I am so happy here! This photo was taken on World AIDS Day with the young women in the nonprofit I started, PROLIR. We had just performed a dance in front of the government officials in my town in Mozambique, Africa. The young women were so proud...
I served as town photographer while teaching secondary school in Kolahun, Lofa County, Liberia, West Africa. This sitting was of an older woman and her grand daughter who were both called "Old Lady."
Out of respect for her age, the woman was Old...
In Lesotho, the village paths on Sundays are lined with ladies walking to church, all with traditional Basotho blankets (mofu) over their shoulders. Each blanket pattern has a name, linked to symbols of tribes or crops. The center blanket...
I took this photo of my wife, PCV Melinda Bothe, at a Masai celebration outside our town of Kibaya, Tnazania. Our site is heavily populated with traditional living Masai. So when we got invited to a celebration to watch singing and dancing,...
These women are from Ban Huay Kor, but went to Wat Non Wang Nang Boa, Amphur Phon, Khonkaen, Thailand, to pay their respects to the monk who was to be cremated later in the evening. This group of women are at every festival in their village.
My husband and I snapped this shot at our city's annual Novruz celebration. Novruz dates back to Azerbaijan's Zoroastrian roots, and builds with weekly celebrations, culminating in a festival filled with food, art, and dance. These young ladies are...
Full text of Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn's May 4, 1966 speech entitled 'Round One' given at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Vaughn discusses his impressions of Peace Corps after three years as the agency's Director, and...
Nurses; Medicine; Doctors; Disease; Health; Traditional medicine; Teachers and students; Work; Universities
A collection of letters written by Peace Corps Volunteers serving as community health nurses in Malaysia, Niger, Afghanistan, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), Turkey, Peru, Bolivia, India and Togo. No date is given, but the publication appears to...
Speech prepared for delivery before the annual luncheon, YWCA Board of Directors,
October 18, 1961, Waldorf, Astoria, New York City.
Women in the Peace Corps
by Sargent Shriver.
Full text of a brochure highlighting Peace Corps programs and activities in the field of health work. Although no exact date of publication is given, the brochure is likely from 1969.