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    • What you can do for your country

    • What you can do for your country

    • Marketing campaigns; Volunteer recruitment

    • Full text of the earliest known Peace Corps recruiting brochure. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1961. The back page includes a list of members of the Peace Corps National Advisory Council.
    • Brochures
    • A Volunteer's Introduction to Her School

    • A Volunteer's Introduction to Her School

    • Teachers and students; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken on the first day of school September 15, 2010 at Gimnasia Vasil Levski (high school). The first day of school in Bulgaria is a big celebration. There are speeches from teachers, the director and from students. My director...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Camp GLOW

    • Camp GLOW

    • camps and clubs; girls' education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Photo taken on August 26, 2011 during Camp GLOW (Girls Leading our World), a leadership training camp geared toward school-age females in Burkina Faso.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Grandfather Portrait

    • Grandfather Portrait

    • Host families

    • Taken on December 13, 2010, this photo is of the grandfather of my host family, Renee OUEDREOGO in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. Taken on my last morning before departing for swear-in ceremonies in Ouagadougou.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Halloween Dance Party In Bulgaria

    • Halloween Dance Party In Bulgaria

    • Celebrations

    • This photo was taken on October 29, 2010 in the gym at Gimnasia Vasil Levsk (high school) in Bulgaria. I worked with a group of students to present a Halloween Party. There was a skit, a song, and a group of students performed the Thriller Dance,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Tuvalu - Our House

    • PC Tuvalu - Our House

    • Housing; Volunteers

    • Volunteers Scott and Myra Erickson in front of home, Nukulaelae atoll, August 1980. The home was local style with thatch roof, open walls, and gravel floor covered with mats typical of the type provided to civil servants working on the outer...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Tuvalu Departure

    • PC Tuvalu Departure

    • Volunteers; Close of Service (COS); Ceremonies

    • Scott and Myra Erickson preparing to depart Tuvalu following the completion of two and a half years of service on Nukulaelae atoll, November 1982. Our departure followed the first visit of her majesty Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip to Tuvalu.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Tuvalu En Route

    • PC Tuvalu En Route

    • New country entries; Volunteers

    • Peace Corps group departing Los Angeles airport for Tuvalu via Fiji, May 17, 1980. The group consisted of five married couples and one individual and was the second group to be assigned to the country. Each couple was posted on one of the outer...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Tuvalu National Development Plan

    • PC Tuvalu National Development Plan

    • Education; Life skills; Site development; Training

    • National Development Plan training workshop coordinated by Save the Children Federation (SCF) in collaboration with Volunteers, Nukulaelae atoll, March 1982. SCF and PC were directly involved in the preparation of Tuvalu's 1982 National...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Tuvalu Seaplane

    • PC Tuvalu Seaplane

    • Transportation; Host community

    • Four-passenger seaplane arriving on the beach at Nukulaelae atoll from the capital Funafuti, August 1980. Seaplane service was provided by the New Zealand government in the early 1980's to provide improved access to the remote outer islands. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Tuvalu Solar Dryer Project

    • PC Tuvalu Solar Dryer Project

    • Business development; Income generation; Training; Food and meals

    • Construction of a demonstration solar copra dryer, Nukulaelae atoll, January 1982. The solar dryer was constructed by a group of local workers trained by the Volunteer and utilized mainly local materials including chain sawn coconut timber. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Tuvalu Training

    • PC Tuvalu Training

    • Training sites; Training; Volunteers; Water and sanitation

    • Volunteers complete the first demonstration ferrocement water tank during training held in the capital of Funafuti, May 1980. This project, which was conducted in collaboration with local development coordinators trained by Save the Children...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • PC Tuvalu Volunteer Home

    • PC Tuvalu Volunteer Home

    • Housing; Volunteers

    • Volunteers Lee and Vicky Dilley in front of their home on Vaitupu atoll, April 1981. The home is constructed in the local style with thatched room and open walls and is typical of homes provided to civil servants working on the outer islands.
    • Volunteer Photos

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