This paper explores the life of a teacher, John S. Noffsinger, who arrived in Manila in either late May or early June 1910, and taught for two years in Bayombong, Nueva Viscaya.
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.
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.
In this photo, the camp co-lead teacher, Kruu Namfone, is the last person to sign the anti-HIV/AIDS pledge banner. She eloquently summed up the experience as, "heart warming, knowing that my students, the future leaders of Thailand, promise to...
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...
This Volunteer works at a local government veterinarian hospital in Pokhara working in animal husbandry and the vet care program. Here he is shown washing his clothes in Lake Phewa.
This Volunteer works at a local government veterinarian hospital in Pokhara working in animal husbandry and the vet care program. Here he is shown washing his clothes in Lake Phewa.
This Volunteer works at a local government veterinarian hospital in Pokhara working in animal husbandry and the vet care program. Here he is shown washing his clothes in Lake Phewa.
Peace Corps Volunteer Elsie Honkala is a community development worker in the remote village of Polugollegama, Ceylon, and surrounding villages. She serves as medical advisor and works with the community encouraging such activities as sewing circles...
This Volunteer is a community development worker in the remote village of Polugollegama, Ceylon, and surrounding villages. She serves as medical advisor and works with the community encouraging such activities as sewing circles and the planting of...
This Peace Corps Volunteer is a municipal development advisor in the village of Penia on Udot Island. His duties include organizing youth activities, budget writing, census taking, and such projects as the construction of village water catchments.
This Volunteer is an agricultural extensionist working with vegetables to improve yields through better management. Here, she washes her clothes during spare time.
Pre-service Training (PST); Life skills; Knight Foundation
Instruction in dressing chickens (which trainees killed a few minutes earlier). A Sabah/Sarawak training group goes through the mill in Waipio valley, which is located 50 miles from Hilo. Efforts have been made to recreate a Southeast Asian...
Pre-service Training (PST); Life skills; Knight Foundation
The hide is scraped off a freshly killed pig. A Sabah/Sarawak training group goes through the mill in Waipio Valley, which is located 50 miles from Hilo. Efforts have been made to recreate a Southeast Asian village, which will expose the trainees...
Pre-service Training (PST); Life skills; Knight Foundation
A Sabah/Sarawak training group goes through the mill in Waipio Valley, which is located 50 miles from Hilo. Efforts have been made to recreate a Southeast Asian village, which will expose the trainees to many of the hardships and deprivations they...
A Sabah/Sarawak training group goes through the mill in Waipio Valley, which is located 50 miles from Hilo. Efforts have been made to recreate a Southeast Asian village, which will expose the trainees to many of the hardships and deprivations they...