A disabiled teenager was walking with difficulty at a Peace Corps supported Disability Camp in St. Lucia. I asked if I could take her picture. She first said, "No, I am not pretty." I said "Yes you are pretty!"and she allowed me to take her...
This picture was taken just after we finished painting a giant chess board on the gravel lot outside my school attachment. We decided to make the pieces out of recycled bottles. In the picture is me and the youth and sports teacher.
Our group just after swearing in, April 2009. From left to right: speaker, Sharmon Jules (Associate Peace Corps Director), Margo Jeanchild (Eastern Caribbean Director), Mara English (Volunteer), Aria Grabowski (Volunteer), trainer, Ann Maize...
This is a photo of Tomarjay & myself during an afternoon football game. At the time, Tomarjay was a grade 6 student at the primary school. He and I traveled with out school team to the neighboring village to watch the boys football match. Here,...
My host mom and I at my Swearing- In Ceremony, 10-31-2008. Since the day I arrived to St. Kitts Tracey has welcomed me into her family. About a week into my stay she was "mom" and I was "daughter."
I took this photo in June 2012 at La Ressource Combined school in St. Lucia. After seeing the HIV/AIDS awareness pin that I keep on my bag, a couple of grade 5 boys were interested in what it stood for. I came to find out that they knew very little...
A student at a school in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Eastern Caribbean) writes out the definition of HIV/AIDS at an educational seminar in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention facilitated by Volunteers Katie and Sheena.
During an HIV/AIDS education workshop facilitated by PCVs in conjunction with the House of Hope Society in Kingstown, St. Vincent (Eastern Caribbean), students examined myths and facts about the spread of HIV/AIDS. In this photo, the student holds...
Peace Corps Volunteer Sheena facilitates an interactive learning session with primary school students at a school in St. Vincent (Eastern Caribbean) about the myths and facts about HIV/AIDS transmission. In this photo she holds up the card reading...
This photo was taken during an educational program for primary school students about the myths and facts of HIV transmission. Peace Corps Volunteers and staff at the House of Hope state possible forms of HIV transmission and the students hold up...
Sixty students in Grade 4 at a school in St. Vincent participate in a Myths and Facts activity designed to teach different ways through which HIV/AIDS is transmitted. The HIV/AIDS awareness/education program is facilitated by Volunteers and...
These are three young girls from my village. Tamia, Tihara, & Tatiyana spend many afternoons just outside my front gate. They can be found playing games, racing each other, and gently harassing anyone passing by. I was attempting to take a photo of...