This is a photo of the Candlelight Memorial for victims of HIV/AIDS that we completed during my service. It has been an annual event in the community each year since. Pictured are local participants in the event.
This photo documents work that went into the first HIV/AIDS campaign we undertook during my service. Pictured are the Volunteer and several local community and association members creating the ribbons that we gave to a local group of school...
This photo was taken during a HIV/AIDS community awareness campaign in Ben Guerir, Morocco. Pictured are the Volunteer and three local participants in the campaign. It was the first HIV/AIDS awareness activity of many that we accomplished during...
This photo was taken with two little girls during a vigil I organized with the Red Cross to remember those who have died of SIDA (AIDS) and to raise awareness of the disease. The sign, translated in English, reads: "AIDS isn't just a disease:...
This photo was taken December 3, 2011 during an event to mark the observance of World AIDS Day. This little girl attended the event, which included a candlelight vigil, a skit competition and informational session on SIDA. A group of young people...
The women at the literacy association where I worked made this cake as part of the World AIDS Day celebration that we held on Dec. 1, 2011 in Morocco. The event featured a SIDA skit competition, a candlelight vigil, and informational session about...
I took this photo during an HIV/AIDS prevention session at the Kingston YMCA in Kingston, Jamaica on April 23, 2012. This picture shows a group of boys raising their hand to true or false statements related to HIV/AIDS prevention.
I took this photo in Ben Guerir, Morocco during the first annual candlelight memorial to remember victims of HIV/AIDS in May 2007. The event was the result of a participatory planning process. The picture illustrates the excitement and solidarity...
This photo was taken by another Peace Corps volunteer in my region during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Ben Guerir, Morocco in May 2006. The campaign brought a mobile testing unit to the youth center and included a community awareness march by...
This photo was taken by another Peace Corps volunteer in my region during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Ben Guerir, Morocco in May 2006. The campaign brought a mobile testing unit to the youth center and included a community awareness march by...
This photo was taken by another Peace Corps volunteer in my region during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Ben Guerir, Morocco in May 2006. The campaign brought a mobile testing unit to the youth center and included a community awareness march by...
I took this photo in Ben Guerir, Morocco as we prepared to begin the first annual candlelight memorial to remember victims of HIV/AIDS in May 2007. My students are lighting their candles as they prepare to walk out into the courtyard. They are...
This photograph features myself, my site mate Christina, and a local counterpart, Arnulfo, from the Ministry of Education. As youth development Volunteers, we facilitated a two-day HIV/AIDS workshop in Totonicapán, Guatemala in February 2011. The...
This is a picture of a simple poster made by a secondary school student who participated in a World AIDS Day parade in 2009, my first year in site in Cayalti, Peru. There were elaborate signs with tissue paper, paintings and glitter, but this sign...
This photo was taken after a week-long training of trainers on the topic of HIV/AIDS and behavior change communication, which included interviews of local sex workers, and a testimonial from a PLWH. This pictures is of Blake Van Fleteren, one of...
This is a photo of my volunteer club, Together We Can Succeed. The kids are from a small village in Bulgaria, called Svoboda. We created the awareness ribbon cookies by hand, and wrapped them to be sold for future HIV/AIDS prevention projects. The...
This photo was taken on December 1st, 2011 at a PEPFAR funded HIV awareness event in the Volunteer's town square. You can plainly see the "promoter" words on their T-shirts as well as an HIV awareness ribbon, methods of contraception, the words ETS...
This photo was taken on December 1st, 2011 after a PEPFAR funded HIV awareness event in the Volunteer's town square. You can plainly see the "promoter" words on their T- shirts, HIV awareness ribbons, and members of the staff of the local health...
This photo was taken on December 1st, 2011 at a PEPFAR funded HIV awareness event in the Volunteer's town square as he registered members of a school to participate in a contest between nine schools about HIV awareness. You can plainly see the huge...