Every year, when the herders would come back around June, they would host a celebration in my village, Goudoude Diobe, Senegal. The younger men would lead their herd of goats and sheep around in a large circle, performing small tricks for the...
I took this photo on May 31st, 2012 in Vanuatu. The photo shows Ni-Vanuatu Village Health Workers learning a string activity which can be used in various ways to illustrate how HIV can be transmitted and the ABC’s of HIV prevention (Abstinence,...
This is a photo from our week-long workshop on HIV/AIDS for Ni-Vanuatu Village Health Workers. In Vanuatu, a highly religious and conservative country, topics such as body parts, sex, risky behaviors and condoms are generally taboo and can be...
During Camp GLOW, we had these Moldovan girls play a game visually demonstrating how HIV is transmitted from person to person. The girls had a lot of fun and learned a lot about protecting themselves and the truth about HIV & AIDS.
This photo was taken in Uganda in 2009. It is a photo of a tournament involving 13 rural communities playing a popular game that has been modified to provide factual information about HIV/AIDS. During the tournament there were testaments from...
Secondary school girls during a May 2012 girls conference at Kitangali Teacher's Training College in Newala, Mtwara, Tanzania play hot potato with an inflated condom containing a true or false questions inside. Once the music stops, whoever is...
This is a photo of Dominican youth playing 'Find the Ball,' a game from the HIV prevention initiative Deportes para la Vida. Youth pass a ball from one another behind their backs in order to see if they can guess where it stops. The ball...
I took this photo during a World AIDS Day event at the end of November, 2011 at a primary school in Swaziland. World AIDS Day is a great event held yearly in order to educate children and adults alike in the community, an important and fun way to...
I took this photo during my parents' visit to Malawi on Jan. 2, 2007. A previous Peace Corps volunteer at my site had taught this store owner to play Scrabble and left him this board when he finished his service. He was very good at the game when...
Marketing campaigns; Returned Volunteer services; Volunteer recruitment
Full text of a brochure highlighting four of the earliest Peace Corps Volunteers--what inspired them to join, what they encountered overseas and how their experiences have helped shape their lives after their Peace Corps service. Although no exact...
Volunteers work at the Boyer Cheshire Foundation Home in Marrakech. This is a self-help residential facility for physically handicapped young boys, most of them victims of polio. The home is designed to provide a home-like atmosphere in which the...
This Volunteer's daughter and a French friend play scrabble while he plays the recorder in the living room of their apartment in Rabat, Morocco. He works with the Ministry of Youth and Sports as a consultant on centers for juvenile delinquents.
This Volunteer is assigned to Fiji as a mathematics teacher at Vunimono High School in Nausori. She is shown talking with students after class. She also supervises a netball game for girl students.