Photograph taken in Honduras during a nutrition and healthy cooking class for mothers in June of 2011. The photograph shows the mothers and children cheering with the fresh glasses of soy milk we just made.
Malnutrition is a tremendous problem...
On a Fazenda de Cana (sugar cane planataion) 40 KM west of Recife, Brazil, I spent all of 1970 in a nutrition education program. This photo was taken of me (age 23) with 18 school children in the school garden, built by the children, eaten by the...
Food and meals; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)
This photo was taken by Maya, a Peace Corps health volunteer, in a rural village a two hours hike from her site in the northeast of Madagascar. These women are participating in a monthly health education session, during which they weigh their...
This photo was taken in 2003 at Mwindwiji Farms, Zambia. The child holding the fish is most likely suffering from Kwashiorkor Syndrome, which is a severe protein malnutrition that affects children. I think this photo sums up the Peace Corps...
At the end of each of our teaching cycles the
basic training school would hold a celebration which consisted of a photograph, banquet, and entertainment. We Peace Corps Volunteers are seated with some of our students standing in Kurnool, Andhra...
Our Health Nutrition team taught at a Gram Sevika Basic Training School for young people who would become rural elementary teachers. One month we taught courses in health, nutrition, vegetable gardening, and making of a smokeless chula...
I visited a village near my school and found some wonderful kids. They wanted me to stay but I needed more than just sugar cane and sweet potatoes for dinner. Though they were fun they also showed signs of malnourishment.
The male volunteers in Guinea I all seemed to loose weight. But all said and done, what does one do with photos of skinny volunteers? Here, a photo is used to identify the booklet on his overseas experiences.
Marketing campaigns; Agriculture; Community development; Health; Education; Volunteer recruitment
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps opportunities available to applicants with liberal arts degrees. Discusses program areas including Community Development, Health, Agriculture and Teaching. Although no exact date of publication is...