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- Peace Corps Volunteer (August 1969)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (August 1969).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (July 1963)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol.1, No.9 of the Peace Corps Volunteer (July 1963)
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (August 1964)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol.2, No.10 of the Peace Corps Volunteer (August 1964)
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (December 1964)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (December 1964)
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1965)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1965).
- Newsletters
- Sadia and Mohamed on her New Carpet
- Artisans; Crafts; Youth
- As a Small business development Volunteer in a rural village in Morocco, I worked with the local weaving association. One of my projects was creating a carpet catalog for the weavers. This took me into all the houses of the weavers where I...
- Volunteer Photos
- Sales Data Collection Workshop
- artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
- A Volunteer leads a workshop for artisans on the collection and use of sales information as part of Marche Maroc Essaouira
- Volunteer Photos
- Siapo Artisan
- Artisans; Host community; Traditional dress
- Siapo (or tapa) is a cloth made from the bark of mulberry trees and painted in traditional Samoan motifs. This artisan had just completed this custom siapo for Peace Corps Volunteer Erik Martin to commemorate the completion of his service....
- Volunteer Photos
- Sierra Leone 1986, Man Weaving Cloth
- Artisans
- This picture was taken in Kabala, Sierra Leone and depicts a man weaving cloth in the traditional fashion on a handmade loom.
- Volunteer Photos
- Stari Zanaeti (Old Crafts) Macedonia Artisans
- Artisans; Crafts
- Artists and Artisans at Stari Zanaeti along with Peace Corps Volunteer, Tracy Sparks, are studying methods of 3D sculpting and Adaptation of Traditional Artisan Motifs with plans to develop market ready functional objects, such as housewares and...
- Volunteer Photos
- Straw Mat Weaving 101
- artisans; elders; host families
- This is a photo of my host mother during Pre-Service Training from March 3, 2010 in Matshipe, South Africa. A Sotho mother of eight, she loved to spend the hot South African summers laying on her woven straw mats underneath the shade. One...
- Volunteer Photos
- Talitali
- artisans
- In this photo, I am weaving (talitali) a mat with two friends, Serema and Kata. We are weaving in their home in Natuvu Village, Fiji. The photo was taken in 2010. The mats are made out of a plant called 'voivoi' that the women grow and process...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Ain Leuh Cooperative
- Artisans; Host community; Traditional dress
- The Ain Leuh Cooperative, rug weavers in the Middle Atlas mountains, with PCVs Jessica and Sharon after a training in July 2008.
- Volunteer Photos
- The Art of Silk Weaving
- Artisans; Host community friends
- I took this photo during one of my visits to a silk weaving group in my community. I was located in a subdistrict of 13 villages. Almost every house in every village had a weaving loom -all day you would hear the wood hitting the loom to make the...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Carpet Shop
- Markets; Volunteers; Artisans
- Peace Corps Trainnes Orianna and Sharon visit Dar Neghrassi in Azrou during training. Abdou was great company for many Volunteers, serving tea, helping with language, educating SBD volunteers about rugs - and maybe even selling them some!
- Volunteer Photos
- The Mad Hatter
- traditional dress; artisans
- I took this photo in August 2011 in Ecuador at the famous "Poncho Plaza." This is largely an indigenous community that successfully markets its traditional Andean textiles and goods throughout the world. This photo depicts the Panama hat, a symbol...
- Volunteer Photos
- The new sign
- Artisans; Volunteers
- PCVs Sharon Keld and Brian Kremer present a sign to the Azrou rug cooperative president, Azrou, Morocco. Also in the picture is a metal artisan at the Azrou Ensemble Artisanal.
- Volunteer Photos
- 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
- Traditional Artisans in Albania
- Markets; Crafts; Artisans
- In the historical town of Kruje, in northern Albania, you can wander through this well-kept market where you will find all kinds of traditional handicrafts being made in front of you. Walk into a one of the stores and watch as women work together...
- Volunteer Photos
- Traditional Ukrainian Embroidery by Marta
- artisans;
- Learning about Ukrainian follklife traditions was a highlight of my service. Marta is a well-known and esteemed embroiderer in the old tradition, a real cultural treasure.
- Volunteer Photos