A Peace Corps Korea training brochure focusing on the work of Volunteers in the health field. Compiled by Jeff Efsen, Mike Erickson, Sonia de la Fe, Mike Hair, Don Kumler and Paul Volek. Courtesy of Curtiss Gajda.
Farmers have stacked the rice straw on the cart for conveyance to the nearest village. It will be used for the thatching of roofs and other purposes. North Cholla Province, spring 1974.
I took this photo during the fall of 1980 in my village, Kyeong Ae Won, South Korea. These three gentlemen were patients and residents of the village. Passing time sitting on the front stoop of a home was a common site.
I took this photo during the spring of 1981 in my village, Kyeong Ae Won, South Korea. The village was home to about 125 residents, over 75% of whom had leprosy.
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.
During the Spring, I travelled with our middle school students to Kyoung Ju, the ancient capital of South Korea, and took this photo in front of the Emile Bell, or "mommy" bell, which was cast in 771 AD.