In this photo two students practice putting a condom on a realistic model. This photo is particularly intriguing because, rarely seen in the States, two male students are more comfortable demonstrating proper condom usage than a male and female...
In this photo, two students are demonstration proper condom usage on a realistic model. The local hospital graciously lent us these models to use as well as their time. An HIV/AIDS nurse came to my camp to help educate the students about...
In this photo, the camp co-lead teacher, Kruu Namfone, is the last person to sign the anti-HIV/AIDS pledge banner. She eloquently summed up the experience as, "heart warming, knowing that my students, the future leaders of Thailand, promise to...
This scene from the Acting Out Awareness play represents the four corners of the world coming together in the fight against AIDS. The actor in the middle represents the AIDS virus. Even though the virus is strong, if we all work together we can...
In this scene from the Acting Out Awareness play, the AIDS virus has come face to face with the four corners of the world. At first, the world doesn't know what to do to stop AIDS. In the end they join forces to fight against AIDS. Acting Out...
In the scene from the Acting Out Awareness play, the AIDS virus has just appeared in the world. The virus, represented by the actor in red, is surrounded by the four corners of the world, represented by the four actors in white. Here, the four...
In this scene from the Acting Out Awareness play, the actors representing the four corners of the world are carrying AIDS far away so that it cannot hurt anyone again. The Acting Out Awareness play is a Peace Corps Partnership Project from Massa,...
The signatures of students, Peace Corps Volunteers, teachers, and PHA (People with HIV/AIDS) group members show their commitment to practice safe sexual habits. All camp participants signed the banner after hearing stories from PHA group members...
After listening to the local PHA (People with HIV/AIDS) group talk, the students all signed an HIV/AIDS pledge banner stating "I will practice safe sexual habits." Students, teachers, Peace Corps Volunteers and members of the PHA group all signed...
A Volunteer teaches English to the professionals of SENA (National Agricultural Learning Center). Part of the purpose is to aid them in reading technical manuals for American equipment that are only written in English. She is also trying to develop...
Photo is from the personal collection of my father, the late Dr. Kauffman who served as the Peace Corps First Chief of the Division of Training from 1961-63.
Kauffman traveled with Shriver to Africa in Nov. 1962
Photo taken with my father's camera...
The education abroad office at UNL hosted an open house on Tuesday, February 26th. RPCVs from Palau, China, South Africa, Morocco, Benin, Moldova and Nepal gathered to share their stories. Students, community members and friends all attended as...
I returned to Thailand for a surprise reunion with my former students at a restaurant in Bangkok. I taught them English in the southern town of Pattalung in 1973. After so many years, I wondered what became of them and whether my teaching them made...
Pictured are members of Colombia V, a rural community development group that trained at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. After the photo op, the Volunteers sang the Colombian National Anthem for the press and Colombian dignitaries.
I would say that something started to happen between Adam and I while riding across Guinea in a bush taxi. The car ride back to Conakry was 15 hours and we held hands during the entire trip while we talked about home. We got married 9 months after...
I took this photo on the Pacific shore of Tumaco, NariƱo, Colombia in 1966. These are stilt homes of poor African-Colombians in the town. They have no toilets and other common domestic utilities/conveniences.
I took this photo in the town of La Cruz, Narino, Colombia in 1966. Seeing and talking to this girl in my town, I thought I should take a snap of her. Amid rural poverty and hardship, this girl just radiated happiness and well-being.