Slide Shows
Listen to Peace Corps Volunteers talk about their experience and express their opinions through their own photographs and in their own voices.
Bolivia: When Success Is Truly Sweet
In a remote region of southern Bolivia, Peace Corps Volunteer Kristina Owens helped farmers to protect and improve their harvest of the cherimoya fruit. She interviews, observes, and even employs techniques of DNA analysis. (2008) Transcript available in Spanish.
Cameroon: The Eve of the Festival of Ramadan
Peace Corps Volunteer Daniele Fogel reveals the sights, sounds, and excitement of her northern Cameroonian community as it gears up for this important Muslim holiday. (2009)
Cameroon: Water Source Protection
Peace Corps Volunteer Lauren Fry uses her background in engineering to work with her community in Cameroon to create a springbox to protect their source of water. (2007) Lesson plan | Transcript available in French
Chad: Africa Colors A Destiny
Michael Varga served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chad from 1977–1979. Learn about culture and daily life in his village, and hear how his experiences prepared him for life as a global citizen, diplomat, and writer. (2009) Lesson plan
Chad: Spotlight on Chad
Peace Corps Volunteer Fan Yang comments on her experiences in Chad nearly three decades after Peace Corps Volunteer Michael Varga sent his "Notes to the Varga Family" in the 1970s. While listening to her commentaries, enjoy viewing photographs she took during her service in Chad in 2005-2006. (2009) Lesson plan
China: Out With the Old, In With the New
Riley Graebner, having served in China in 2002 and 2003, discusses the complexity of the culture as manifested in its propaganda, architecture, and people. (2006)
Georgia: Hazelnuts, Hemingway, and Heat
Follow Joshua O’Donnell’s vast range of experiences as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Republic of Georgia. Living on his host family’s farm, he helped to grow lemons and harvest hazelnuts. As a teacher, he created a library and taught Hemingway. And as a community member, he helped to secure a water supply and celebrated at traditional feasts. (2007)
Guinea: Fighting Soil Erosion
Steven Jacobson, a Peace Corps Volunteer who returned from the African countries of Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Guinea, takes a look at Guinea's soil erosion crisis. Steve worked with locals to build terraces and reduce runoff of fertile topsoil. (2006) Lesson plan | Transcript available in French
India: Settling In to Village Life
Experience bullock carts, a weekly bazaar, life in India’s caste system, and hard work in an Indian village decades ago. Nancy Tschetter recalls her Peace Corps service in a small village in Maharashtra, India from 1966–1968. (2009)
Kenya: My Life in East Africa
Cynthia Chenault lived in part of a tiny house in a rural village in Kenya as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Hear how she taught her students computer literacy, while fresh milk was delivered by a three-year-old girl with a pitcher. (2006)
Namibia: Go to School for a Day in Namibia!
Through studying, working, eating, and living together—and through playing together as well—Namibian schoolchildren form new families as they grow and learn. Peace Corps Volunteer Elissa Milanowski provides a unique glimpse into this world in her narrated slide show. (2009)
Niger: Healthy Girls, Healthy Villages
Enjoy vivid scenes of Nigerienne girls and women as they work and live in their village, learn about health and nutrition, and play American games during Peace Corps Volunteer Vivian Nguyen’s Girls Leading Our World Camp. (2008)
Palau: Tracking Turtles in the Western Pacific
For two years, Peace Corps Volunteer Sarah Klain helped lead efforts for sea-turtle conservation in the Pacific Island country of Palau. With local partners, she researched and tracked the marine reptiles and encouraged educational efforts to protect turtle populations. (2007) Lesson plan
Philippines: Protecting Philippine Reefs
As fish populations plummet, Peace Corps Volunteer Tommy Schultz works with Filipinos to restore the sea life depended on for food. (2007) Lesson plan
Peru: Explore Back-Country Peru
Kurtis Shank served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru, South America. His primary assignment was to work with the community to develop small businesses, and to emphasize the use of information technology. (2008) Lesson Plan | Slide show available in English and Spanish
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
Little Yellow House
by the Sea
Tour Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with returned Peace Corps Volunteers Amber and Brian Lewandowski. (2010)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
Raising Chickens, Empowering Youth
Peace Corps Volunteer Brian Lewandowski works with local sixth-graders to construct a chicken coop and begin a student-operated poultry business. (2010) Lesson Plan
Sierra Leone: Living Deep in West Africa
In the early days of the Peace Corps, Roger B. Hirschland worked in a remote village in the hilly grasslands of West Africa. See and hear what his daily life and jobs were like where the grass grew 12 feet high. (2006)
Slovakia: Working Alongside the Roma, or Gypsies
Igor Naumovski served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Slovakia, in Central Europe. His primary assignment was to work with Roma children in a former mining village. (2008)
Sri Lanka: Starting Over
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Amelia Sparks spent three months in Sri Lanka as a Crisis Corps Volunteer, working on everything from database entry to construction projects. Gain a unique perspective on the effects of the tsunami from her own words and pictures. (2006) Lesson plan
Uzbekistan: Welcome to Uzbekistan!
Peace Corps Volunteer Diego Rivera will introduce you to his host family and show you much about the family life, food, architecture, religions, and history of Uzbekistan. Slide show available in English and Spanish. (2006)
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