Peace Corps Volunteers at work in Chile

Title: Peace Corps Volunteers at work in Chile

Abstract: This collection contains images taken by Kay Muldoon-Ibrahim, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and former Peace Corps Photographer. The images depict Peace Corps Volunteers working with Chilean community members to further programs in areas such as urban and rural community development, education, public health services, artisan cooperatives, and housing projects.

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: Peace Corps Volunteer Rex Jackson posing with his fourth grade students in a classroom, Melipeuco, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Rex Jackman with fourth grade students, Melipeuco, Chile, 1997.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Gaye Gilbert talks with a local man, near Quepe, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Gaye Gilbert 1965-1967 worked in rural community development in reducciones near Quepe, Chile. During her time in Chile Gilbert helped to build a 50 meter suspension bridge and was able to help the community with health problems because she spoke the Mapuche language.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Richard Bennett and an unidentified man in a science lab at the Universidad de Chile in Montemar, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Richard Bennett taught marine biology and researched in the Oceanography Department of the Universidad de Chile in Montemar, Chile, 1976.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Janie Beers presents a bowl of food to locals, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteers Janie Beers worked in rural community development with villagers.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Emery Panosh practices with the band that he helped restart after a 1960 earthquake, Valdivia, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Emery Panosh worked in urban community development. He taught musicians to read music and repair their instruments after a 1960 earthquake devastated the area, 1966.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Charlotte St. John at the Centro de Madres with community members from the Población Jose Maria Caro in Santiago, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Charlotte St. John worked in Población Jose Maria Caro in Santiago, Chile, 1966.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Bill Egan with friends at Población Colo Colo, Nueva Palena, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Bill Egan worked in urban community development in Nueva Palena, Chile. Egan worked with the community to build homes during Chile's mid-1960s urban housing deficit. This self-help housing project received a lot of publicity from New York Times reporter, Juan de Onis, philosopher Walter Lippmann, Robert Kennedy, and President Nixon.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Denny Darrympele instructs a población resident in weight lifting, Santiago, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Denny Darrympele taught Santiago población residents physical fitness and electric wiring, in Santiago, Chile, 1966

: Peace Corps Volunteer Larry Recter gives a lecture on crop production, Caburgua, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Larry Recter 1965-1967 worked in rural community development in the campo near Caburgua on a school construction project.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Dick Powell talks with an expert in rabbit farming at an Angora rabbit cooperative, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Dick Powell worked in rural community development with campesinos near Angol, Chile to help start an Angora rabbit production cooperative.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Gail Bakken Goodhue displays Mapuche weavings and handicrafts at a conference, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Gail Bakken Goodhueworked with Mapuche weavers and wood carvers in Llama Volcano and Laguna Iclama regions to sell their crafts to supplement income. The Mapuche women of this region make traditional blankets, mantas, saddlebags, belts, and the Ski Llama vest. Mapuche men of this region make musical instruments and small wooden carvings.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Peter Walsh plays his accordion for co-workers at the inauguration of their co-op and community center in Barros Arana, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Peter Walsh worked in urban community development in Barros Arana, Chile, 1966.