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- Peace Corps Today (Spring 1995)
- Newsletters--1990s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Today (Spring, 1995).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (October 1969)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (October 1969).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (December 1963)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol.2, No.2 of the Peace Corps Volunteer (December 1963)
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (August 1964)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol.2, No.10 of the Peace Corps Volunteer (August 1964)
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1965)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (May 1965).
- Newsletters
- Peace Corps Volunteers in front of Mt. Kazbegi
- I took this picture on a visit to Mt. Kazbegi with other Peace Corps Volunteers. August is the feast of St. Mary and there is a large pilgrimage church there. We hiked up a mountain to the church with Georgian friends and took this picture in...
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Volunteers Visit St. Mary's Church, Kazbegi, Georgia
- Volunteers
- This picture was taken on "Mariamoba" the Feast of St. Mary in August 2004. Peace Corps Georgia volunteers attended this festival and hiked up the mountain to visit the pilgrimage church with Georgian friends.
- Volunteer Photos
- Preparing the Pig
- Host families; Food and meals
- In December, my host family fattened and then slaughtered a pig for the Orthodox Christmas and New Year's holidays. This is my host brother pouring boiling water over the pig's head in the back yard. He later roasted some of the pork meat.
- 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
- School House Rock
- Music; Children
- This was taken on the last day of school in our training village, Dviri, in the mountains of central Georgia. Trainee Goodloe Harman treated students to a few songs in between classes outside of the village school. June, 2011
- Volunteer Photos
- Smoked Goat at a Wedding
- Food and meals; Weddings
- A rich neighbor married, and the entire neighborhood was invited. Each table had a smoked goat standing in the middle as a centerpiece.
- Volunteer Photos
- Start of the Annual Horse Race in Georgia
- Celebrations; Sports
- This photo was taken August 19, 2010 at the start of the annual horse race in a mountainous village only inhabited in the summer due to its 2050 meters above sea level status. Every year this village hosts a horse race, drawing thousands of people...
- Volunteer Photos
- Students in English Language Summer Camp at School #2
- Schools; Education; Youth; Teachers and students
- I took this photo at the completion of English Language Summer Camp at School #2 in Gurjaani, Georgia. We had just learned to play "English verb ball."
- Volunteer Photos
- Supra Time!
- Celebrations; Food and meals
- This impressive spread was for the birthday party of a 12-year-old girl in Kutaisi, Georgia. Georgian feasts, or supras, are not rare, though this table is especially elaborate. It's important to note that only half of the dishes are on the table...
- Volunteer Photos
- The Caucasus
- Animals; Culture shock and adaptation; Site orientation; Volunteers
- View of the foothills of the eastern portion of the greater Caucasus, in the town of Lagodekhi, Georgia, approximately 5 kilometers from the Azerbaijani border. A typical cow herder leading the cows home at the end of the day (most cows know how to...
- 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
- Village Art Day
- children; environment
- On May 25, 2010, in the small Georgian village of Kvibisi, our Business and Social Entrepreneurship group conducted an Art Day for children in the village. In small groups, the kids used art supplies and natural elements like twigs and berries to...
- Volunteer Photos
- Visit with Georgian Friends
- Host community friends
- This is a picture taken during a visit to the village home of one of my Georgian friends in October 2005.
- Volunteer Photos
- World AIDS Day in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia
- HIV/AIDS
- In Georgia, where talking about HIV and AIDS is taboo, it can be difficult to raise awareness and spread accurate information about this important health issue. However, 14 high school students stepped up to the challenge in Akhaltsikhe as part of...
- Volunteer Photos