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- Peace Corps Volunteer (June-July 1965)
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Newsletters--1960s -
Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (June-July 1965). - Newsletters
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- Peace Corps Volunteer (August 1966)
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Newsletters--1960s -
Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (August 1966). - Newsletters
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- Peace Corps Volunteer (July 1967)
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Newsletters--1960s -
Full text of the Peace Corps Volunteer (July 1967). - Newsletters
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- Basket Weaving
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On the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, women weave baskets out of palm leaves for feasts. They are used to carry food to village chiefs. In this photo, my host cousin is teaching me how to weave a basket. Although they... - Volunteer Photos
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- Team Weaving
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This photo was taken in April of 2010 in a rural village in Morocco. I had just been taught for the first time by my host sister, Soukaina, how to knot individual threads to weave a rug, and they allowed me to do two entire rows of colored knots in... - Volunteer Photos
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- Weaving Woman
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This woman, in the southern Carpathian Mountains of Romania, works on the loom which occupies most of her one room house. - Volunteer Photos
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- Zahra and Terra weaving in her cave
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As a small business development Volunteer, I worked with weavers in a rural village in Morocco. The hills surrounding our village were filled with cave dwelling nomads. I became very close with one of these families, the Lahcen Eshu family, and I... - Volunteer Photos
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- Weaving Mats
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This photo was taken in September 2009 during Peace Corps training while I was staying with my host family. My host mother and auntie were teaching me how to weave mats on the weekends. I (Bina Contreras) am on the left, my host mother "Mama... - Volunteer Photos
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- Reeds for Weaving
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This grass was drying in Thailand in August 2010. The next step is to dye them and then they are woven into mats for sitting on the floor when you eat. - Volunteer Photos
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- Yaneth Weaving
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This was taken in 2011 (post-service) while visiting the Emberá community Ella Drua in Colón, Panama. Yaneth was weaving a traditional Emberá basket while her daughter, Vianca, and my son, Adrián, played on the floor. - Volunteer Photos
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- Weaving Silk
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This is a picture of my host mother's eldest sister weaving silk on the loom outside of her house. This practice is traditionally passed down to women from generation to generation. Women all over the village (mainly the elders) can be seen making... - Volunteer Photos
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- Straw Mat Weaving 101
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This is a photo of my host mother during Pre-Service Training from March 3, 2010 in Matshipe, South Africa. A Sotho mother of eight, she loved to spend the hot South African summers laying on her woven straw mats underneath the shade. One... - Volunteer Photos
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- The Art of Silk Weaving
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I took this photo during one of my visits to a silk weaving group in my community. I was located in a subdistrict of 13 villages. Almost every house in every village had a weaving loom -all day you would hear the wood hitting the loom to make the... - Volunteer Photos
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- Yemena Weaving
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June 2011- Yemena from the Cooperative Chorouk in Tounfite, Morocco weaves a traditional carpet. - Volunteer Photos
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- Sierra Leone 1986, Man Weaving Cloth
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This picture was taken in Kabala, Sierra Leone and depicts a man weaving cloth in the traditional fashion on a handmade loom. - Volunteer Photos
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- Weaving Mats
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Weaving is a big part of a woman's life in Vanuatu. This is a photo of me learning how to weave mats from dried pandanus leaves with my host aunt Monique. - Volunteer Photos
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- Weaving Mats
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Weaving is a big part of a woman's life in Vanuatu. This is a photo of me learning how to weave mats from dried pandanus leaves with my host aunt Monique. - Volunteer Photos
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- Weaving Baskets
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Weaving of all kinds is a favorite (and traditional) activity in Vanuatu; each island claims a particular style or specialty in weaving. Here, my friend Edna is teaching me how to weave a basket in the style of the island Futuna. It was taken on... - Volunteer Photos
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- Peace Corps Fiscal Year 1966 Congressional Presentation
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Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1966. - Congressional and Legislative Materials
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- Peace Corps Congressional Presentation, Fiscal Year 1984
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Budget; Congress -
Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 1984. - Congressional and Legislative Materials
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