The Big Picture

A few favortite shots of faces and places.
Location: the pearl of Africa. Time: October through Janurary. Mode: in collage.



From left:

1.View of the fierce and gorgeous Ssese Island paradise, taken during our first visit in October.

2. Little Debo, the most beautiful baby girl in Africa in my most biased opinion.

3. Shadows in Neverland. Simply a breathtaking photo with real-life mysticism, taken by Grant at Sipi Falls. We're standing in a cave underneath the waterfall.

4. Demonstrating how to correctly use a condom during an HIV seminar in Buwesswa village. They had the phallus for this purpose exactly, except most of the people had never seen a condom. Some things are just too strange to question...

5. Maama Suubi cake, symbolic of the many income-generating cakes they will make in the near future.

6. Dusk over the Karamoja plains: view from above the Sipi Falls.

7. Cooking mexican rice in Mbale in our homey little kitchen.

8. My feet, Africanized. Take a look at the tan lines, scabs, scars and various mosquito, ant and gnat bites. Cute, eh? Somebody needs a pedi...

9. Open air in Buwesswa village where Will and I hold HIV/AIDS and savings and credit seminars for farmers' cooperative members and their community.

10. Painting the youth center library at TASO, the first project of my internship.

11. Baby at Buwesswa village, with eyes that say it all. She was a beautiful, fat toddler with a face that could make anyone weep.

12. Will and I at our favorite little Indian place, enjoying eachother and slightly skunky Guinness.

13. Just a close-up of yours truly.

14. Little mommies at World AIDS Day in Nauyo, there are a thousand stories in their expressions, with the hope of our world sparkling in those dusty eyes.

15. Sunset over Lake Victoria.

16. Will in the world. Here he's with Jenepher after constructing an energy-saving stove, which uses less firewood and drastically cuts down on time women spend collecting firewood.