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.
Photo taken on Dec. 1, 2006 when the town of Tachina, Ecuador organized a march against HIV/AIDS. These are local students from the Luis Vargas Torres high-school.