched north-eastern Nicaragua, a handful of tomatoes can make the difference between good health and malnourishment. For someone living with HIV/AIDS, they can mean the difference between life and death. This photo was taken in 2012 at a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana

    • Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana

    • HIV/AIDS

    • Two stick figures are shown demonstrating one important aspect of HIV/AIDS: it only affects human beings. This was taken in Barranquilla, Colombia in 2012 during a Peace Corps workshop and was created by workshop participants.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Nicaraguan Nacatamales

    • Nicaraguan Nacatamales

    • Food and meals; Host families

    • During my pre-service training (PST), an RPCV came back to Nicaragua to visit my host family, who was also his old host family from when he was in PST. We made over 20 nacatamales, a traditional Nicaraguan dish made of cornmeal, pork (or chicken),...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Community Reforestation Campaign

    • Community Reforestation Campaign

    • Environment; Forestry; Work; Host community friends

    • I had this photo taken of me and my friend, Jonnys, during a community reforestation campaign in Macuelizo, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua in August, 1997. We are shown planting a Mexican cedar tree. I had established a tree nursery and organized a...
    • Volunteer Photos

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