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    • My Girls (and Sir)

    • My Girls (and Sir)

    • Children; Host community friends

    • After being away from the village for a week, I came home and found this- my girls and my small gentleman playing on the ground outside of our compound. they were so excited that their very own foreign entertainment was finally home and when I took...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Standing Up Against HIV

    • Standing Up Against HIV

    • HIV-AIDS; Drama

    • This photo was taken during a workshop on female sexual health in the primary school of a rural farming community. The photo shows Selena Martinez as an HIV virus, surrounded by crouching girls, whom demonstrated white blood cells letting down...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Celebration of Waste

    • A Celebration of Waste

    • Celebrations; Water and sanitation

    • This photo was taken in June 2006 at the launching of the solid waste manangement project in two neighborhoods in Senegal. There was a lot of excitement and celebrations for this project as residents were tired of living in a dirty city. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Not a Bad Life!

    • Not a Bad Life!

    • Children

    • This photo was taken during a break in a training that Volunteer Nicole Dewing was facilitating. As she went to check on the status of lunch, she found a delighful surprise. In Senegal, babies go everywhere with their mothers - from work to the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Women Keeping Their City Clean!

    • Women Keeping Their City Clean!

    • Children; Water and sanitation

    • Another big part of the solid waste management project was the clean-ups organized at the neighborhood level. Generally in Senegal "cleaning up" is women's work. Men and children throw their garbage on the floor expecting women to clean it up. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • She Loves A Clean City!

    • She Loves A Clean City!

    • Water and sanitation; Environment

    • The photo was taken during the distribution of the waste containers in June of 2006 in the City of Joal, Senegal. The waste containers are an integral part of the solid waste management project as it allows households to separate organic waste and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dogon Dancer

    • Dogon Dancer

    • Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress

    • Sangha, Mali taken on 12/28/2008. We took a three-day hike in Dogon country to celebrate Christmas. On the final day we were congratulated with this dance. The dance is traditionally done at a funeral, but Dogons perform it for tourists.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • iGLOW Teamwork

    • iGLOW Teamwork

    • Camps and clubs

    • Participants prepare for a team-building exercise during an Indonesian Girls Leading Our World Camp. The camp focused on leadership, team-work, creative expression and developing healthy lifestyles. It was held for the first time in the most...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Selamatan Snap

    • Selamatan Snap

    • Celebrations

    • In East Java a selamatan is one form of celebrating and thanksgiving. Typically a space is cleared, mats are rolled out and attendees sit on the ground lining the perimeter of the room to eat and pray together. During one such event at my home, a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Carving Jack-o-lanterns

    • Carving Jack-o-lanterns

    • Celebrations

    • In sharing American culture with my Indonesian students, I incorporated Halloween into one of my fall classes. The following weekend some students and I got together to make jack-o-lanterns. In East Java pumpkins are only used for soups and food,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Host Niece

    • Host Niece

    • Host families

    • This is one of my favorite photos of my host niece, and a reminder of my early days at site. I took this photo during my first three months of service in August 2011. During that time I was still adjusting to living with my host family and likewise...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Playing Dress Up

    • Playing Dress Up

    • Traditional dress

    • My host mother owns a salon where she does make up and coordinates the outfits for many weddings, cultural celebrations and other special events in our village. One night at home early in my service my host sisters suggested we all dress up and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Senegal Goodbye Party

    • Senegal Goodbye Party

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

    • This photo was taken in September 1992 in Popenguine, Senegal. The party was hosted by the Popenguine Women's Group. The photo is taken in the open air environmental education center that was funded by the SPA grant that I applied for during my...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Handwashing Lesson

    • Handwashing Lesson

    • Water and sanitation; Teachers and students; Children; Youth; Schools

    • This photo was taken during a handwashing lesson that was given during National Handwashing Day in Morocco. This photo shows me helping a student wash his hands while the other students watched a movie in their local language on the importance of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Playthings

    • Playthings

    • Children

    • Draman and Badri with their mud cows. Taken in the village of Samabogo in January 2009. These two boys were my helpers and had come to greet me and show me the new toys that they had made.
    • Volunteer Photos

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