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    • Elements of Discrimination

    • Elements of Discrimination

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken at an HIV and AIDS prevention education workshop in Asuncion, Paraguay. The presenter is a professional educator who works with the National Secretariat of Children and Adolescents and had been working with this particular...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Jóvenes Contra el SIDA y VIH

    • Jóvenes Contra el SIDA y VIH

    • HIV/AIDS

    • I took this photo during the school parade that the Health Post and I organized for December 1st, 2009: International Day Against HIV and AIDS in Peru. All of the teenagers in the high school participated by making banners and marching to the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The First Cuy Sighting

    • The First Cuy Sighting

    • Food and meals; Markets

    • This photo was taken on July 17, 2011 in the market of Huaraz, Ancash, Peru during my Peace Corps training. Guinea pig, or rather Cuy, is a delicacy in Peru that I had wanted to try since I first arrived in the country. I took this photo because I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coming Home from the Chacras

    • Coming Home from the Chacras

    • children; Host families

    • Walking around my site during my second month there in October, 2009, I happened to have my camera on me taking pictures of all the new and beautiful things Shilla, Ancash, Peru had to offer, when I came upon my host sister (20 years old at the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Familia

    • Familia

    • children; Host families

    • It was on my site visit, seeing for the first time the town of that would be my home for the next two years back in August 2009 while I was sitting and chatting with my host familia and neighbors. My neighbors' were holding their friends' baby in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Illuminating

    • Illuminating

    • Children; Celebrations; Religion

    • I took this photo while in a nearby town in October of 2009 during the town's week-long party celebrating their saint's day. To commemorate the celebration, all the women placed candles on the church floor which cast a glow somehow sad and hopeful...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Third Wise Man: Pase del Niño

    • The Third Wise Man: Pase del Niño

    • Celebrations; Ceremonies

    • I took this photo on December 19th, 2008 in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. A local boy's mother is preparing him for the parade of the traveling child (niño viajero) through the city of Cuenca. The main parade in Cuenca takes place in the week...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Composting

    • Composting

    • Camps and clubs

    • This photo was taken in July 2010, as I'm surrounded by fifth and sixth graders of primary school in Club Huascaran in the school in my site in Peru. I formed this environmental club to promote conserving and protecting the environment as well as...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Guinea Pig Festival

    • Guinea Pig Festival

    • Animals; Cooking; Celebrations

    • I took this photo during the Guinea Pig Festival on April 4, 2010 in in Ecuador. The Guinea Pig Festival, or Festival del Cuy, is a fundraiser started by the local parish as a means to raise funds for social projects in the community. That year,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • To Pasture

    • To Pasture

    • Animals; Agriculture

    • This image was taken during my site visit in Peru on August 12, 2011. A new friend in my community, an 11 year-old boy named Toni, took me on a walk around the outskirts of town to show me the beautiful surrounding scenery. On the way back home, we...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Day in the Barrio

    • A Day in the Barrio

    • Youth; Teachers and students;

    • This photo was taken in my barrio in Ecuador. This photo shows two of my students and me walking to our girls' youth group meeting. January 2010
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Berbice Sewing Bee

    • Berbice Sewing Bee

    • Crafts; Income generation; Literacy

    • One of my Peace Corps projects included a Capacity Building and Literacy Program. Classes included crafts, sewing, literacy, and computers. This photo shows three students attending their first of many sewing classes. Photo taken in March, 2009.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Young Students

    • Young Students

    • Children; Education; Schools; Women in Peace Corps

    • Students attending school every morning or afternoon. School sponsored by local Association to Aid Youth of Jequie.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Director of the Mother's Club

    • Director of the Mother's Club

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Maternal and child health

    • A prominent figure of the town of Tigualo, this woman is the director of the mothers’ club and owner of the only store in the town.
    • Agency Photos
    • Studies on Birds

    • Studies on Birds

    • Wildlife

    • A Peace Corps Volunteer holds a small specimen while his wife Sherry takes down the mist net. He is assigned to Santa Marta where he is doing various research studies on birds.
    • Agency Photos
    • Latrine Inspection

    • Latrine Inspection

    • Water and sanitation; Health

    • This Volunteer is assigned to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Here, he inspects a latrine as part of his daily inspection program to improve health and sanitary conditions.
    • Agency Photos
    • Covering Pipes

    • Covering Pipes

    • Water and sanitation; Health

    • This Volunteer is assigned to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Here, he works with local kids to cover pipes installed for the water system.
    • Agency Photos

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