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- A Moment for Life
- This photo was taken in South Africa during my Peace Corps service. It is on Lion's Head Mountain. I am sitting on the ledge watching the sunset. I had the opportunity while serving in Botswana to backpack through Southern Africa and this was the...
- Volunteer Photos
- A Moment of Silence and Thought
- Natural disasters
- In April, 2011, torrential rains soaked the Southern Provinces of Thailand, causing fatal flooding and mudslides. This photo was taken at the site of a mudslide where rescue workers were now in recovery mode. This responder had just worked to...
- Volunteer Photos
- Rare Moment of Interaction
- Weddings
- This photo was taken at an Indo-Fijian wedding. Suva, Fiji- May 2011. The celebration last more than nine hours. This shot was a rare moment of interaction between the bride and groom...when most all of the ceremony was very solemn.
- Volunteer Photos
- Capturing A Moment in Time
- children; Host families; water and sanitation
- Family's daughter washes her hands at the household faucet in douar, Ouargui
- Volunteer Photos
- A Moment of Grace
- Environment; Terrain; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
- West Coast of Madagascar, August 16th, 2011. A long day. Walked over 20 kilometers…10 km to go, 10 km on the way back, and back and forth on the beach depending where the small boats full of fish would arrive. I had gotten up at 5:00am; asked...
- Volunteer Photos
- A Moment in July
- Housing; Host families
- My host mother, Luda, with one of her sons, Igor. This was taken in July of 2009, when I left my permanent site for a visit. The room they are sitting in was my "bedroom."
- Volunteer Photos
- Citizen in a Time of Change: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
- Congress; Wofford, Harris
- 1965 RPCV Conference Report
- Historical Papers and Articles
- John S. Noffsinger & the Global Impact of the Thomasite Experience
- 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.
- Historical Papers and Articles
- Address by Sargent Shriver to the Foreign Policy Association, December 11, 1963
- Shriver, Sargent; Peace Corps Directors
- Full text of Sargent Shriver's address to the Foreign Policy Association in New York City, December 11, 1963.
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- Why Johnny Can't
- Peace Corps Directors; Vaughn, Jack; Women in Peace Corps
- Full text of Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn's September, 1966 speech entitled 'Why Johnny Can't' given at Town Hall in Los Angeles.
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- Peace Corps National Conference of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
- Returned Volunteer Services
- 25th Anniversary of: The Peace Corps National Conference of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers & Staff September 20, 1986. Washington, D.C.
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1989
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1989.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Budget Presentation, Fiscal Year 2003
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 2003.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Statement of Jack Vaughn, Director of the Peace Corps, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, July 20, 1966
- Budget; Congress; Peace Corps Partnership Program; Volunteer recruitment;
- Full text of Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn's July 20, 1966 statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Who's who in the Peace Corps--Washington
- Directories
- 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.
- Brochures
- Women in the Peace Corps: you can't send a girl there!
- Marketing campaigns; Volunteer recruitment; Women in Peace Corps
- Full text of a brochure highlighting the unique challenges faced by women in the early years of the Peace Corps, as well as their many accomplishments around the world. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from...
- Brochures
- Host-Mother's Day
- Host families
- Volunteer Stories
- Rusiko vs. The Cheese Lady
- Markets; Host families; Counterparts
- Volunteer Stories
- Casual Conversations Spark Dramatic Changes
- Schools; Teachers and students; Diversity
- Volunteer Stories
- It is Good to be Found
- Host families
- Volunteer Stories