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!
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...
My husband and I arrived in Chile in late September of 1967. Our town had never encountered Americans and were skeptical about why we were there, despite our best explanations. Perhaps as a test to win their confidence, their first request was that...
All travel in upcountry Liberia was by taxi or “money bus”. There was no schedule.
When a taxi driver got a full complement of at least 6 passengers he would leave. The Peugeot station wagon was the car of choice. The “money bus”...
A history of the Peace Corps in Chile, prepared on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the US Peace Corps, for distribution at the reunion of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Chile, hosted by the Embassy of Chile in Washington DC...
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...
Tea is as important a drink in Turkey as is coffee. When visiting with Turkish friends, they always offered tea first. Later coffee, more expensive and more time consuming to make, would be offered. I was always amazed at how this young boy could...
This photo was taken in April/May 1966, of the Philippine Navy ship BRP Oriental Mindoro [formerly the WWII USS LSM-320] docked at Culion Harbour, Culion Island, Palawan, Philippines. The ship had transported Manila leper visitors and PVC's who...
The Tuareg camel riders completed the 1967 Independence Day Parade in Niger. The Tuareg are the desert people of Northern Niger. The camels are sensitive to humidity and are limited to desert conditions. This is about 15.3 degrees latitude, the...
This photo is of Usha, a young girl in the town who assisted me in the Nursery School, and myself. We spent many hours together as friends and teaching young children. Nilokheri, Haryana, INDIA. Fall 1966.
Unicef furnished us vegetable seeds so we could help the women in the villages learn to plant and maintain vegetable gardens to have a variety of vegetables all year long. Nilokheri, Haryana, INDIA. Winter 1967
Flag-waving, music, marching and declamations are mandatory for any official event in Bolivia. Often, as in the case of this event, the inauguration of the new teachers' living quarters in the town of Comanche, all the school kids participate....
Taken during first year when visiting student's house in Sousse, Tunisia. The family wanted me to wear a bridal dress to better understand the culture.