A girl in Mexico paused to look at me for a moment while watching a performance at a Caravan de Cultura near the mercado where her mother works. I was enchanted by her posture, intense gaze, and the colors of her turquoise blue dress and silver...
These students are creating paper models of the planet Mars, one of the crafts offered by the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE) to introduce children to astronomy concepts. INAOE, where I am assigned in the...
A young girl enjoyed an ice cream cone in the doorway of a carniceria, or meat market, in Mexico while waiting for her mother. I took this photo during a break from a Caravan de Cultura, where the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and...
A man on stilts bends down to hand a flier to a girl as her father lifts her up to reach it. The stilt walker was promoting a nearby circus on a Sunday afternoon in the Plaza de Armes in Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico, home of Peace Corps Mexico...
This is a photo taken in Fall 2009 of our Ukrainian host parents with three volunteers whom they hosted during training. Our host mother, Lyuda, invested many hours and late nights teaching us Ukrainian and Russian, and our host father, Misha,...
Luta and Donna Ryherd in a boat crossing the lagoon of the atoll of Nui, Tuvalu. Luta stayed close to Donna, because she had a life presrever and Luta did not know how to swim. July 1983
Marketing campaigns; Volunteer recruitment; Women in Peace Corps
Full text of a brochure highlighting the unique challenges faced by women in the early years of the Peace Corps, as well as their many accomplishments around the world. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from...