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...
This photo was taken in Bhojpur, Nepal in July of 2007. The village sat on the higher part of a hill from the airport. It was about a 1 to 1 1/2 hour walk. This woman would meet the planes and either collect mail or luggage and carry it up to...
The agriculture minister was very delighted to see the results of the expertise that Peace Corps Volunteer Bill brought to Yo Creek, OW District, Belize. I took this photo on an educational tour of the potato farm for the locals. The minister is...
This was taken at the Jane Goodall Chimp Sanctuary in Bujumbura, Burundi. While I was living in Bujumbura on the weekends I used to volunteer at the sanctuary to help feed and play with the chimps. Aly, the chimp in my right arm was one of my...
The Lata FES was newly completed when we arrived. It was funded through British and European development aid. The photos shows staff housing and new plantings of decorative hedgerow. We were surprised how fast things grew and that all you needed...
Kids were always saying, "Santa never comes to the Philippines!" Kim and I needed to remedy the situation so we bought toothbrushes, sound makers, etc. for 100 kids. I used the cotton from the first aid kit to make a beard, Kim sewed a hat, and I...
Most afternoons our house was filled with the station's children who loved to come in and dress up in our hats and shoes and dance around. We enjoyed playing with the kids and answering their many questions about where we came from and why we...
These are the children of the Kirundi Translator, Emmanuel. Although we learned French, out in the countryside they spoke mostly Kirundi. I learned some Kirundi but not enough to be able to speak technically. Emmanuel was very poor and I...
Even the children enjoyed working with us and wanted to help with the project. Children accompany their parents to the garden and learn how to plant, harvest and prepare the local foods.
My site mate, Nick, hiked 2 hours up to my mountain abode for lunch on a rare sunny day. I show this photo to my students to illustrate the kitchens and the life style of many Filipinos. Note the coconut oil can wood stove and obligatory thermos so...
In this dance picture notice the traditional finery: The breast plate made of clam shell with turtle shell design, banana fiber loincloth, bark cloth attached to the arm bands, shell headbands with feathers, leg rattles made from seeds of a...