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- John S. Noffsinger & the Global Impact of the Thomasite Experience
- This paper explores the life of a teacher, John S. Noffsinger, who arrived in Manila in either late May or early June 1910, and taught for two years in Bayombong, Nueva Viscaya.
- Historical Papers and Articles
- Peace Corps leader proposes massive volunteer program to help solve U.S. domestic problems
- Vaughn, Jack; Peace Corps Directors; Volunteerism; VISTA
- This February 13, 1968 press release outlines Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn's suggestions for increasing domestic volunteerism in the United States.
- Press Briefings
- Press release announcing appointment of Sargent Shriver as first Director of the Peace Corps, March 4, 1961
- Press and media; Peace Corps Directors; Kennedy, John F.;
- Full text of the March 4, 1961 White House press release announcing the appointment of Sargent Shriver as first Director of the Peace Corps. Also provides brief biographies of early Peace Corps staff members.
- Press Briefings
- Transcript of background press and radio news briefing, March 6, 1961
- Press and media; Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer selection; Vietnam war; Volunteer compensation;
- Full text of Sargent Shriver's briefing to the press held on March 6, 1961. Shriver introduced members of the original Peace Corps task force, and fielded topics on a range of questions about the initial plans for how the Peace Corps would operate.
- Press Briefings
- 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
- Citizen in a Time of Change: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
- Congress; Wofford, Harris
- 1965 RPCV Conference Report
- Historical Papers and Articles
- Volunteer Fishing
- Fishing; Business development
- This Volunteer is a business advisor for a fishing cooperative in Baharona, D.R.
- Agency Photos
- Volunteer Discussing Fishing Cooperative
- Fishing; Education; Business development
- This Volunteer is a business advisor for a fishing cooperative in Baharona, Domincan Republic.
- Agency Photos
- Teaching Accounting Skills
- Life skills; Business development
- This Volunteer coaches a TechnoServe staffer new accounting skills.
- Agency Photos
- Business Development
- Business development
- A Volunteer reviews a Polish business proposal at the Ministry of Ownership Change. Warsaw, 1992.
- Agency Photos
- Farm Plans
- Business development
- A Volunteer and TechnoServe staffer and discuss privatization plans for a farm. Sandomierz, 1992.
- Agency Photos
- Farm Plans
- Business development
- A Volunteer and TechnoServe staffer and discuss privatization plans for a farm. Sandomierz, 1992.
- Agency Photos
- Discussions by the Water Tower
- Business development
- A volunteer talks to one of his students. The water tower for the school which was erected with school funds is in the background.
- Agency Photos
- Library Staff Members Discuss Records
- Business development
- A Volunteer is shown going over library records with library staff members. She does all of the book buying and processing for nine other medical training school libraries throughout the country. She also trained a staff of Kenyans to work in the...
- Agency Photos
- Department of Fisheries
- Business development; Host community
- A Volunteer is assigned to the Department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife to study the distribution, migratory patterns, breeding and behavior cycles of the spiney lobster off Lamu, an island on the north coast of Kenya.
- Agency Photos
- Child Welfare and Farms in Machakos
- Youth development; Business development; Host community
- A Volunteer is assigned to the Ministry of Social Services working on child welfare in Machakos, a town of 20,000 residents. Another Volunteer is assigned to the government farm cooperative of Machakos as administrative advisor.
- Agency Photos
- Nursery School by Lake Victoria
- Business development; Youth development
- A Volunteer in Kenya, started a nursery school in a small town on Lake Victoria which was the first in the district.
- Agency Photos
- Veterinary Officer Inspects Blood Smear
- Business development; Training
- A Volunteer works as a Veterinary Officer for Baringo district in Kenya. She is shown here with one of her assistants looking at a blood smear from a cow suspected of having babesiasis. Cows and other livestock are carefully checked for disease and...
- Agency Photos
- Settlement Officer Compliments Veterinary Officer's Work
- Training; Business development
- A Volunteer works as a Veterinary Officer for Baringo district in Kenya. Shown here with the Settlement Officer. He comments on her, “She does everything. She is doing a good job, very good, very good.”
- Agency Photos
- Working With Dairy and Maize
- Host community; Business development
- KEN PC2-19-21-1970-P66 An ACTION PCV Volunteer is an ag extension agent on settlements in the Kakamega District of Kenya. He works mostly in dairy and maize--also visits farmers and advises them on ways to improve their methods of raising maize,...
- Agency Photos