This picture was taken in Gros Islet, St. Lucia (April 2010). It is a view of Pigeon island and shows the boat used for Pirates of the Caribbean. I was recently in the Eastern Caribbean for a Desk Trip.
Norma Joy Carey joined the Peace Corps Jamaica staff in June 1980. During her 30 years tenure she served us in the capacity of Senior Administrative Secretary, Alternate Cashier and Timekeeper. In later years, she was the Programming and Training...
This Volunteer works as a soil conservationist under the Ministry of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Corp. She works with farmers in the fields, doing conturing, terracing, and land studies for food crops. She also works in an office putting...
This Volunteer works as a soil conservationist under the Ministry of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Corp. She works with farmers in the fields, doing conturing, terracing, and land studies for food crops. She also works in an office putting...
My dear friend, Cora, in front of her newly-updated home in El Paragua, La Republica Dominicana. The kitchen is the new addition on the left. Previously, her "kitchen" had consisted of a fire pit in the middle of the front room of her house. We...
This 1986 photo shows my young neighbor Charles, stopping by my house on his way to "somewhere." Charles was one of the boys who built a weight room behind my old house. where he and his buddies now pump iron on their way to bulk and glory.
The school kids in Costa Rica, 1981, taught me the national dance of Costa Rica. Since I didn't have the dress, they taught me the guy's part - so I got to have a mustache. Then I taught them square dancing to John Denver's music.
This Volunteer teaches rat control methods to farmers in Baharona, Dominican Republic. Here she and an agricultural agent inspect the coffee bushes for rats.
This Volunteer is an agricultural science teacher at Sandy Point Junior and Senior High School. She teaches about 200 students at all levels and makes a point of learning all their names. The students work in the school’s garden, where they learn...
This Volunteer is an agricultural engineer working specifically in the area of soil and water conservation. In the photo shown, he is helping to assemble the new food processing unit at the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture in Antigua....
This Volunteer is an agricultural engineer working specifically in the area of soil and water conservation. In the photo shown, he is helping to assemble the new food processing unit at the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture in Antigua....
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities and opportunities for service. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure appears to be from 1981.
This Volunteer is based in the capital city of Basseterre where he works on drainage problems, roads, a housing development, and a bridge for the Central Housing and Planning Authority. Building this bridge has been a major project. The bridge,...
This picture was taken on my recent Desk Trip to Grenada (April 2010). Shown in this picture is graffiti on a building outside of the capital, St. George's.