Although the official dedication of the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library and Media Center did not begin until 10:00 a.m., the children lined up at 8:00 in the blazing sun. I wondered how to keep them entertained for two hours and then it hit...
I enlisted the support of current volunteers (2009) in Mekelle, Ethiopia to help set up a library project in memory of a colleague. The current volunteers were extremely helpful in setting up the library and are a continued source of support for...
Libraries; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
This photo shows a computer being set up in the Dr. Thomas Hooyman Memorial Library at Fre Siwot Elementary School in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. I enlisted the support of current volunteers in setting up the library, which opened in August...
This photo was taken circa 1980, when Peace Corps Director Loret Miller Ruppe came to visit in Mauritania. Pictured in the photo are Loret, David Scotton, Dick Wall and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
This photo was taken circa 1980, when Loret Ruppe came to visit Peace Corps/Mauritania. Pictured in the photo are Loret, David Scotton, Dick Wall, Susan Hancks, Rebecca Brookes, Roger Conrad and local PC/Mauritania Staff.
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.
I was greeted by these two beautiful little girls during the dedication of the Thomas Hooyman Library in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia on August 29, 2009. It was a return visit to Ethiopia, where I had served in the 1970s.