Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities in the field of education. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.
Marketing campaigns; Volunteer recruitment; Training sites; Technical training
Full text of a brochure that discusses Peace Corps' approach to training and how it evolved over the first decade of the agency's history. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.
In 1972 my students and some of the Chief Mamady's sons invited me to help squeeze sugar cane juice using the Chief's 'new' mechanical box. Crushing efficiency was critical to the success of his sugar cane farm. Every possible amount of juice...
This photo was taken in 1969 in a town just northwest of Zorzor on the main road. I was on my way to Monrovia when our money bus stopped to pick up more passengers at this little town. The young boy was very proud of his creation. Notice the...
I took this photo sometime in 1976, in my front yard as the sun was setting. I lived in "the round house" on the beach, behind the Peace Corps compound in Monrovia. The children were my neighbors who spent many hours sitting in my living room...
These children are half siblings of my next door neighbors where I taught school in Kolahun, Lofa County, Liberia, West Africa. At the time, they were both too young to have names, so they were known as "Little Old Lady" and "Little Old Man." ...
This girl was posing for this picture but gesturing with her hands for her little brother to join her. Her gaze is powerful. This picture was taken in the village of Fan Do(h), Liberia.