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.
During recess the kids love to be active and play, and many like to climb things. This photo was taken in a village in the highlands of Guatemala in February 2011.
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...
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.
July 24th, 2011 - Volunteer Brian Bartley shakes hands with a local football team competing in the North Bank region's first annual Know Your Status Football Tournament. Organized by three environment Volunteers, and one health Volunteer, the Know...
Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Agriculture; Traditional dress
While serving in the village, Meri, in the Extreme North Region in Cameroon, I started a women’s soy farming group. The group consisted of some of the most dynamic women I knew in Village. To pass the time while we worked, they would teach me...