This photo was taken in a village near my post. I was invited to a wedding there- my first time attending a wedding in Cameroon. Everyone was dancing around the bride and I was just spectating until some of the dancers called me to join them. I...
On Saturdays I teach and play frisbee with the neighborhood children. This photo was a group shot after one such Saturday. I love the array of shirts and pajama tops, clothes are clothes and I especially loved their smiles.
camps and clubs; girls' education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
This was taken during our 1st annual Camp GLOW in Rwanda. GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) is a leadership, health education and empowerment camp for young women.
PCV Kate Hulbert and I had an ambitious plan to create the next Annie Leibovitz. We...
Children; Host families; Traditional dress; Food and meals
This picture was taken August 2010 when I was with my host family during my training. They were teaching me how to pound millet in order to make a very popular dish here in Burkina Faso called Tô. The photo was taken at the host family's house in...
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...