I had the uncanny good luck of encountering these women very early in my PCV service and took this photo on 23 July 2007.
Good friends for years, they typified the strong networking relationships so necessary in a community struggling with major...
I chose this photo taken 25 March 2008 in room 5 of the Ewarton Health Centre, not for its technical merits, but because it documents one of those turning point days. Late in August of 2007 I arrived in St. Catherine. My first assignment was to...
I took this photo at the finish line of the first race. BREDS is an organization established in 1998 by Peace Corps Volunteer Aaron Laufer and local community leaders. The funds raised during this brutal, yet joyful, annual competition support...
I took this photo as some of contestants were rising from the Caribbean Sea post swimming portion of the Triathlon. Make no mistake, this was a grueling event. The ocean swim was first. Then came the running and bicycling events. Some of the...
I took this photo in Ewarton at a workshop for presenting HIV/AIDS information to basic school principals and educators. It was part of a program introducing healthy lifestyle habits during early childhood. This was earthshaking as both the...
This is one of a series of photos I took to document the introduction of school gardens to basic schools. Please note that the children arrived for planting day in their immaculate and crisply ironed uniforms. This was an amazing event as it...
I couldn’t resist taking this happy snap of my neighbor’s dog nursing her brood. Pupup belonged to an 8 year old child who took very good care of her. Please note that the nursing puppy on the far right is a kitten. As in the US and as in...
I took this photo of Joy during a swearing in ceremony for Group 78. She was a beloved member of the Peace Corps Jamaica Staff for 35 years. Peace Corps lost her in August of 2011 following an illness. She was, indeed, a joy for the hundreds of...
My husband and I arrived in Chile in late September of 1967. Our town had never encountered Americans and were skeptical about why we were there, despite our best explanations. Perhaps as a test to win their confidence, their first request was that...
Full text of Who's Who in the Peace Corps--Washington, which includes staff bios of many of the founding staff members of the Peace Corps. Approximate date of publication is 1963.