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- Peace Corps Times (Winter 1996)
- Newsletters--1990s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Times (Winter, 1996). Thirtyfifth anniversary edition.
- Newsletters
- Action Update (April 29, 1980)
- Newsletters--1980s
- Full text of the Action Update (April 29, 1980).
- Newsletters
- The Volunteer (February 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 2 (February 1962) of The Volunteer: a newsletter by and for the Volunteers of the Peace Corps
- Newsletters
- Action Update (August 13, 1980)
- Newsletters--1980s
- Full text of the Action Update (August 13, 1980).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Times (Spring 1991)
- Newsletters--1990s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Times (Spring, 1991).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Times (Issue 3, 2011)
- Newsletters--2000s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Times (Issue 3, 2011)
- Newsletters
- The Past Moves in the Moment
- Host community friends; Celebrations
- This is a family photo of my neighbors as younger parents--now, their daughters are adults with their own children. The father was a former Communist Party official in Uman who is now a pensioner. This picture was taken on the night of Christmas...
- Volunteer Photos
- Two Little Girls Dancing Upon Receiving a Wood-burning Stove
- Celebrations; Children; Cooking
- I took this photo during my first stove demonstration on November 30, 2009 in the village of Cajola Chiquito, Guatemala. Many women in rural Guatemala still cook over open fires, and families suffer form chronic respiratory diseases year-round. The...
- Volunteer Photos
- Passover Celebration
- Host community friends; Celebrations
- This was taken in my apartment in Khmelnistky, Ukraine, during a Passover celebration in 2005.
- Volunteer Photos
- Supra Time!
- Celebrations; Food and meals
- This impressive spread was for the birthday party of a 12-year-old girl in Kutaisi, Georgia. Georgian feasts, or supras, are not rare, though this table is especially elaborate. It's important to note that only half of the dishes are on the table...
- Volunteer Photos
- Caught Red-Handed
- Celebrations; Weddings; Host families; Host community friends
- Georgian weddings are often attended by 200+ guests and last for two days. This requires neighborhood-wide coordination to prepare the piles of food needed for each celebration. In this picture taken in Samtredia, my host relatives and neighbors...
- Volunteer Photos
- Birthday party for the deputy mayor and mayor in Tutrakan, Bulgaria
- Celebrations; Food and meals; Work
- During our first visit to our permanent site of Tutrakan, site mate Michael (L) and I found ourselves invited to a birthday celebration for the deputy mayor and mayor.
- Volunteer Photos
- Revere with Host Family
- Host community; Celebrations; Religion; Food and meals
- This was taken during Ramadan 2006 with my host family during PST, in Khemmisett. Left to right: Tulia, Moonia, me, Khadija, Rabha. We're sitting down for l'ftur, the break of the Ramadan fast. There is tea on the table, plus hrsha and m'ssmn...
- Volunteer Photos
- SIDA (AIDS) Awareness Parade in Zaruma, Ecuador
- Celebrations; HIV/AIDS
- The image is of me dressed as a giant condon (condom) with the children of my PC site Zaruma, Ecuador. We were about to march through the streets of town to converge upon the parque central where displays the children had made were out for all to...
- Volunteer Photos
- Fortune Condoms
- HIV/AIDS; Celebrations
- This photo was taken on World AIDS Day 2011 in the city center of Lovech, Bulgaria. I was a PCRV working with Bulgarian Youth Red Cross volunteers. The condoms contain reproductive health tips for avoiding HIV/AIDS & STI's and were distributed to...
- Volunteer Photos
- Don Condon es Nuestro Amigo! (Mr. Condom is Our Friend!)
- HIV/AIDS; Celebrations
- A youth promoter in Nicaragua teaches fellow youth about the proper use of a condom to prevent HIV infection. Such lessons were part of an HIV fair during World AIDS Day 2011.
- Volunteer Photos
- Marching for HIV Awareness in Ghana
- HIV/AIDS; Celebrations
- This photo was taken on Independence Day, 6 March 2012. The LAWRA YOUNGSTERS ASSOCIATION is an organization open to boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 24. The objectives of the Association are to educate youth, improve the community, train...
- Volunteer Photos
- Working Hand-in-Hand To Make a Difference
- HIV/AIDS; Celebrations
- This photo was taken at the end of my organization's World AIDS Day Awareness Campaign on December 2, 2011 in South Africa. This image is of the four Volunteers who helped make the awareness campaign such a huge success. The "flag" they are...
- Volunteer Photos
- Drumming up Support
- HIV/AIDS; Celebrations; Dance
- This is a photo from a caravan style publicity parade for an event with the CECOJE (Center for youth counseling and peer education - particularly surrounding health) in Mamou, Guinea, that I and my partner organization Population Services...
- Volunteer Photos
- Let's Fight AIDS
- HIV/AIDS; Celebrations
- My name is Nic, I have been a Peace Corps education Volunteer in Mozambique since 2011. I teach French and English to very talented 11th and 12th graders. Last month I organized the town's first annual Cultural Day to give my students an...
- Volunteer Photos