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    • Trust Fall

    • Trust Fall

    • Youth development

    • This photo, taken on July 21, 2011, depicts Peace Corps trainee Jeff as he demonstrates "trust falls' with Peruvian youth at the local colegio in Peru during field-based training. Youth development Volunteers often use self-esteem and trust...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Latin Locks of Love

    • Latin Locks of Love

    • youth;

    • I took this photo July 19, 2011 in Ecuador. After school, this 12 year old girl and her mother visited their local hair salon and chopped off more than 12" each. They had been planning to donate their hair for months - the little girl had seen an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mujeres Poderosas

    • Mujeres Poderosas

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); youth development

    • This photo that I took in January, 2011, shows young teenage girls from the Andes mountains in Shilla, Peru on their first day of the club Mujeres Poderosas (Powerful Women) in which they participated in a 6 week workshop where we talked about...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • First Indigenous Women's Ascent Volcano Cotopaxi, Ecuador

    • First Indigenous Women's Ascent Volcano Cotopaxi, Ecuador

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Women's movement

    • EMPOWERMENT, LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH THE ANDEAN WOMEN’S MOUNTAINEERING MOVEMENT In our “progressive” modern world, women continue to be discouraged from pursuing many of their hopes and dreams, especially in the developing...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map

    • World Map

    • Secondary Projects; World Map Project

    • This photo was taken inside a classroom at a men's prison in July of 2008 in Concepcion, Paraguay. I organized a world map mural with eight prisoners who were working on achieving their high school diplomas while they finished their prison...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Passing the Time Bonding

    • Passing the Time Bonding

    • Host community friends

    • This photo was taken July 10, 2011 in my house in Ecuador. It was taken in the afternoon after lunch time, when most of the people in my rural town are resting and staying out of the hot sun. The two girls in the photo are sisters, Juana (6), and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Student Submission at HIV Event

    • Student Submission at HIV Event

    • HIV/AIDS; Drama

    • This photo was taken on December 1st, 2011 at a PEPFAR funded HIV awareness event in the Volunteer's town square. You can plainly see the large poster made by students at a secondary school and a teenage girl talking about their project.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • From the Mouths of Babes...

    • From the Mouths of Babes...

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This is a picture of a simple poster made by a secondary school student who participated in a World AIDS Day parade in 2009, my first year in site in Cayalti, Peru. There were elaborate signs with tissue paper, paintings and glitter, but this sign...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV Awareness Event

    • HIV Awareness Event

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken on December 1st, 2011 after a PEPFAR funded HIV awareness event in the Volunteer's town square. You can plainly see the "promoter" words on their T- shirts, HIV awareness ribbons, and members of the staff of the local health...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • HIV Awareness Event

    • HIV Awareness Event

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken of students on December 1st, 2011 at a PEPFAR funded HIV awareness event in the Volunteer's town square. You can plainly see signs dedicated to HIV, a condom costume, and a dance routine.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Student Drama Performance at HIV Event

    • Student Drama Performance at HIV Event

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken of students on December 1st, 2011 at a PEPFAR funded HIV awareness event in the Volunteer's town square. You can plainly see the HIV/AIDS sign in the background. They are performing a skit dedicated to preventing discrimination...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Circle Reflection

    • Circle Reflection

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken at one of the HIV and AIDS Prevention Education Workshops in Asuncion, Paraguay. These workshops were collaborative efforts from HIV and AIDS education professionals from the Ministry of Health and Peace Corps Volunteers....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Way They Learn

    • The Way They Learn

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken in Capiata, Paraguay - a community located one hour outside the capitol. Often, it is referred to as a "dormotorio" community, or a place where you sleep, as the majority of the residents commute into the capitol for work. This...
    • Volunteer Photos

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