Several of my students in the village of Tougouri, Burkina Faso are "hanging out" in front of their classroom - no electricity and no water. It is an amazing feat that there are three girls in the picture as only about 10% of my students were...
Every International Women’s Day, the ladies of Burkina celebrate by participating in dances, sports and other festivities. Here, my friends from village make their way to our closest city for the March 8, 2009 activities. Each year, the country...
This photo was taken near the end of September, 1998 outside the town of Varshets, Bulgaria. This photo was taken following the first week of school at Ivan Vazov. My students asked me on an impromptu hike to a mountain hut named "White Water"...
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.
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities in the field of education. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.
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.
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.