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    • Hand in Hand

    • Hand in Hand

    • HIV-AIDS

    • I took this photo during an English Corner at Bijie University where we discussed AIDS and the impact it can have on a community. Every week Bijie University, in Guizhou, China holds an English corner where students from all different majors come...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mind Empowered

    • Mind Empowered

    • HIV-AIDS; Camps and clubs

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Engageons-nous!

    • Engageons-nous!

    • Art; HIV-AIDS

    • This photo shows the final product of the mural the students and teachers painted at my primary school in Burkina Faso in January 2012. The mural followed activities I led with the teachers to teach the students about HIV/AIDS transmission,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Je m'engage

    • Je m'engage

    • Art; HIV-AIDS

    • One of the students at our primary school in Burkina Faso made his hand print on the mural to show that he chooses to engage in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The mural followed an activity I did with the teachers at the primary school to teach the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Rivne Candlelight Memorial Ceremony

    • Rivne Candlelight Memorial Ceremony

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken on May 15th, 2012 in Ukraine, in the main square of a town. It features Volunteers and Ukrainians laying down candles for a candlelight memorial we did to remember those who have died of HIV AIDS. The candles in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sharing Knowledge

    • Sharing Knowledge

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This photo was taken on May 15th, 2012 in the main square of a town in Ukraine. It features pupils excitedly sharing their knowledge of HIV after a series of HIV awareness seminars. They are encouraging their peers to add a link to the Chain of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • It's Not Who You Are

    • It's Not Who You Are

    • HIV-AIDS

    • This quilt piece was made by a participant of an HIV awareness seminar conducted on December 1, 2011. The seminar highlighted the fact that there are no "high-risk people," only "high risk behaviors." Understanding this concept is crucial in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Engageons-nous!

    • Engageons-nous!

    • Art; HIV-AIDS

    • The students and teachers gathered for a photo after putting the finishing touches on our HIV/AIDS mural at a primary school in Burkina Faso. The mural followed activities I led with the teachers to teach the students about HIV/AIDS transmission,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Congo/Zaire River

    • Congo/Zaire River
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    • The Congo/Zaire River is in the background. I was visiting Kinshasa and Zaire for the first week when this photo was taken. The fisheries program director had birds that talked (African Greys) and great view of the river. 1980
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Conrado and Mahogany

    • Conrado and Mahogany
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    • Farmer Conrado planted a border row of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) along the edge of his field. The tree is two years old in the photo. Isabela province, the Philippines, 1988
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Aldea La Hacienda

    • Aldea La Hacienda
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    • This photo was taken in 1979 along a newly planted ridge north of the school house in Aldea La Hacienda. I had planted several hundred pine trees with the school children and their teacher. The teacher made it clear to the children that they...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Obama Mama

    • Obama Mama
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    • This picture was taken in the village of Solulu in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. I saw this woman in market, so I'm not sure of her name but I loved the Obama shirt. Most Nigerien's LOVED Obama. There were tons of things for sale with his...
    • Volunteer Photos

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