This paper explores the life of a teacher, John S. Noffsinger, who arrived in Manila in either late May or early June 1910, and taught for two years in Bayombong, Nueva Viscaya.
Vaughn, Jack; Peace Corps Directors; Volunteerism; VISTA
This February 13, 1968 press release outlines Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn's suggestions for increasing domestic volunteerism in the United States.
This photo was taken at a school in central Swaziland in November of 2011. The students had been exposed to HIV messages for years, but this was their first interactive lesson.
The lesson (and subsequent lessons) were very successful. Students...
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.
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...
This returned Peace Corps Volunteer now teaches Spanish and Social Studies at a high School in New York City. He spent two years (62-64) in the Dominican Republic with the Peace Corps working in community development and teaching English. 1966
This Peace Corps Volunteer teaches English conversation to students in a school in Gagnoa, Ivory Coast. At the request of the Ivory Coast government, a program of TEFL--teaching English as a Foreign Language-- was set up. The official language of...
This ACTION Peace Corps Volunteer, a licensed master electrician, is giving of his time and talent to help others learn the skills involved in being an electrician. 1974
This Volunteer is serving as a modern mathematics and science teacher at the largest elementary school in Kota Bharu, Malaysia. She joined the Peace Corps at the age of 56, before which she taught at school in Louisiana, Texas and Chicago,...
This ACTION Peace Corps Volunteer, a licensed master electrician, is giving of his time and talent to help others learn the skills involved in being an electrician. 1974
This ACTION Peace Corps Volunteer, a licensed master electrician, is giving of his time and talent to help others learn the skills involved in being an electrician. 1974
This ACTION Peace Corps Volunteer, a licensed master electrician, is giving of his time and talent to help others learn the skills involved in being an electrician. 1974