This photo was taken during my training in Trypillia, Ukraine on March 6, 2006. The little girl is my host sister, Liza, all bundled up for her morning walk to school. It was one of the first major snowfalls I experienced while in Ukraine.
This is my little brother during a snow day in village. My host father woke me up early so i could see the snow, then as i walked out of my house, the first snowball hit me, well aimed and delivered by my little brother.
Enjoying my first winter with my host family in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria. This photo was taken outside their flat by my host brother in the winter of 2003.
Kreshenye, a Russian Orthodox holiday, is celebrated on the 19th of January in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan by dipping three times in the frozen river Ishim, which is blessed for the occasion. Young and old take part every year, despite the...
These 7th-grade students in Samtredia, Georgia are working on their English assignments in full winter gear. We had a small wood heater in our classroom, which was more than what the other classrooms had, but often the heat was not enough to warm...
Before I successfully completed my Small Project Assistance (SPA) grant to reconstruct three classrooms of Instituto Nacional Azarias Henry Pallais in Corinto, Nicaragua, we were forced to hold class outside on the basketball court. There was no...
Full-text of the February 1, 1961 draft of Warren Wiggins' essay 'The Towering Task.' This essay discusses the early history of the concept of the Peace Corps and outlines Wiggins' suggestions for implementing Peace Corps at a starting level of...
Full text of Sargent Shriver's remarks before the 71st annual convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, held in Washington, DC on June 26, 1962.