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- The Making of an HIV/AIDS Poster with Fransisco
- This photograph was taken of me while painting the hand of a student/neighbor to make an HIV/AIDS poster. The poster was used in the central clinic, elementary school, and high school while I promoted HIV/AID awareness and precautions. The final...
- Volunteer Photos
- Press release announcing appointment of Sargent Shriver as first Director of the Peace Corps, March 4, 1961
- Press and media; Peace Corps Directors; Kennedy, John F.;
- Full text of the March 4, 1961 White House press release announcing the appointment of Sargent Shriver as first Director of the Peace Corps. Also provides brief biographies of early Peace Corps staff members.
- Press Briefings
- Transcript of background press and radio news briefing, March 6, 1961
- Press and media; Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer selection; Vietnam war; Volunteer compensation;
- Full text of Sargent Shriver's briefing to the press held on March 6, 1961. Shriver introduced members of the original Peace Corps task force, and fielded topics on a range of questions about the initial plans for how the Peace Corps would operate.
- Press Briefings
- Puppy Promotion
- This photo was taken at a Peace Corps organized HIV/AIDS educational event in Olmos, Lambayeque in the North of Peru in November, 2011. My puppy became the mascot by wearing a red ribbon and being sweet with kids and people watching the event.
- Volunteer Photos
- The Peace Corps in Chile
- A series of posters comprised of photos and text about the Peace Corps's impact in Chile.
- Historical Papers and Articles
- The Peace Corps in Chile, 1961 - 1968
- A history of the Peace Corps in Chile, prepared on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the US Peace Corps, for distribution at the reunion of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Chile, hosted by the Embassy of Chile in Washington DC...
- Historical Papers and Articles
- Health Educator
- Health
- This Volunteer is assigned to Paraguay as a Health Educator and Environmental Sanitationist. Here she is shown playing with children at Health Center.
- Agency Photos
- Research
- Agency Photos
- Farm Production
- Agriculture
- This Volunteer (left) is shown talking with a farmer. Jim teaches better production methods in tobacco and cotton in Paraguay.
- Agency Photos
- Farm Production
- Agriculture
- This Volunteer is shown in front of his house at Chel Ouiedo, Paraguay. He teaches better production methods in tobacco and cotton in Paraguay.
- Agency Photos
- Talking with a Health Educator
- Health
- This Volunteer is shown talking with a health educator in front of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare building. She is assigned to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and coordinates five health programs in Paraguay.
- Agency Photos
- Latrine Inspection
- Water and sanitation; Health
- This Volunteer is assigned to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Here, he inspects a latrine as part of his daily inspection program to improve health and sanitary conditions.
- Agency Photos
- Agricultural Extensionist
- Agriculture
- This Volunteer is an agricultural extensionist assigned to a rural area in Asuncion. Here he stops work to have lunch with some of the women in the village.
- Agency Photos
- Weed Control Research Project
- Agriculture
- This Volunteer works in a weed control research project at the Ministry of Agriculture in Paraguay. Here, she is shown in the entomology laboratory examining live beetles that cause much of the damage to the crops.
- Agency Photos
- Weed Control Research Project
- Agriculture
- This Volunteer works in a weed control research project at the Ministry of Agriculture in Paraguay. Here, she (striped shirt) examines insects that cause damage to the crops.
- Agency Photos
- Soil Analysis
- Agriculture
- This Volunteer does research at a soil analysis lab at the Institute of Agronomico National at Caacupe. He also does routine analysis of soil samples. Here, he observes the growth response of cotton to fertilization.
- Agency Photos
- Covering Pipes
- Water and sanitation; Health
- This Volunteer is assigned to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Here, he works with local kids to cover pipes installed for the water system.
- Agency Photos
- Latrine Inspection
- Water and sanitation; Health
- This Volunteer is assigned to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Here, he inspects a latrine as part of his daily inspection program to improve health and sanitary conditions.
- Agency Photos
- Agricultural Extensionist
- Agriculture
- This Volunteer is an agricultural extensionist assigned to a rural area in Asuncion. Here he stops work to have lunch with some of the women in the village.
- Agency Photos
- Health Worker
- Health
- This Volunteer works with the Ministry of Health in the rural village of Chacarita. She makes periodic home visits to check the health of village residents.
- Agency Photos