We took this picture after receiving our new soccer uniforms. The girls had written letters to local establishments, and a fast food restaurant bought them shirts and shorts. The girls on the team were able to travel to other local communities a...
On May 16th in Burkina Faso my girls soccer team players demonstrated their commitment to their promise to help prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in our community by putting on a proper condom usage demonstration....
In Burkina Faso, my girl's soccer team practiced giving presentations on correct condom usage together before demonstrating their knowledge to the police officers of our community. As part of learning healthy living through sport, condom usage to...
Taken in the dirt field that I used as a shortcut on my walk to work at Hassan II University everyday. These are my neighbors, their kids and their shantytown homes. Taken 11/6/2010.
I took this photo with the Togolese youth soccer team I had started in the village Kpekpleme. This was the day we had finally recieved the soccer uniforms and equipment from the U.S Soccer Foundation. We played an inaugeral soccer match with the...
I took this photo during my first few days at site when I discovered a soccer field and played with a bunch of kids. This is a photo of some the kids after the game that were following me after the game and asking me questions.
Host community; Pre-service Training (PST); Children
Alex, a fellow Volunteer, is helping the kids from the local orphange at our training site sweep the debris off the asphalt so they can create a space to play soccer. They prefer playing soccer on asphalt as opposed to grass.
This photo was taken in September, 2005 in Same, East Timor. My wife and I and a Portuguese language teacher helped train a group of girls who asked us for their help to get a girls soccer team together. This was an important project because the...
I took this photo at the soccer match following the graduation ceremony at the Institut Superieur de Technologie, in Mamou, Guinea, on July 20, 2011. The photo features one of my favorite students, Malani, who had graduated with high honors earlier...