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- The Peace Corps in Chile, 1961 - 1968
- 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...
- Historical Papers and Articles
- Communal Plowing with Foot Plows
- Agriculture
- This photo shows men preparing a field for planting potatos using foot plows. This was in 1969 in the Community of Pampaconga, Peru, where I provided assistance with a Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture counterpart.
- Volunteer Photos
- Snake Kill
- Animals
- Peace Corps Volunteer Jerry Perkins, left, checks out a dead snake killed near the stick hut where he lived. With him are residents of the agrarian reform colony Los Angeles, where Perkins served as "assessor tecnico" in 1971.
- Volunteer Photos
- Manuela Condori shearing her sheep
- animals; host community friends
- The Aymara of the Bolivian Altiplano are often considered to be dour and unsmiling. Nothing further from the truth, as can be seen by Dona Manuela ready to have a try at shearing one of her sheep with hand shears. Instructing people in the local...
- Volunteer Photos
- Sue with Girls at the Day Camp
- Camps and clubs; Teachers and students
- Sue is sitting on the front steps of our house in Kerend, Iran with the girls in the day camp she led. July 1970.
- Volunteer Photos
- Viva Bolivia!
- Celebrations; children
- 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....
- Volunteer Photos
- Living with the Pinatubo Aetas
- Ceremonies; Culture shock and adaptation; Folklore; Natural disasters; Traditional medicine
- Volunteer Stories
- David Griggs andWith
- children; environment
- Forestry Peace Corps Volunteer David Griggs happened upon a neglected Indian reservation of the Ache/Guaiyaki in the forests of eastern Paraguay in April 1971. This first encounter led to my service working with the Ache/Gaiyaki. Ultimately, Peace...
- Volunteer Photos
- Preparing to Spray Fruit Trees
- Children; Host community; Environment
- Ernie is showing neighbor children Behrouz Salehi and Shahab Daregari what he is doing to prepare the pesticide to spray on the fruit trees. This photo was taken at our house in Kerend, Iran, Summer 1970
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps volunteer don't really eat children
- Cross-cultural transition; Children; Diversity
- Here I am by my new nipa hut house in the Philippines 1979 Unknown to me, the small boy was told that Americans eat children, and he was destined for the wok.
- Volunteer Photos
- Spraying the Orchards
- Gardens; Secondary Projects
- This photo was in the gardens outside Kerend, Iran, Summer 1970. Ernie has shown local farmers how to spray and now they are doing it.
- Volunteer Photos
- Alejandro and Porfirio with Radishes
- Host community friends
- Bolivia, fall (our spring), 1968. Alejandro (l) and Porfirio (r) checking out some radishes from a little demonstration garden plot. The altitude, cold and dryness of the Altiplano are not conducive to many food crops. However, some cold-climate...
- Volunteer Photos
- With Host Family in Peru
- Host families
- This photo, taken in 1969, is of Volunteer Jim Hencin along with the host family in whose house he lived in Limatambo, Peru. The family owned a restaurant/pension that served many travelers who stopped on their way to and from Cuzco, the regional...
- Volunteer Photos
- Bentleys and Salehis in Kerend
- Host families
- This was our "family" in Iran. Ernie is on far left. Sue is 3rd from right. Mr. Salehi and Mrs. Salehi are 3rd and 4th from left. Salehi children are in front. Behrouz is squatting down with his younger brother. The other women in the picture are...
- Volunteer Photos
- Two Families - Forty Years
- Host families
- Volunteer Stories
- Site Office in Limatambo, Peru
- Site
- This photo was taken in 1969 in front of the Ministry of Agriculture sector office in Limatambo, Peru, where Volunteer Jim Hencin was assigned to work with a Peruvian counterpart. The photo is of Jim Hencin.
- Volunteer Photos
- Typical Transportation in Peru
- Transportation
- This photo, taken in 1969, shows men who were traveling from Limatambo, Peru, to an agricultural demonstration farm. The truck, typical of ones that transported both people and goods, had a flat tire, which was being fixed.
- Volunteer Photos
- The Peace Corps' role in food production
- Agriculture; Volunteer recruitment
- Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities in the fields of agriculture, animal husbandry, horticulture, and forestry. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.
- Brochures
- Historic Bridge in Isfahan
- Architecture
- Volunteer Photos
- Metalworker in Isfahan
- Artisans; Crafts
- Volunteer Photos