This photo was taken inside a classroom at a men's prison in July of 2008 in Concepcion, Paraguay. I organized a world map mural with eight prisoners who were working on achieving their high school diplomas while they finished their prison...
This photo was taken December 3, 2011 during an event to mark the observance of World AIDS Day. This little girl attended the event, which included a candlelight vigil, a skit competition and informational session on SIDA. A group of young people...
The women at the literacy association where I worked made this cake as part of the World AIDS Day celebration that we held on Dec. 1, 2011 in Morocco. The event featured a SIDA skit competition, a candlelight vigil, and informational session about...
These girls were my students at the Dar Chebeb (Youth House) in Ouled Berhill, Taroudant, Morocco. I would teach them Spanish and English and help them on their french. We established weekend hours to play, learn about health and talk about what...
Pupusas are the national snack of El Salvador. They are made with corn or rice flour, and stuffed with cheese and other ingredients (beans, chicharron, ayote, etc.). Pupusas are eaten in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, but El Salvador claims...
This is my version of Costa Rica's most traditional breakfast, gallo pinto. Gallo pinto literally means "speckled rooster", and this dish gets its name from its speckled appearance of the two main ingredients, beans and rice. The dish also includes...
This was a World AIDS Day March that I organized along with New Life Organization in Grenville, Grenada. We distributed information about HIV and AIDS, a list of places that provide free testing and counseling, and red awareness ribbons.
Children; Education; Work; Schools; Teachers and students;
This is the first World Map Project Map in what was to become a standard Peace Corps activity worldwide. It is in the school in Hondo Valle, Dominican Republic. Volunteer Barbara Jo White is working with two high school students on the map. It was...
My Associate Peace Corps Director (APCD) suggested me to do this project with my students. It was a huge success and the students and faculty loved the project.
Schools; Teachers and students; Art; World Map Project
The photo was taken in March of 2008. My students and I were working on a World Map Project. We took a large wall that everyone walks past at the school and drew a mural of a world map. This photo shows us in the finishing stages of painting it. We...
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.