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Author : Mike Tidwell
Release : 1990
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Ponds of Kalambayi by : Mike Tidwell
Download or read book The Ponds of Kalambayi written by Mike Tidwell. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's two years in a remote tribal chiefdom in central Zaire.
Author : Mike Tidwell
Release : 2011-10-18
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 044/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ponds of Kalambayi by : Mike Tidwell
Download or read book Ponds of Kalambayi written by Mike Tidwell. This book was released on 2011-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lovers of fine travel and adventure writing will savor Mike Tidwell’s richly acclaimed narrative of his days as a Peace Corps volunteer. His task was to help people in the remote corners of Zaire raise tilapia in ponds they would dig themselves, with muscle power alone. This book—with a new introduction by the author—is a masterful account of culture clash, generosity of spirit, and true grit. It is a must-read for anyone with aspirations to “change the world.”
Author : Peace Corps Office of World Wise Schools
Release : 2008-09
Genre : Education
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Book Rating : 096/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Voices from the Field by : Peace Corps Office of World Wise Schools
Download or read book Voices from the Field written by Peace Corps Office of World Wise Schools. This book was released on 2008-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication "Voices From the Field" contains personal essays written by returned Peace Corps Volunteers, accompanied by standards-based language arts lesson plans and workshops that Stengthen students' reading comprehension and writing skills. Engage and inspire students to respond to the text and create original narratives Broaden students' perspectives on the world and themselves.
Author : Stanley Meisler
Release : 2012-02-07
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 512/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis When the World Calls by : Stanley Meisler
Download or read book When the World Calls written by Stanley Meisler. This book was released on 2012-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the World Calls is the first complete and balanced look at the Peace Corps’s first fifty years. Revelatory and candid, journalist Stanley Meisler’s engaging narrative exposes Washington infighting, presidential influence, and the Volunteers’ unique struggles abroad. He deftly unpacks the complicated history with sharp analysis and memorable anecdotes, taking readers on a global trek starting with the historic first contingent of Volunteers to Ghana on August 30, 1961. In the years since, in spite of setbacks, the ethos of the Peace Corps has endured, largely due to the perseverance of the 200,000 Volunteers themselves, whose shared commitment to effect positive global change has been a constant in one of our most complex—and valued—institutions.
Author : Alvin J. Hower
Release : 2020-07-07
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 566/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis No Greater Service by : Alvin J. Hower
Download or read book No Greater Service written by Alvin J. Hower. This book was released on 2020-07-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: March 1, 2021, Peace Corps turns sixty. Its mission—to teach a skill and to spread the Peace Corps brand of goodwill around the world—still resonates. In No Greater Service, author Alvin J. Hower highlights its relevance yesterday, today, and the years to come. This memoir offers a stirring, personal, vivid, and action-packed account of a Peace Corps volunteer’s remarkable life in the underserved areas of the southern Philippines. With curiosity, empathy, and wry humor, Hower creates a distinct Peace Corps photo memoir. An avid photographer, he produced more than 5,000 images of everyday people and the awe-inspiring beauty of a nation of 7,641 islands. He was a teacher and social worker in General Santos City, and a management consultant for a mission school in the remote mountains of Lake Sebu, Surallah, working and living with the indigenous T’boli people featured in the August 1971 National Geographic Magazine. No Greater Service also serves as a history of his host country, providing information about its complex customs and traditions as well as the notable stories of Filipinos he met and their fascinating updates fifty years later. At times hilarious, others sad and grim, it also shares a love story of his romantic alliance with a Filipina girl.
