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- Peace Corps of the United States...the toughest job you'll ever love
- Marketing campaigns; Volunteer recruitment
- Full text of a 1992 Peace Corps recruiting brochure. Includes a map of countries Peace Corps served at the time.
- Brochures
- The Wandering Judia
- Religion; Food and meals
- Volunteer Stories
- Lessons from my Peace Corps Experience
- Religion; Host community friends; International conflicts; Housing
- Volunteer Stories
- Our Lady of Antigua
- Religion
- One last photo from our Antigua, Guatemala trip. This was in a little alcove outside our inn, and I was drawn to the composition of the image.
- Staff Photos
- Two closet doors slammed shut
- Teachers and students; Religion; Resiliency
- Volunteer Stories
- A Peace Corps Volunteer's Adventures: Guinea I, 1963-65
- Agriculture; Pets; Culture shock and adaptation; Religion
- Volunteer Stories
- A Celebration of Life
- host community friends; celebrations; children; Religion
- For the Muslims in my town in Cameroon, a week after a baby is born they have a naming ceremony. In March, 2011, the eighth child of my village chief's first wife was born. I went to their home to celebrate the naming. I had the opportunity to hold...
- Volunteer Photos
- A Romania Wedding
- Weddings; Religion
- My counterpart married in February 2008. After the civil ceremony in town hall, the procession moved to the Orthodox church - unheated in the chilly Transylvanian winter. Then came a 200-person party that lasted until sunrise.
- Volunteer Photos
- Action Update (May 3, 1978)
- Newsletters--1970s
- Full text of the Update Action (May 3, 1978).
- Newsletters
- Action Update (June 18, 1979)
- Newsletters--1970s
- Full text of the Action Update (June 18, 1979).
- Newsletters
- Action Update (July 27, 1979)
- Newsletters--1970s
- Full text of the Action Update (July 27, 1979).
- Newsletters
- Action Update (June 11, 1980)
- Newsletters--1980s
- Full text of the Action Update (June 11, 1980).
- Newsletters
- Action Update (August 27, 1980)
- Newsletters--1980s
- Full text of the Action Update (August 27, 1980).
- Newsletters
- Action Update (December 18, 1980)
- Newsletters--1980s
- Full text of the Action Update (December 18, 1980).
- Newsletters
- Action Update (May 7, 1981)
- Newsletters--1980s
- Full text of the Action Update (May 7, 1981).
- Newsletters
- Baptism in Karang, Senegal in 1992
- Children; Religion
- I took this photo during a baptism in 1992 in Karang, Senegal. The infant is seven days old and the village elder is whispering the infant's name into his ear three times, per the baptism ritual.
- Volunteer Photos
- Breaking Fast after Ramadan in Southern Thailand
- Religion; Host families
- My husband and I are Volunteers in the deep south of Thailand. It is a special place because of its mix of Chinese, Buddhist, and Muslim cultures. This is a picture of my host mom and me wearing our hajibs on our way to break fast after Ramadan.
- Volunteer Photos
- Buddhist in Sri Lanka
- Religion; Statues and monuments
- Photo taken of Buddhist in Sri Lanka. Michael Alston was given permission to take photo.
- Volunteer Photos
- Candlelight Prayer at Dawn
- Celebrations; Religion
- Woman praying by candlelight at dawn at the Timket (Epiphany Celebration) Service on Jan. 19, 2013 in Gondar, Ethiopia. Timket is celebrated every year on Jan. 19th and marks the baptism of Jesus by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church calendar.
- Volunteer Photos
- Chris's Ordination Ceremony
- Weddings; Religion; Traditional dress
- My fiance, Chris, and I met while serving in Thailand as Teacher Collaboration and Community Outreach Volunteers from 2008-2010. While in the Peace Corps, Chris began studying Buddhism & meditation at a local temple and ordained as a monk during a...
- Volunteer Photos