This mother was one of the first women in my village to receive PMTC (Preventing Mother to Child Transmission) treatments. She is HIV positive and her baby Ausi Bonolo was born HIV negative. This photo was taken in the remote mountainous Thaba...
Members of my women's association explained to mothers how to talk with their children about preventing HIV transmission, destigmatizing seropositivity, and how to prevent unwanted pregnancies. The group of 25 women met to discuss how to teach...
While in Burkina Faso working on a World AIDS Day project, I painted a wall, taught proper condom usage, and had middle school students promise to live healthy lifestyles by putting their hand prints on the wall. Part of the promise that the middle...