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- Working in the soy field.
- Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
- While serving in the village of Meri, in the extreme north region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in the village. To pass the time while we worked, they would...
- Volunteer Photos
- Working in the Soy Field in Meri, Cameroon
- Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture; Traditional dress
- While serving in the village, Meri, in the Extreme North Region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in Village. To pass the time while we worked, the women would teach...
- Volunteer Photos
- Working in the Peanut Field with Friends
- Host community friends; Agriculture
- In Fall 2008, photo from working in the peanut field with my friends from the village. I'm wearing a Peace Corps shirt, UC Berkeley hat and lots of dirt from the fiend.
- Volunteer Photos
- Well Work and Field Based Training
- Pre-service Training (PST); Environment; Water and Sanitation
- This is a photo of a field base training that I set up in my village Koporo-pen. We were doing a top well repair and another Volunteer and I took that opportunity to train Peace Corps trainees as well as our own village masons. We brought some...
- Volunteer Photos
- Walking to the Rice Field
- Agriculture; Host families
- I took this photo shortly after arriving at my site in Fiadanana, Madagascar in May of 2008. This picture shows three of my neighbors (Andrea, her mother Helen and her sister in law Elva) crossing a river to get to their rice field. This day was...
- Volunteer Photos
- Transcript of background press and radio news briefing, March 6, 1961
- Press and media; Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer selection; Vietnam war; Volunteer compensation;
- Full text of Sargent Shriver's briefing to the press held on March 6, 1961. Shriver introduced members of the original Peace Corps task force, and fielded topics on a range of questions about the initial plans for how the Peace Corps would operate.
- Press Briefings
- The Peace Corps in Chile, 1961 - 1968
- A history of the Peace Corps in Chile, prepared on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the US Peace Corps, for distribution at the reunion of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Chile, hosted by the Embassy of Chile in Washington DC...
- Historical Papers and Articles
- Students "Mowing" Grass on the School's Playing Field
- Teachers and students
- "Work Parade" activities after classes. Cape Rodney High School, Papua New Guinea.
- Volunteer Photos
- Rice field worker during rain storm
- agriculture; weather
- Rice field worker during rain storm. Cambodia, September 2011. Taken at home of language teacher.
- Volunteer Photos
- Rice Field in Chipillico
- Terrain; agriculture
- This is a picture of a typical landscape in the area where I served: the Chipillico Valley in Piura, Peru. In addition to rice (pictured here), farmers grow corn, mangoes and soy. Though coastal Piura tends to be arid and desert-like, the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Press release announcing appointment of Sargent Shriver as first Director of the Peace Corps, March 4, 1961
- 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.
- Press Briefings
- The Volunteer (January 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 1962) of The Volunteer: a newsletter by and for the Volunteers of the Peace Corps.
- Newsletters
- The Volunteer (February 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 2 (February 1962) of The Volunteer: a newsletter by and for the Volunteers of the Peace Corps
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (April 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (April 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (June 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (June 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (July-August 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (July-August 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (September 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (September 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (October 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (October 1968).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (November 1968)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (November 1968).
- Newsletters