Author: Gerard T. RicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Twenty Years of Peace Corps
Author: Gerard T. RicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Peace Corps--1961-1981
Author: Making a Difference
Author: Milton ViorstThe Peace Corps in South America
Author: Fernando PurcellPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030248089
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
In the 1960s, twenty-thousand young Americans landed in South America to serve as Peace Corps volunteers. The program was hailed by President John F. Kennedy and by volunteers themselves as an exceptional initiative to end global poverty. In practice, it was another front for fighting the Cold War and promoting American interests in the Global South. This book examines how this ideological project played out on the ground as volunteers encountered a range of local actors and agencies engaged in anti-poverty efforts of their own. As they negotiated the complexities of community intervention, these volunteers faced conflicts and frustrations, struggled to adapt, and gradually transformed the Peace Corps of the 1960s into a truly global, decentralized institution. Drawing on letters, diaries, reports, and newsletters created by volunteers themselves, Fernando Purcell shows how their experiences offer an invaluable perspective on local manifestations of the global Cold War.
Looking at Ourselves and Others
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cross-cultural studies
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
"Looking at Ourselves and Others contains lesson plans, activities, and readings that help students understand components of their own culture and leads them to appreciate and understand differences between their culture and that of others."--Home page.
The Peace Corps
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government OperationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Making a Difference
Author: Milton ViorstPublisher:
ISBN: 9780517029824
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Peace Corps Syndrome
Author: Ron HortonPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Finally, the definitive book on Peace Corps. The saga of a twenty-two year old, gung-ho volunteer to the Amazon and his coming of age while stationed with a voluptuous thirty-five year old nurse. From the most remote Indian villages to the beaches of Ipanema in Rio, PEACE CORPS SYNDROME is the unforgettable story of a passion to save lives, Peace Corps bureaucracy, and life on the Brazilian frontier. May not be suitable for young readers. Selected for the Library of Congress permanent collection.
Voices from the Peace Corps
Author: Angene WilsonPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813129826
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961. In the fifty years since, nearly 200,000 Americans have served in 139 countries, providing technical assistance, promoting a better understanding of American culture, and bringing the world back to the United States. In Voices from the Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Kentucky Volunteers, Angene Wilson and Jack Wilson, who served in Liberia from 1962 to 1964, follow the experiences of volunteers as they make the decision to join, attend training, adjust to living overseas and the job, make friends, and eventually return home to serve in their communities. They also describe how the volunteers made a difference in their host countries and how they became citizens of the world for the rest of their lives. Among many others, the interviewees include a physics teacher who served in Nigeria in 1961, a smallpox vaccinator who arrived in Afghanistan in 1969, a nineteen-year-old Mexican American who worked in an agricultural program in Guatemala in the 1970s, a builder of schools and relationships who served in Gabon from 1989 to 1992, and a retired office administrator who taught business in Ukraine from 2000 to 2002. Voices from the Peace Corps emphasizes the value of practical idealism in building meaningful cultural connections that span the globe.
Author: Peace Corps (U.S.)