During the months when kids are out of school, they either have to work in the fields or spend their days looking for things to entertain themselves. In an effort to better introduce ourselves to the community and give the kids a fun, good...
Wendy and I (Theresa) usually took the kids in our village - Avatele - each week during the Church service over to the Pastor's house to do some activities with them. Church was a very important part of village life and there were two services...
These 7th-grade students in Samtredia, Georgia are working on their English assignments in full winter gear. We had a small wood heater in our classroom, which was more than what the other classrooms had, but often the heat was not enough to warm...
Here in my bucataria at the gazda house are some of my talented chefs making a bechamel sauce. It was perfect the first time! There are twelve regular students who cook with me monthly to learn new recipes in English from all parts of the world. ...
Before I successfully completed my Small Project Assistance (SPA) grant to reconstruct three classrooms of Instituto Nacional Azarias Henry Pallais in Corinto, Nicaragua, we were forced to hold class outside on the basketball court. There was no...
This is at the end of the school day as my students were leaving. The class was a combination 5th and 6th grade. A total of 20 students would sit in this room for instruction. The walls are made by weaving coconut palm. The girls in the photo are...
Full-text of the February 1, 1961 draft of Warren Wiggins' essay 'The Towering Task.' This essay discusses the early history of the concept of the Peace Corps and outlines Wiggins' suggestions for implementing Peace Corps at a starting level of...
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A collection of letters written by Peace Corps Volunteers serving as community health nurses in Malaysia, Niger, Afghanistan, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), Turkey, Peru, Bolivia, India and Togo. No date is given, but the publication appears to...