This photo was taken at the end of 2010 during a birthday party in my compound. The child pictured is from Sanneh compound in Sifoe village, The Gambia. He was the Birthday Boy for the day.
As part of my second goal, I regularly held birthday...
This was taken in early 2011 as part of a joint birthday party in my compound in Sifoe, The Gambia
The children are from various families in the village. The boy and girl in the center, red shirts, are the Birthday Boy and Girl for the day.
Photo was taken in my host family compound one day after school. I was leading the children in an improptu lesson about hand-washing and using soap to kill germs. They got creative and things got a little out of hand!
This photo was taken soon after I arrived to live with my permanent host family. These two girls ending up being my best friends in the two years I was there.
In this picture their fear of the camera is obvious. They were very unsure and would...
Farmers have stacked the rice straw on the cart for conveyance to the nearest village. It will be used for the thatching of roofs and other purposes. North Cholla Province, spring 1974.
The midwife at a local clinic celebrates on her wedding day in Burkina Faso. The bride is dancing with friends during a Muslim wedding celebration where friends stick money on her while singing and dancing. People all around are using technology...
Many of the men in my village leave to find work in Italy. They are gone for years at a time while the women and girls have to make ends meet in village, waiting for money to be sent over. This is a photo of three girls from my village in...
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities and how Peace Corps fit in to the newly formed federal agency ACTION, which was established on July 1, 1971. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is...
Shriver, Sargent; Peace Corps Directors; Kennedy, John F.-- Assassination; Budget; Community development
Full text transcript of the December 15, 1963 edition of the television program Meet the Press. Sargent Shriver was the featured guest and he discussed the challenges and accomplishments of the Peace Corps during its early years.