This photo was taken in Karfigula, Burkina Faso during a camp for young girls. The camp used soccer as a tool to educate girls on HIV/AIDS. The photo shows Peace Corps Volunteer Brandon Perkins, and Burkinabe counterpart leading a group of young girls in some stretching exercises before an educational match.

Our host brothers and some other local boys excited to get their photo taken. After the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Shakira’s Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) was hugely popular song in South Africa.

- Peace Corps Education Volunteer Robin Al-haddad 

Macedonia - 2007

SAF-2006-D007 on Flickr.

A Peace Corps Volunteer hosts a baseball game for his students in South Africa.

Madagascar -2007

A leap in Mozambique - 2010