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.
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 Volunteer is working as a math-science teacher in Jaisidanda, W. Nepal. high school students. Here she is shown on front porch of the home where she lives.
This Volunteer works at a local government veterinarian hospital in Pokhara working in animal husbandry and the vet care program. Here he is shown in his room.
PCVs Jeff MeCaskey and Joyce Parker relax in the living and bed-room of her house in Dhankuta. Joyce is from Amsterdam, N.Y. and her assignment is to work to improve the operations of a TB lab. Jeff is a TEFL teacher from Shaker Heights, Ohio,...
A Volunteer is shown in front of his home in Matunwa, Kenya, where he is an advisor to a local farming cooperative. Only the area immediately behind the door is his; the space at right is the village store. The motorcycle serves as his...
A Volunteer stands before the cooking hut attatched to his small home in the village of Matunwa, Kenya. He advises a farming cooperative in the village in Kenya’s western Kisii region.
ACTION Peace Corps Volunteer in Nairobi, Kenya is a staff Physician at the Medical Training Center. He also acts as an advisor to area health programs. Robert is pictured here at home.
This ACTION Peace Corps Volunteer works in Nairobi, Kenya. He is a staff Physician at the Medical Training Center. He also acts as an advisor to area health programs. Here he with his little girl at home.