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- We're Family
- Host families
- This picture was taken after a year of service, in June of 2004, when I went back to my training site in the community of Koujol, not far from Archaie, Haiti, to visit my host family. The little girl on the right, Kenya, was born during my 3...
- Volunteer Photos
- Watch Us Spay This Dog
- Animals
- I translated for a visiting vet in Haiti. They spayed a dog right in front of us while the local vet students watched. I learned a lot of vocabulary that day.
- Volunteer Photos
- Washing Facilities in Haiti
- Water and sanitation; Housing
- Out my second story window, you can see my latrine (orange door) and kitchen straight ahead and shower to the left. Some of the year, there was a water basin, but I treated the water with bleach because there was algae and mosquitoes.
- Volunteer Photos
- Washing dishes, Haiti style
- Water and sanitation; Housing; Life skills
- I'm washing dishes here on my porch. I had the neighbor kids get water for me and I washed with a soap powder that I used for washing clothes, dishes and the house.
- Volunteer Photos
- Transcript of background press and radio news briefing, March 6, 1961
- Press and media; Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer selection; Vietnam war; Volunteer compensation;
- 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.
- Press Briefings
- Training of Health Workers
- HIV/AIDS
- This is from a training of health workers in Guinea that I supervised with my partner organization, Population Services International. The health workers were trained in how to advise those who came into their regional health centers and hospitals...
- Volunteer Photos
- The White House Fallen after the Earthquake
- Natural disasters
- I visited Haiti years after service, after a major earthquake, and saw the capital building destroyed. Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- Volunteer Photos
- The Peace Corps in Chile, 1961 - 1968
- 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...
- Historical Papers and Articles
- Taking a Break at the AIDS march
- HIV/AIDS
- This photo was taken on Dec. 1, 2006 when the town of Tachina, Ecuador organized and AIDS march. Here a local high-school student trying to stay out of the sun.
- Volunteer Photos
- Solidarity
- Dance; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
- This is a picture of the Garifuna Women's Solidarity Dance. It was taken in Belize, March 2011.
- Volunteer Photos
- Silly Pose - Little Boys in Haiti
- Children
- Haitian boys loved getting their picture taking. They often posed in a serious way. I had a digital camera at the time and showed them the picture after.
- Volunteer Photos
- Silly Girls Carrying Water
- Children
- Everyone in rural Haiti takes turns carrying water. They can carry very heavy things while walking and they often laugh at the sight of a foreigner.
- Volunteer Photos
- SIDA March
- HIV/AIDS
- 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.
- Volunteer Photos
- Russian Soldier and Me
- Cold war; Volunteers; Statues and monuments
- This photo was taken in Slagotarjan, Hungary in 1990 just after the fall of the Iron Curtain. This is a statue of a Russian soldier that used to overlook the city to remind the citizens who was in charge. As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Salgotarjan...
- Volunteer Photos
- Row Your Boat - LaGonav, Haiti
- Children; Transportation
- I was visiting the island of Lagonav off the coast of Haiti and a group of boys were in a boat and when the saw me all jumped in at the same time. This picture was taken just seconds before they jumped.
- Volunteer Photos
- Return Visit to Host Family in Haiti 9 Years Later
- Host families
- My Haitian Host family during traing, 9 years later. I went back for a visit with another RPCV and there were two more kids, a new home and wonderful memories. Training in Akaye (Archaie)near Port.
- Volunteer Photos
- Press release announcing appointment of Sargent Shriver as first Director of the Peace Corps, March 4, 1961
- 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.
- Press Briefings
- Practice Makes Perfect
- HIV/AIDS
- I taught reproductive health programs with women borrowers of the local microfinance bank, Fonkoze. Here, we were learning about condoms.
- Volunteer Photos
- Play Time
- Youth; Schools; Dance; Celebrations
- This photo was taken on May 24th, 2010 at the primary school in a Bulgarian village. It was the last day of schools for the first graders. These girls are dancing a traditional Bulgarian dance, called the Horo, in celebration.
- Volunteer Photos
- The Volunteer (January 1962)
- Newsletters--1960s
- Full text of Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 1962) of The Volunteer: a newsletter by and for the Volunteers of the Peace Corps.
- Newsletters