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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
- Hiking in Virunga National Park
- I and other fisheries Volunteers were able to view Silver back Mountain Gorillas at Virunga National Park after language training and before starting our volunteer projects.
- Volunteer Photos
- Congo/Zaire River
- The Congo/Zaire River is in the background. I was visiting Kinshasa and Zaire for the first week when this photo was taken. The fisheries program director had birds that talked (African Greys) and great view of the river. 1980
- Volunteer Photos
- Fish Feeding, Kikwit Demonstration Station
- Bandundu area aquaculture volunteer supervisor Fred Marten feeding the fish at the Kikwit demonstration station in 1980. The material he is throwing into the water was probably chaf from a nearby rice mill.
- Volunteer Photos
- Installing bamboo outflow pipe in fish pond
- Inland fisheries program in Sierra Leone was implemented by working with rural farmers to build ponds and raise Tilapia nilotica as a source of protein. A pond was constructed during training and a piece of bamboo was installed to serve as the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Tilapia nilotica
- Tilapia nilotica is the fish raised in the Inland Fisheries program in Sierra Leone. I took this photo while Skip DuFour, a fellow fisheries volunteer, held it for me following a pond harvest in early 1982.
- Volunteer Photos
- School Garden in Costa Rica
- I worked with 12 schools in Costa Rice from 1980 to 1982. This was at the school called San Francisco. The teacher and students were wonderful and worked hard on their vegetable garden.
- Volunteer Photos
- Fisheries Volunteers
- Fisheries Volunteers Kim and Duncan. Zaire 1980
- Volunteer Photos
- Building Tilapia pond during training
- For the Inland Fisheries Program in Sierra Leone, training took place at Makali Fish Station. A site was selected by the earlier group of fisheries volunteers and a pond was built by those volunteers and trainees and local residents of the country.
- Volunteer Photos
- Language Training Near Lake Kivu
- Lake Kivu in background Bukavu, Zaire Language training center during fall 1980. Final location for fisheries - Luputa Zaire
- Volunteer Photos
- Grooming
- A mother & child, bathing at a hot springs resort at the base of an active volcano, Bulusan, in Baranguay San Benon, Irosin, Sorsogon, Philippines. The hot springs were developed as a tourist attraction, but too far off the the beaten path to draw...
- Volunteer Photos
- Dance in Costa Rica
- The school kids in Costa Rica, 1981, taught me the national dance of Costa Rica. Since I didn't have the dress, they taught me the guy's part - so I got to have a mustache. Then I taught them square dancing to John Denver's music.
- Volunteer Photos
- Mount Kahuzi-Biega Summit
- Portion of our fishculture training group on top of Mt. Kahuzi-Biega near Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo 12/31/1978. Kahuzi-Biega is the home of a group of mountain gorillas. Our objective that day was to get to the top and although...
- Volunteer Photos
- Installation of Bamboo Pipe for Pond Drain
- In December 1981 during in-country training in Sierra Leone for the Inland Fisheries Program, trainees (including myself) contructed a fish pond with volunteers who had served before us and local Sierra Leoneans. This photo was taken as a bamboo...
- Volunteer Photos
- Luputa, Zaire
- Introductions-friendly women in village Fisheries Volunteers Luputa, Zaire 1980
- Volunteer Photos
- Traditional Sierra Leonean village
- While traveling to the southern part of Sierra Leone to experience marine fisheries harvesting, I went through the village of Sulima, pictured here. Homes and surrounding grounds were made of all natural materials and emaculately kept.
- Volunteer Photos
- Luputa, Zaire
- Luputa, Zaire, 1980 Part of village Fisheries Volunteer
- Volunteer Photos
- South Africa
- I had 2 operations in Pretoria and was able to visit Johannesburg over a few months of recovery. This photo is from Pretoria, South Africa, 1981.
- Volunteer Photos
- Language Training
- Exploring the lake while learning languages. Language training at Lake Kivu, Bukavu Congo/Zaire, 1980.
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Headquarters Kinshasa, Zaire/Congo
- Fellow Fisheries Volunteer at Peace Corps Headquarters in Kinshasa. We landed in Kinshasa and learned some basic details before leaving for a brief tour of fish ponds/villages and farmers in-country.
- Volunteer Photos