I took this photo on February 23rd, 2008 at a roadside farm stand in Paraguay. My wife was joking with the local boy in Guarani about which one is the tastiest.
A group of youth holding pamphlets containing information about HIV/AIDS distributed during the second HIV/AIDS community awareness campaign we completed during my service.
I took this photo during the May 2011 Candlelight Memorial in Rivne, Ukraine. The transmission rate of HIV in Eastern Europe is one of the highest in the world and this picture displays the Rivnenska community taking a moment to remember those who...
This photo was taken at the World AIDS Day event in a community in Swaziland. This group of young primary students are a part of the school's health club. They performed a drama about 'getting to zero' in terms of zero new infections, zero related...
Full text of Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn's May 4, 1966 speech entitled 'Round One' given at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Vaughn discusses his impressions of Peace Corps after three years as the agency's Director, and...
Nurses; Medicine; Doctors; Disease; Health; Traditional medicine; Teachers and students; Work; Universities
A collection of letters written by Peace Corps Volunteers serving as community health nurses in Malaysia, Niger, Afghanistan, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), Turkey, Peru, Bolivia, India and Togo. No date is given, but the publication appears to...
Marketing campaigns; Agriculture; Community development; Health; Education; Volunteer recruitment
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps opportunities available to applicants with liberal arts degrees. Discusses program areas including Community Development, Health, Agriculture and Teaching. Although no exact date of publication is...
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.
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities in the fields of agriculture, animal husbandry, horticulture, and forestry. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.