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- Working Hard...
- Work; Host community friends; Forestry
- I took this photo in 2001, while working with a community member, and good friend, Miguel. He works in the forestry and cattle industries in Eastern Honduras.
- Volunteer Photos
- All the Gang
- Host families
- This photo, taken in 2002, shows my extended host family, the Echeverria's and Munguia's.
- Volunteer Photos
- Four Troches
- Children
- I had just arrived at my site on the mountaintop in the cloud forest of Honduras and was setting up housekeeping. These four brothers were constantly spying on me through the thick jungle vegetation that separated their house from mine. They...
- Volunteer Photos
- Girls in Gracias
- Children; Traditional dress; Celebrations
- Gracias is a small town in Honduras and birth place of Lempira, a national hero who fought against the Spaniards. Each year, Dia de Lempira is celebrated throughout the country in July. Gracias has one of the most festive celebrations. These...
- Volunteer Photos
- Washing Spuds
- Markets; Children
- Even very young children have jobs and responsibilities in Honduras. A weekly trip to the mercado to purchase fruits and vegetables was always something I looked forward to as a Peace Corps Volunteer. There was competition in displaying the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Recess
- Children; Schools; Teachers and students
- In Nacaome Honduras 1994 teaching games to the kids so they could play with each other at recess.
- Volunteer Photos
- Beekeeping
- agriculture
- I was inspecting my beehives in Macuelizo, Santa Barbara, Honduras when the sisters Dina and Senovia offered to help (1981).
- Volunteer Photos
- Let's Do Spreadsheets!
- Teachers and students; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
- During 2001 and 2002 I taught computer classes to high school children in my town in Eastern Honduras. We studied the basics of Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Volunteer Photos
- Close Crocodile Race
- Schools; Children; Education; Games
- José Maldonado leads the crocodile race by seconds! The photo is taken in my town's Kindergarten in Honduras. In an effort to promote literacy, I started "Story Time" there, showing teachers the importance of telling stories and how to tell them...
- Volunteer Photos
- HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention
- HIV-AIDS
- Early in my service, I established a high school club called "Yo Merezco" that had a goal to create awareness and educate others on all that is associated with HIV/AIDS. In 2010, I was asked by the health center to co-coordinate World AIDS Day. As...
- Volunteer Photos
- Besame
- HIV/AIDS
- A group of trained peer-educators made signs for the 2008 World AIDS Day parade in Sonaguera, Honduras. This youth's sign says "Kiss me! HIV is not transmitted by kissing."
- Volunteer Photos
- Las Dos Carmenes
- Host families
- This is my PC mom Carmen, who lives in La Guacima, Costa Rica, with my daughter, Carmen. I stayed with her and her family during my PC training in 1979-80. I have stayed in contact with them since my PC days and have visited them several times. ...
- Volunteer Photos
- 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
- The Peace Corps: a pilot program for American development
- Peace Corps Directors; Vaughn, Jack; Volunteer compensation; Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer selection; Volunteerism; Training design and evaluation
- Full text of Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn's February 13, 1968 address at Harvard Business School.
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- Peace Corps Fiscal Year 1966 Congressional Presentation
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1966.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1969
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1969.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Presentation of FY 1962 Program to United States Congress, June 1961
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1962.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1972
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1972.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1987
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1987.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1991
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1991.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials