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.
This photo shows two boys in Ghana, showing off the new toy truck that they built from cans and other found items. The wheels are made from spent flip-flops and the axels are made from pens. The photo was taken by a Peace Corps Volunteer that...
This picture was taken in 1994 in Ghana and shows the traditional method of making fufu. This version of fufu is made by boiling starchy foods (cassava and yam) and then pounding them into a glutinous mass. The pounding needs to have a steady...
This photo shows two Peace Corps Volunteers in the Navrongo Market, Upper East Region, Ghana in 1991. The green leafy vegetable is alayfu (a coarse green leafy vegetable).
This photo was taken in 1993 and shows the Navrongo Seconday School boys basketball team and their Peace Corps Volunteer coach. This Team won the Upper East Regional championship in 1993.
Singing in the photo are Dick Lundgren, Dee Maning, Rich Holmes, Neil Dupree, Joyce Emery, and Roger Lavallee. One was usually asked to perform at functions. This was on our visit to established volunteers in the Cotobato area of Mindano in 1965.
This photo was taken on October 26th, 2010 in Livonia, NY. The photo shows my niece dressed up in Tanzanian dress with a doll strapped on her back. She chose to dress up as a Peace Corps Volunteer for 5th Grade Career Day at the Livonia...
I took this picture of my homologue and her sisters during the youngest sisters wedding. This was in my first 3 months at site and it was amazing to meet and feel so accepted bu all of her family. In Mali weddings are a very big especially for the...
Ebbie, the young woman in the plaid skirt, worked and stayed with us in Zamboanga City. For pay, we paid her school tuition, uniform and book fees. This was a fiesta on Basilan Island at her family's home on a coconut plantation.
These were three of my college students at the Zamboanga City fish market. The fellow on the far left is Mohammad. They were part of the Moslem community there. 1965