This photo was taken while teaching a summer school course to a group of elementary students at a local primary school. During one day of the course, the students asked to learn more about the United States of America, thus an activity was...
This 2007 photo was taken in the Parque de la Independencia of Zaruma in the south of Ecuador, in front of the Santuario de la Virgen del Carmen. I am wearing the giant condom costume and am being embraced by Allison Mang, the town's youth and...
This photo captures a school principal attempting to pop an inflated condom while fellow participating teachers excitedly look on. The PCV facilitator is seen in the background. This was during at activity that aimed to introduce condoms in a...
This photo is of myself, Ryan Ruggiero, and peer educator, Lusanda, during a life skills training for out of school youth in South Africa. I am explaining information about gender roles to Lusanda, one of our first Stars of Tomorrow -out of school,...
This Photo was taken in October of 2006 while building several small scale fish farms for raising Tilapia in the country of Peru. David (right) works along side Volunteer Ryan Egan (left) in using a water-resistant glue in order to connect the...
I took this picture at a picnic that I went to with my host family. We went out to the forest and there was a small pond. In that pond, to my amazement, was a variety of aquatic life. Shrimp, crab, snails, catfish, and small white fish were among...
Manyattas are small clusters of thatch and mud homes that are out in the desert outside Marsabit, Kenya. This photo, taken in July of 2011, shows a few children who are curious about me waiting to greet me as I walk home from school.
This picture shows a Peace Corps Response Volunteer placing the final candle of the ribbon, celebrating the 29th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial in Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines. This PCRV came to help train a group of PCVs and their HCN...
I took this picture when I was helping my host family harvest rice last fall. The whole family helps with the harvest, even the little ones. The machinery for separating the rice from the stock is rented from farmers (as seen in the background)....
This photo was taken in April of 2010 in the Tsa'chila village of El Poste, Ecuador. Here, I am dressed in traditional Tsa'chila attire with my host family in front of a garden we planted together. The garden sits between two new tourist huts we...
This picture was taken in the beginning of '2010 at a laguna at the foot of Momotombo Volcano in Nicaragua. A group of us went hunting with slingshots for Iguanas, and this was my catch of the day! Normally these iguanas are sold on the side of...
I climb Mt. Kenya in August of 2011 with six fellow Volunteers. The views were spectacular and we did a lot of standing around with our mouths open in awe. This is a friend, Carlyn, doing just that.
This was taken in August of 2011. I visited an orphanage in Marsabit, Kenya with some volunteers from Spain. The kids were so happy to have hugs and play games and braid our hair. These are two little girls painfully braiding one woman's hair.