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- The President's Welcome
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Dignitaries -
His Excellency Hamani Diori, the first president of Niger, is personnally welcoming each 1967 Peace Corps Volunteer to Niger. The Volunteer welcome included a dinner with the President, the First Lady, other government officials, several embassy... - Volunteer Photos
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- Heifer Animal Recipient and Me
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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. - Volunteer Photos
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- Unloading Animal Shipment in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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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 - Volunteer Photos
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- My Peace Corps ID
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Old ID Card - Volunteer Photos
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- Young Friend
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This photo was taken in 1964 in Danané, Ivory Coast, where I taught English and physical education at a secondary school. The little boy, the son of the town photographer, was quite brave. Many of the other kids would run away when I approached. - Volunteer Photos
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- Street Scene with Politcal Graffitti
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A street with Che and Fidel graffiti. Many in Latin America employed the use of the People’s Revolutionary Army (PRA) and other Cuban slogans as a way of encouraging a sense of rebellion against their own leaders. Panama 1967 - Volunteer Photos
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- Shoe Shine
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Boys that shine shoes are everywhere in Latin America and an accepted part of the social landscape. Iqutos, Peru, the headwaters of the Amazon. 1967 - Volunteer Photos
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- Flying Up the Amazon River from Leticia, Colombia to Iquitos, Peru
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(Note the width of the river.) Our plane was part of the Peruvian air force and flew in weekly to this river landing. The Consolidated PBY Catalina was one of the most widely used, multi-role aircraft of World War II. We boarded the plane by... - Volunteer Photos
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- Education 14 Pioneers
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Education -
Education 14: Discovery Approach to Learning and Teaching. I had two very proud accomplishments in education as a Peace Corps Volunteer (Philippines, 1966-1970). One was creating a student-centered and diagram-based approach to logic, which... - Volunteer Photos
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- Education 14 Entourage
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Education 14: Discovery Approach to Learning and Teaching. I had two very proud accomplishments in education as a Peace Corps Volunteer (Philippines, 1966-1970). One was creating a student-centered and diagram-based approach to logic, which... - Volunteer Photos
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- Education 14 Day 1 of (Possibly) the World’s First Interdisciplinary Discovery Course
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Education 14: Discovery Approach to Learning and Teaching. I had two very proud accomplishments in education as a Peace Corps Volunteer (Philippines, 1966-1970). One was creating a student-centered and diagram-based approach to logic, which... - Volunteer Photos
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- Supervisors and Principals' League Address
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Education -
Here, in 1966, the Volunteer is addressing the Supervisors and Principals' League in the Philippines, because I was assumed to know something because I was a Peace Corps Volunteer. Because of the trust placed in my abilities, I did read the... - Volunteer Photos
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- Leading My Own Parade
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When the car transporting me arrived at my assigned high school (Polangui General Comprehensive High School), it was surrounded by students welcoming me to their school. I jumped out of the car and people threw some leis around my neck. I wanted to... - Volunteer Photos
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- "Ojai man embraced by Filipino youth" newspaper article
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Celebrations; Newsletters--1960s -
The newspaper article tells the complete story, but the date written on it, 1-18-67, must refer to the (CA) Ojai Valley News publication date rather than when the photo was taken, which was in late September, 1966, on my first day of assignment to... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Despedida 1: “A Most Surprising Number” Newspaper Article
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It’s not every day that one gets married… to a person of a different culture… in a far-off place… for next to nothing … in a wedding ceremony one wrote oneself… as part of a surprise number… at a farewell party (despedida)… with... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Despedida 2: The Assemblage
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Weddings -
Of the more than 30 remaining photos, The Despedida 1 – The Despedida 6 capture the essence of the event. The Despedida 2: The Assemblage, shows some of those gathered for The Despedida. Most did not realize they would be at a wedding ... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Despedida 3: Be My Wife and Share a Life
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The Despedida 3: Be My Wife and Share a Life shows me saying that “I, Geoffrey Alan Hirsch, take thee, Francia Marchan Villar, to be my wedded wife, to share a life, as long as we both shall live.” It’s the same concept as “’til death do... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Despedida 4: With This Love, I Thee Wed
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The Despedida 4: With This Love, I Thee Wed shows us at about the time we together proclaimed, “With this love, I thee wed.” Looking on are bridesmaid, Flor Andes, PCV groom, David Briscoe, the bride’s father, Quirico Villar, and Reverend... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Despedida 5: "are now husband and wife."
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The Despedida 5: “are now husband and wife.” It’s official! Jeff and Francy are legally married, a few people thinking to the contrary notwithstanding! - Volunteer Photos
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- The Despedida 6: The Newlyweds
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The Despedida 6: The Newlyweds shows newlyweds Jeff and Francy Hirsch leaving the Bicol Teachers College (BTC) Little Theater. Well-wishers in white are BTC students (future teachers). The two children at right are fourth-graders in the BTC... - Volunteer Photos
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