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    • Women Making Tapa

    • Women Making Tapa

    • Artisans; Crafts; Art

    • Women from a small village on the island of 'Eua spend the day painting tapa cloth. These cloths can be up to 50 feet long and are made from the bark of a tree. The cloths, once finished are given as gifts at many events, such as weddings,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Women's Chorus in Vilkova, Ukraine

    • Women's Chorus in Vilkova, Ukraine

    • Art; Traditional Dress; Celebrations

    • One of the many women's choruses at a Festival of Russian Culture in Vilkova, Ukraine, 2009. This region of southern Ukraine was formerly called Bessarabia, and I have been told that there are more than 30 ethnic groups or cultures in Odessa...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working with Orphans

    • Working with Orphans

    • Art; Teachers and students

    • This photo was taken at a health center in Ethiopia. The Volunteer is encouraging children who were orphaned by HIV to be creative and express themselves using art (paper and markers).
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day

    • World AIDS Day

    • HIV/AIDS; Art

    • This is the mural painting by itself after the completion for World AIDS Day 2011 in a town in Guatemala. This mural was painted in front of the health center to raise HIV awareness for the entire town.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2011 in Burkina Faso

    • World AIDS Day 2011 in Burkina Faso

    • HIV/AIDS; Celebrations; Art

    • Volunteers Luis, Scott, and Joey commemorate World AIDS day 2011 with their community in Burkina Faso. The mural was a great way to get the community interested in talking about HIV/AIDS. The Volunteers held multiple information sessions on...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World Map Project

    • World Map Project

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Art; World Map Project

    • The photo was taken in March of 2008. My students and I were working on a World Map Project. We took a large wall that everyone walks past at the school and drew a mural of a world map. This photo shows us in the finishing stages of painting it. We...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yearn for Education

    • Yearn for Education

    • Art

    • I took this photo February, 2012 in Carpuela (Valle de Chota) Imbabura, Ecuador. It depicts artist Alicia Villaba's view of the yearning and longing for a better education for the young Afro-Ecuadorians in her community. This power piece is made...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Youth Visions HIV Prevention Mural

    • Youth Visions HIV Prevention Mural

    • HIV/AIDS; Art

    • This photo was taken during the unveiling of an HIV prevention mural painted in 2008 in collaboration with the students from Kongo SS in the Upper East Region of Ghana. This was the culmination of a six week project focused on collaboration between...
    • Volunteer Photos

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