A Special Message: Teachers And The Peace Corps

This is a short document meant to advertise serving as a volunteer for the Peace Corps aimed to American Teachers. It is a published version of a brief address by then Peace Corps director Sargent Shriver to a June 1962 meeting of the National Education Association in Denver, Colorado. After the short speech, wherein he extols the most exciting and personally rewarding teaching assignments possible — a classroom in Africa, Asia, or Latin America, where eager young minds are waiting for men and women like you who can teach them [unnumbered first interior page]. The document ends with a short list of important information to know before volunteering for the Peace Corps.https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/govpubs-peacecorps-brochures/1004/thumbnail.jp

Facts About Peace Corps Service

This is a 1964 edition of a Peace Corps produced fact book meant to inform prospective volunteers about the program. According to the table of contents, the following questions are covered in the fact book: who are the volunteers; how are volunteers selected; how are they trained; where are they at work; what about the draft, any language requirements; are there terms of service; are volunteers paid; what about transportation, health care; who is in charge of volunteers; can a volunteer be dropped; marriage and pregnancy policies; what about taxes, social security, insurance, student loans, civil service; and finally what happens when a volunteer completes his term of service? There is a form to send in for more information at the end

Peace Corps Facts

This is a 1965 edition of a Peace Corps produced fact book meant to inform prospective volunteers about the program. According to the table of contents, the following questions are covered in the fact book: who are the volunteers; how are volunteers selected; how are they trained; where are they at work; what about the draft, any language requirements; are there terms of service; are volunteers paid; what about transportation, health care; who is in charge of volunteers; can a volunteer be dropped; marriage and pregnancy policies; what about taxes, social security, insurance, student loans, civil service; and finally what happens when a volunteer completes his term of service

Peace Corps Facts

This is a 1965 edition of a Peace Corps produced fact book meant to inform prospective volunteers about the program. According to the table of contents, the following questions are covered in the fact book: who are the volunteers; how are volunteers selected; how are they trained; where are they at work; what about the draft, any language requirements; are there terms of service; are volunteers paid; what about transportation, health care; who is in charge of volunteers; can a volunteer be dropped; marriage and pregnancy policies; what about taxes, social security, insurance, student loans, civil service; and finally what happens when a volunteer completes his term of service

Arts And Crafts Volunteers Needed In Four Latin American Countries to Design And to Organize Village Level Artisan Cooperatives

Volunteers with handicraft and art skills have been requested by Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador to help expand present efforts to develop and promote arts and crafts production. This program was planned in hopes of materially raising the standard of living of thousands of host-country artisans. Plans include design and redesign of new products, technical pro duction advice, the formation of producer cooperatives in villages, the for mation of central cooperative companies and the promotion and sale of the products to the U.S. and other mass markets. -- [p.1

Peace Corps in Asia

All over Asia—in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey—Peace Corps Volunteers are helping people adapt 20th century knowledge to ancient traditions to produce a better modern life. In agriculture, in education, in community development and many other fields, 1,500 Volunteers are sharing their skills so that people can look forward to a more productive future. This is one way to help old and honorable civilizations flourish in the modern world. -- [p.3

Facts About Peace Corps Service

This is a 1964 edition of a Peace Corps produced fact book meant to inform prospective volunteers about the program. According to the table of contents, the following questions are covered in the fact book: who are the volunteers; how are volunteers selected; how are they trained; where are they at work; what about the draft, any language requirements; are there terms of service; are volunteers paid; what about transportation, health care; who is in charge of volunteers; can a volunteer be dropped; marriage and pregnancy policies; what about taxes, social security, insurance, student loans, civil service; and finally what happens when a volunteer completes his term of service? There is a form to send in for more information at the end

Occupational Therapists Needed Now for Peace Corps Programs in Venezuela and the Philippines

The governments of the Philippines in the Far East and Venezuela in Latin America have asked the Peace Corps to send Volunteer occupational therapists to help train host country therapists and assist in launching a program of rehabilitation in the provinces. These programs, which challenge both professional and human skills, are scheduled to enter training in February. - [p.1] The Venezuela program included the training of orderlies and nurses alongside rehabilitation for patients with a variety of problems, including specifically Hansen\u27s Disease. The Philippines program included teaching at hospitals and the University of the Philippines to train occupational therapists

Peace Corps\u27 School-to-School Program

A document describing and extolling the Peace Corps\u27 School to School program. The program is described by the then current Peace Corps director Sargent Shriver in 1964 as: a new program in which the Peace Corps will make it possible for a United States school to sponsor the building of a school overseas. The school in this country will raise the money to be used by the host country community to purchase construction materials . -- [p.6

Home Economists

Volunteer home economists are helping to alleviate the acute shortage of professionally-trained teachers in the developing nations. Some Volunteers have had previous teaching experience or education courses. Many have note. The subjects include: human relations (personal appearance, community relations, the family), foods and nutrition (balanced diets, nutrition, food preservation and preparation), clothing (textiles, sewing), child care, home improvement (cleaning and decorating the home, sanitation in the home and environment), home management (planning expenditures, budgeting), and health (hygiene, first aid, health problems of children). -- [p.1