Early in my services, Knowledge (the finance manager at my NGO site) and his son took me on a tour of surrounding communities. Caught in unexpected rain and wind, both struggled for shelter under their umbrellas. Taken in the north of the Limpopo...
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.
For the second year of my service, I developed a relationship with a secondary school in my community where I repaired computers and established a working computer lab including donated typing games. Students practiced typing skills and became...
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.