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    • Meet the Press, December 15, 1963

    • Meet the Press, December 15, 1963

    • Shriver, Sargent; Peace Corps Directors; Kennedy, John F.-- Assassination; Budget; Community development

    • Full text transcript of the December 15, 1963 edition of the television program Meet the Press. Sargent Shriver was the featured guest and he discussed the challenges and accomplishments of the Peace Corps during its early years.
    • Press Briefings
    • We can learn it

    • We can learn it

    • Dance; Training; Training groups

    • I took this photo of trainees from group BG26 learning how to play traditional Bulgarian folk dance during their Initial Orientation in Panichishte, Bulgaria on May 14th, 2010
    • Staff Photos
    • Happy and Smile

    • Happy and Smile

    • Children

    • I took this photo of Education sector Volunteers Shantay (left) and Jeng-Tyng (right) with a Roma child during PST Training event entitled Roma Culture Day in Kyustendil, Bulgaria on May 10th, 2008.
    • Staff Photos
    • Ilana and the three caps

    • Ilana and the three caps

    • Education; Children

    • TEFL Volunteer Ilana in Balkan Region of Turkmenistan gets students to act out English actions with pantomime, Oct 2011. Students are wearing "tahya" hat" as part of their school uniform, with patterns unique to each gender and region.
    • Staff Photos
    • Fashionable Turkmen students

    • Fashionable Turkmen students

    • Education; Girls' education

    • Peace Corps Volunteer Andy (TEFL Turkmenistan) seems to have attracted a bevy of beauties to his after-school English Club. Young Turkmen women balance tradition, with long hair and hand-embroidered, long dresses, yet have a sense of fashion that...
    • Staff Photos
    • Staff Retreat Pantomime Turkmenistan

    • Staff Retreat Pantomime Turkmenistan

    • Affiliate groups; Training

    • Peace Corps is famous for hands-on, experiential learning, so staff have to get down and dirty as well as Volunteers. In February 2011 Turkmenistan staff at an IPBS Retreat formed small groups to act out "machines." Here one group, with Health...
    • Staff Photos
    • Shy Girls in Micronesia

    • Shy Girls in Micronesia

    • Children;

    • Photo was March 28, 2007 by Peace Corps Spokesperson Josie Duckett on a trip with Deputy Director Jody Olsen to visit Volunteer Zack on Mokil Island serving in Micronesia.
    • Staff Photos
    • Director Tschetter's Surprise Ride

    • Director Tschetter's Surprise Ride

    • Animals; Peace Corps Directors

    • On his last trip abroad as Director, Ron Tschetter got swept off his feet by a friendly elephant in the Thai countryside on day full of visits to volunteers. He's a good sport!
    • Staff Photos
    • Volunteers for Life

    • Volunteers for Life

    • Peace Corps Headquarters; Volunteers

    • Volunteering at Eco-City Farms as part of the Peace Corps Employee Volunteer Program on 4/12/11. About 12 people volunteered to get their hands dirty on the farm. In the picture we are shoveling mulch to put on the compost pile.
    • Staff Photos
    • La Piñata

    • La Piñata

    • Teachers and students; Volunteers; Celebrations

    • Group 10 enjoying a piñata at a Peace Corps celebration. The picture shows a Volunteer jumping to get as many candy as she can. Photo taken in Queretaro, Mexico. People in photo: Volunteers, staff, and language facilitators. It would be very...
    • Staff Photos
    • On our way to Chiteje de Garabato

    • On our way to Chiteje de Garabato

    • Terrain; Transportation

    • A group of volunteers goes to a rural community to help on several activities such as building brick stoves and water purifying systems. Photo taken in the municipality of Amealco in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. Website: http://andres.jaimes.net
    • Staff Photos
    • Lunch time

    • Lunch time

    • Cooking; Food and meals

    • Lunch time at a small rural community in Amealco. Volunteers went to help with several tasks like building brick stoves and water purifying systems, and the community women fixed a large meal for all of us. Photo taken in a small rural community in...
    • Staff Photos
    • Thanking volunteer for his work

    • Thanking volunteer for his work

    • Host community

    • The local president for a rural community hugs a volunteer for the work he performed during his service. She is holding a basket full of bread as a present to him. Photo taken in a small rural community named Chiteje de Garabato in the state of...
    • Staff Photos
    • Building together

    • Building together

    • Construction

    • Volunteer and local environment representative work together in the construction of a water sanitizing system. In the picture they are measuring and trimming some bricks required for the system. Photo taken in a small rural community in the state...
    • Staff Photos
    • Preparing the soil

    • Preparing the soil

    • Agriculture

    • A group of volunteers preparing the soil before putting the seeds in it. The soil should be divided in equal parts so harvesting can be easier at a later time. Photo taken in a small rural community in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. People in...
    • Staff Photos

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