This Volunteer is working with the Rural Electrification program in Nicaragua. Here he is shown riding a horse as he goes from village to village surveying the needs of the area in order to plan for power distribution lines. He passes poles...
This Volunteer is working with the Rural Electrification cooperative. Here he is shown explaining electrification to a few villagers collected on the main road near Tonala.
This Volunteer is working with the Rural Electrification program in Nicaragua. Here he is shown riding a horse as he goes from village to village surveying the needs of the area in order to plan for power distribution lines. He passes poles...
A carpenter on his way home from work carrying his new power saw that he is now able to use since the installation of electricity by the Peace Corps’ Rural Electrification program.
These two Volunteers work with the Rural Electrification program. Here the Volunteers are shown holding a survey map and talking about an area that they have yet to cover.
This Volunteer is a teacher trainer in the Dominican Republic. Her job takes her to a number of rural schools where she works with teachers helping them expand and upgrade existing methods of teaching in a country where 80 percent of the rural...
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.
PCV is working on the Kenyon coast in Klifi to provide adequate drinking water for a resettlement area. He is organizing the construction of a large rural water supply. There are 135 individuals working under his direction. He supervises the...
Shriver, Sargent; Master's International (MI); Universities; State-side training;
Full text of Sargent Shriver's February 9, 1962 statement prepared for the Student Editor's Conference on International Affairs held at the Overseas Press Club in New York City. The statement focuses on efforts by Peace Corps and its partner...