Peace Corps

You've searched:

All Collections
  • All fields: 6
(581 results)



Display: 20

    • Summary of Report to the President on the Peace Corps

    • Summary of Report to the President on the Peace Corps

    • Volunteer selection; Volunteer recruitment; Technical training; Shriver, Sargent; Press and media; Kennedy, John F.;

    • This report outlines Sargent Shriver's initial assessment of how the concept of the Peace Corps could and should be implemented. The summary report was released to the media on March 5, 1961 by the Office of the White House Press Secretary.
    • Press Briefings
    • Education's Path

    • Education's Path
    •  

    • This photo was taken on May 20, 2009 at the independence day celebrations in Lagdo, Cameroon. I had been working with this small parent's school located in an Mbororo village near where I was living. The Mbororo are traditionally nomadic...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • My Girls (and Sir)

    • My Girls (and Sir)
    •  

    • After being away from the village for a week, I came home and found this- my girls and my small gentleman playing on the ground outside of our compound. they were so excited that their very own foreign entertainment was finally home and when I took...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Little Host Sister

    • Little Host Sister
    •  

    • This is a picture of one of the sisters of my host family, where I stayed during pre-service training in the extreme north region of Cameroon. I was always welcomed back to the house after a long day of training with the beautiful smiling faces of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Aissatou Roasting a Marshmallow

    • Aissatou Roasting a Marshmallow
    •  

    • My neighbor’s family consisted of the previous mayor of the village, Meri, where I was posted, his 3 wives and countless children and grandchildren. I brought marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate to their house to make s’mores and the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fish Fête

    • Fish Fête
    •  

    • I took this photo during fish fête, an annual festival in the desert of Haute Guinea. These festivals take place after the dry season, when there is a lake left where the river usually flows during rainy season. These lakes are not fished until...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Helping with the Pilar

    • Helping with the Pilar
    •  

    • This picture was taken outside of my village, Meri, in the extreme north region of Cameroon. My friend Abel and I went to visit his sister who lived en brosse (in the bush) in a very small community. I helped his sister piler, pound, millet and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Alphonse and his Family

    • Alphonse and his Family
    •  

    • This is a photo of myself and some of my favorite people in Cameroon! This picture was taken in 2010 at my friend/coworker, Alphonse’s house. He was the most honest, kind and hard working person I was honored to meet. In the picture are his...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Adobe House Construction in Rural Panama

    • Adobe House Construction in Rural Panama
    •  

    • This photo was taken by my APCD during his visit to my site in the village of El Limon in the Republic of Panama on November 20, 2005. The photo shows community members and I mixing the straw and adobe in our bare feet in order to construct the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • OCASP Farmer's Cooperative

    • OCASP Farmer's Cooperative
    •  

    • The photo was taken in the Chagres National Park in the village of San Juan de Pequeni in the Republic of Panama. The individuals in the picture are members of the OCASP Sustainable Agriculture Cooperative that produces organic coffee and produce...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ghana

    • Ghana
    •  

    • These are the "cowboys" of Ghana. They don't attend school because they have to take the cows out to the field for their family. When they come back into town in the evenings, I tutor them in English and art.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Soy Farming Group in Meri, Cameroon

    • Soy Farming Group in Meri, Cameroon
    •  

    • While serving in the village Meri, in the extreme north region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in village. To pass the time while we worked, they would teach me...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working in the soy field.

    • Working in the soy field.
    •  

    • While serving in the village of Meri, in the extreme north region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in the village. To pass the time while we worked, they would...
    • Volunteer Photos

QuickView

Display a larger image and more item information when the pointer pauses over a thumbnail
on off
 

Layout options:

Thumbnail with title
Grid with smaller thumbnails and more detail
Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
 
OK