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- Host Sister
- Host families; Children
- Our host sister, Claire, is ready to attend the Mother's Day Celebration at church. Lalomauga, Samoa. May 2008
- Volunteer Photos
- Training Village
- Terrain; Site
- Our training village, Lalomauga. Samoa 2007.
- Volunteer Photos
- Gathering Mangos
- Host families; housing; traditional dress; Children; Volunteers
- Volunteer Cale Reeves and his host brothers and sisters gather mangos thrown down by his host father in the tree above them. Lalomauga. 2007
- Volunteer Photos
- Savalivali
- Host community friends; Traditional dress; Terrain
- "Savalivali means go for a walk." This is a line from a song taught to us by our language trainers. These village children are walking back from a hydro-electric plant. They play in the run-off as if it were a water park. Lalomauga, Samoa. 2007.
- Volunteer Photos
- Culture Day
- Ceremonies; Food and meals; Host community friends
- Every two years the Samoan Methodist Schools from both islands come together to celebrate all things Samoan Culture. Here a student makes coconut cream. Faleula, Samoa. 2009.
- Volunteer Photos
- Tsunami
- Natural disasters; Terrain
- September 29, 2009 a tsunami hit the south side of our island, Upolu. Cale and I joined other volunteers and the Red Cross the next morning to search for bodies in an utterly devastate landscape. We also made a trip to the south side the following...
- Volunteer Photos
- Asleep at the Teachers' Meeting
- Schools; Children
- This photo was taken in 2005 at St Joseph's College in Alafua Samoa. It was the weekly staff meeting of the teachers at the school. One of the teachers had her new born child with her and decided to place her on the table for a little nap while...
- Volunteer Photos
- Waterboy
- Sports; Children; Youth
- This photo was taken in Alafua, Samoa in 2005. This is the rugby team for St Joseph’s College. David would have loved to have been a rugby player, but unfortunately he was about 150 lbs too small, so he became a very enthusiastic water boy for...
- Volunteer Photos
- Pickup
- Transportation; Host families
- This photo was taken in Siufuga, Samoa in 2003. As with most Samoan families, my training family included a large extended group of people who were always around to provide support and to get in on the fun. Traveling with my family usually...
- Volunteer Photos
- Ava Ceremony
- Celebrations; Traditional dress; Ceremonies
- This photo was taken at St Joseph’s College in Alafua, Samoa in 2004. The Samoans take great pride in the fact that they have maintained a rich cultural heritage in the face of many adversities. These students at St Joseph’s College are...
- Volunteer Photos
- Family
- Host families
- This photo was taken in Siufuga, Samoa in 2003. This is the family I lived with while training in Samoa. The man is Fa’alava’au Semi and his two grandchildren, Lowa and Paulo.
- Volunteer Photos
- Asleep on the Desk
- Children
- This photo was taken in Alafua, Samoa at Joseph’s College in 2004. Daycare is a luxury in Samoa, so on occasion, the teachers have to bring their children to work with them. It is hot and humid in Samoa and sometimes the best thing to do is...
- Volunteer Photos
- Haka
- Sports; Youth
- This photo was taken at St Joseph’s College in Alafua, Samoa in 2004. The school was having a cricket match between various teams within the school. An impromptu haka was preformed before each match.
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1971
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1971.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1972
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1972.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1984
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1984.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1991
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1991.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Statement of Jack Vaughn, Director of the Peace Corps, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, September 19, 1967
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn's September 19, 1967 statement before the House Foreign Relations Committee.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1995
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justicifaction for the fiscal year of 1995.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- Peace Corps Application, 1993
- Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer selection
- Full text of a 1993 Peace Corps application.
- Brochures