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- Puppy Promotion
- Animals; HIV-AIDS
- This photo was taken at a Peace Corps organized HIV/AIDS educational event in Olmos, Lambayeque in the North of Peru in November, 2011. My puppy became the mascot by wearing a red ribbon and being sweet with kids and people watching the event.
- Volunteer Photos
- John S. Noffsinger & the Global Impact of the Thomasite Experience
- 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.
- Historical Papers and Articles
- The Peace Corps in Chile, 1961 - 1968
- 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...
- Historical Papers and Articles
- Growing Trees for Fish Food
- agriculture; environment
- Volunteers teach farmers how to grow trees with high nitrogen leaves which can be used to fertilize fish ponds. Rural Aquaculture Promotion Project, Northern Province, Zambia, Sept. 2001.
- Volunteer Photos
- Bujumbura, Burundi Jane Goodall Chimp Sanctuary 1990
- Animals; Environment
- This was taken at the Jane Goodall Chimp Sanctuary in Bujumbura, Burundi. While I was living in Bujumbura on the weekends I used to volunteer at the sanctuary to help feed and play with the chimps. Aly, the chimp in my right arm was one of my...
- Volunteer Photos
- Living with the Pinatubo Aetas
- Ceremonies; Culture shock and adaptation; Folklore; Natural disasters; Traditional medicine
- Volunteer Stories
- Sue and Richard Helping to Clear the Plot
- Children; Environment
- Even the children enjoyed working with us and wanted to help with the project. Children accompany their parents to the garden and learn how to plant, harvest and prepare the local foods.
- Volunteer Photos
- David Griggs andWith
- children; environment
- Forestry Peace Corps Volunteer David Griggs happened upon a neglected Indian reservation of the Ache/Guaiyaki in the forests of eastern Paraguay in April 1971. This first encounter led to my service working with the Ache/Gaiyaki. Ultimately, Peace...
- Volunteer Photos
- Preparing to Spray Fruit Trees
- Children; Host community; Environment
- Ernie is showing neighbor children Behrouz Salehi and Shahab Daregari what he is doing to prepare the pesticide to spray on the fruit trees. This photo was taken at our house in Kerend, Iran, Summer 1970
- Volunteer Photos
- Inspecting Rice Seedlings
- Agriculture; Environment
- This Volunteer is shown talking with the D.A.D.O. (District Agricultural Development Officer) as they inspect rice seedlings on the government experimental farm in Janakpur. They are concerned about an insect attack on the seedlings. The Volunteer...
- Agency Photos
- Papaya and Pineapple Plot
- Environment
- We planted this papaya and pineapple plot early in our service. It provided fruit for the staff and extra food was brought to the hospital in Lata. At our going away feast before we completed our service, one Temotu friend said "you did not...
- Volunteer Photos
- Natural Design
- environment
- Photo taken while visiting "Las Cajas" National Park near Cuenca, Ecuador. This highland paramo is almost always wet and the vegetation is truly one-of-a-kind in terms of it's surreal presentation.
- Volunteer Photos
- A Volunteer Working with Agricultural Students
- Environment
- A Guinea Volunteer is working directly with agricultural students to provide guidance on proper planting and care of a root crop.
- Volunteer Photos
- Wildlife Biologist
- Agriculture; Environment; Fishing
- This Volunteer is a wildlife biologist at Mole National Park in Ghana. His duties include anti-poaching activities, general management of the park, and compiling wildlife surveys on the number and species of animals and their food, movement, and...
- Agency Photos
- Women Planting Yams
- Environment; Gardens
- In this photo the wives of FES staff and work crew helped to plant yams in ITTA plot. Yams are one of the staple foods in the Solomon Islanders' diet. Yams are roasted over an open fire, baked in the traditional stone oven, cooked in pot with...
- Volunteer Photos
- FES Work Crew
- Environment; Host community friends
- This is Ed and Sue with our local work crew (and friends). The project we were assigned was called Improved Temotu Traditional Agriculture (ITTA), a tree crop farming system based on traditional tree crops, such as breadfruit, several varieties of...
- Volunteer Photos
- Scarecrow Made of Banana Leaves
- Host community friends; Environment; Wildlife
- I knew when I arrive in the morning that something was up. The fish farmers were very excited and they said that there was something that they wanted to show me. In Gahombo they had a lot of problems with Hammerkops (birds) stealling the fish. I...
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Volunteer in Sri Lanka
- Host families; Host community friends; Environment
- Photo of host father and friends enjoying themselves in the water pond in Pibidunugama-Sri Lanka.
- Volunteer Photos
- INDIA 32
- Life skills
- Volunteer Stories
- Lessons from my Peace Corps Experience
- Religion; Host community friends; International conflicts; Housing
- Volunteer Stories