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.
The students are standing in front of their recently completed construction of a chicken barn. The barn is built of local materials, primarily split bamboo and palm tree leaves for roofing.
Pictured are Sargent Shriver (l), the first Peace Corps Director, and Paul Arfin (Colombia 1963-1965) in Washington DC to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Peace Corps
First group of Volunteers in Tunisia met with President Bourguiba in 1963 and several Volunteer Architects presented projects they were working on while working for the Department of Public Works. The photo is of me presenting a grammar school...
Taken in the Cochabamba, Bolivia area in late 1964, where I worked as field agent with Heifer Project and was charged with distribution of imported animals.
Animals were flown in from the USA to St. Cruz where they were acclimated, inoculated, and distributed in cooperation with a ten agency Comite Heifer to area residents. 1965
Picture taken by Peace Corps press at Bogota airport in May 1962, showing Colombia II Volunteers deboarding, later to join Colombia I volunteers in rural Community Development. Shriver and JFK endorsed both groups as part of State Department's...
Volunteer Rhoda is teaching how to make baby food to a group of fishermen's wives neighbors. Babies die at rate of 50% by the age of 5 from malnutrition. 1962, Manta, Ecuador
This picture was taken in 1962 while sailing in the Sulu Sea. The small islands south of Siasi, Sulu in the Philippines consisted of two cultural groups: Tausug and Samal. The dances that the women performed were influenced by the music and culture...
Taken about June, 1964, the photo shows Roger, my Peace Corps partner, in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, Philippines, supervising town workers provided by Mayor Bautista, in creating a town children's playground. We ultimately set up several...
Taken about July, 1964, this photo is the entrance gate to the summer camp fostered by Peace Corps Volunteers from groups I , III and I, Philippines. With the financial backing of local sugarcane companies, we set up the camp which had an existing...
Taken about December, 1964, the photo shows Gregorio Dedal, the owner of the home we two Volunteers stayed in for the two years of our Peace Corps service. My parents sent me the Mad magazine and I shard it with Mr. Dedal. I don't know that he...
Taken about June, 1964, the photo shows Richard Johnsen (myself) painting the seesaws before the grand opening of the town playground of Canlaon, Negros Oriental, Philippines. With the approval of the town mayor and the help of town workers, the...