Waiting for the Lesotho Freight Bus to take us from Qacha's Nek to Sethlabathebe National Park. Our backpacks were loaded in the undercarriage of the bus, along with a few reluctant sheep.
Self portrait of daily life in my village. Every afternoon I would sit in the doorway of my rondavel and journal, read or play the guitar as I watched the sunset over the Drakensburg mountains in Lesotho.
My host family Grandmother. Too old to work in the fields, she spends most days sitting against the stone wall of her hut absorbing the heat of the stones. She patiently sorts grain and beans, watches the goings-on of the village and sends all her...
Abuti, a herd boy, on his donkey collecting corn feed for the cows. This 14 year old boy spends most days walking across the mountains in the Senqu river valley of Lesotho, herding my host family's cow, donkeys and sheep.
A Peace Corps Volunteer and a herd boy enjoy time together at Semonkong Falls in Lesotho. Children in Lesotho are usually curious about white skin and this boy really wanted to check out the Volunteer’s hand. This duo was with a group of children...
I worked with students in the secondary schools to create prayer flags, "Messages of Hope," about HIV. It was a beautiful activity and students really opened up creating these flags. Some students created memorials, some quotes and some messages...
Childrens Health Day. HIV/AIDs testing for mothers and children, health education and distribution of vitamins. We had an overwhelming amount of mothers and children come to the event. Lesotho has one of the highest HIV rates in the world.
This photo was taken inside a classroom at Mashai Primary School, in the remote mountains of Lesotho. It's estimated that 23% of the population of Lesotho is infected with HIV/AIDS. At Mashai Primary School 1/3 of the students are orphans. ...
Hike to a remote village in the mountains near Mokhotlong, Lesotho. Peace Corps volunteers assisted organization Touching Tiny Lives in identifying mothers and children with HIV/AIDS in the most remote areas of Lesotho. Volunteers provided...
This mother was one of the first women in my village to receive PMTC (Preventing Mother to Child Transmission) treatments. She is HIV positive and her baby Ausi Bonolo was born HIV negative. This photo was taken in the remote mountainous Thaba...