A Community WORTH group was meeting in the lowveld of Swaziland in Feburary of 2012. WORTH groups consist of 20-30 women who meet to discuss HIV issues and work on micro finance. When women are able to pull together and succeed, the OVC in that...
This photo was taken in November of 2011 in central Swaziland.
Two boys are walking home from school, one is HIV positive and the other HIV negative. Swaziland has a HIV prevalence between 26-33% percent depending on what study you are looking...
This is a photo of me and several of my community members as we participate in a local celebration in the Lubombo region of Swaziland. The festival commemorates the harvest of the marula fruit in February 2011 and women from all over come together...
This photo was taken in May 2012, outside the local preschool. The children learned about putting a 'STOP' to AIDS and basics on how to avoid getting the virus. The kids were drawing in the sand showing the hand signal to stopping AIDS.
This photo is of two of the local preschool children in Swaziland. Learning about 'STOPPING' and thinking before you go near someone else's blood. The children learned the common 'stop' hand signal when learning about HIV and proudly displayed it...
I took this photo during a mural-painting event held in March 2012 in Swaziland. The HIV+ Support Group came together to design and paint a large mural encouraging community members to remain faithful to one partner in order to stop the spread of...
This photo was taken at the World AIDS Day event in a community in Swaziland. This group of young primary students are a part of the school's health club. They performed a drama about 'getting to zero' in terms of zero new infections, zero related...
I took this photo during a World AIDS Day event at the end of November, 2011 at a primary school in Swaziland. World AIDS Day is a great event held yearly in order to educate children and adults alike in the community, an important and fun way to...
This photo is taken on December 1st, 2011 in Swaziland. In organizing a day event at the local primary school to raise awareness and decrease stigma of HIV/AIDS, the students participated in various ways. This picture is of young primary school...