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- Host Mom and Cake
- Host families; Pre-service Training (PST); Food and meals
- Volunteer Stories
- La Nostalgia Que Me Embarga
- Transportation
- Volunteer Stories
- Waking Up in 13 de Abril
- Host families; Host community
- Volunteer Stories
- Mongolia: Tsagaan Sar and Ice Festival
- Celebrations; Climate
- Volunteer Stories
- Training: language, skill and service--the education of a Volunteer
- Marketing campaigns; Volunteer recruitment; Training sites; Technical training
- Full text of a brochure that discusses Peace Corps' approach to training and how it evolved over the first decade of the agency's history. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.
- Brochures
- Action Update (April 9, 1979)
- Newsletters--1970s
- Full text of the Action Update (April 9, 1979).
- Newsletters
- Aseroy and his Gold
- Elders
- This photo is capturing an elder member of the Community of Embera Puru located in Chagres National Park in Panama.
- Volunteer Photos
- Ava Ceremony
- Ceremonies; Host community friends; Traditional dress; Volunteers
- Peace Corps Volunteers Aaron Cook and Cale Reeves participate in the welcome Ava Ceremony for new Peace Corps Country Director Dale Withington. 2008.
- Volunteer Photos
- Baby Weighing
- Maternal and child health
- Henou (Patrice) is a community health Volunteer. On a monthly basis, weather permitting (in other words, it wasn't raining), we would bike to the villages & farms surrounding Affem Kabye and weigh the children aged 5 and under. This is part of...
- Volunteer Photos
- Baby Weighing at Affem Kabye's "Case de Sante" (Health Hut)
- Maternal and child health
- On a monthly basis, the community health Volunteers who worked at the "Case de Sante" (health hut) would conduct baby weighings using the Salter scale in the photo. We would weigh the children aged 5 and under. This is part of routine growth...
- Volunteer Photos
- Baby's Bath Time
- Water and sanitation; Maternal and child health
- Bath time. This is how Kabye village women give their baby a bath. Lots of water and soap. The babies normally scream.
- Volunteer Photos
- Book Break
- Schools; Children; Education; Volunteers
- Peace Corps Volunteer Sara Reeves reads while host family members Heni and Claire join in. Lalomauga, Samoa. 2007.
- Volunteer Photos
- Carpentry and Joinery Class
- Construction; site; Children
- Peace Corps Volunteer Cale Reeves works with co-teacher, Gaui, and Carpentry and Joinery students to construct a wooden table using advanced joinery and woodworking techniques. Laumua o Punaoa, Faleula, Samoa. 2008.
- Volunteer Photos
- Carpentry and Joinery Class
- Host community friends; Construction; Volunteers
- First year students at the Laumua o Punaoa Technical College in Faleula, Samoa proudly display their handiwork with instructor and Peace Corps Volunteer Cale Reeves. 2008.
- Volunteer Photos
- Carrying Your Child
- Children
- Here is the typical way children are carried in Zambia. This is one item that I am bringing back to America. When I have children all I need is a chitenge, no expensive baby carrier for me. :)
- Volunteer Photos
- Charring the Pig
- Food and meals; Cooking
- Affem Kabye, Tchamba prefecture, Central region, Togo Henou (Patrice) and his wife Joselyn Pig slaughter. After slaughtering the pig with a knife, Henou charred the pig on a fire to burn the hair and skin, and then his wife Joselyn prepares it....
- Volunteer Photos
- Chess Lesson
- Games; Host community
- Volunteer Cale Reeves plays chess with Carpentry and Joinery student, Mafua. The chess board and pieces were made by volunteers Cale Reeves and Aaron Cook. 2008. Laumua o Punaoa Technical College, Faleula, Samoa
- Volunteer Photos
- Children Standing in Front of "Case de Sante"
- Health; Architecture; Children
- These children are standing in front of Affem Kabye's "case de sante" (health hut). As you can see from the photo, the fence that is supposed to keep sheep and goats from entering the health hut is falling down, which means the village's volunteer...
- Volunteer Photos
- Collecting Water
- Water and sanitation
- Amavi is collecting water for her family for drinking, cooking, cleaning and bathing. At the time the only place to find water near her house was to dig a hole and hope for the best. Unfortunately some cattle found her family's water hole but she...
- Volunteer Photos
- Coming of Age Ceremony Among Kabye of Togo
- Ceremonies; Celebrations
- Evala is the traditional wrestling ceremony that takes place every 5 years among the Kabye of Togo. Evala is part of the male coming of age ceremony/events. The guys must catch a dog, slaughter it, prepare it and eat it. They also make hats with...
- Volunteer Photos