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 Brian Loveman goes over site plans with members of the town committee selected to direct the relocation project, Trovolhue, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Brian Loveman worked with a community development project to help relocate and rebuild Trovolhue, which began experiencing annual flooding after the 1960 earthquake. Loveman worked directly with the townspeople on the project, 1965/1968.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Lynne Alper and Mapuche children holding a kitten on the Reducción Quetrahue, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Lynn Alper 1967-1969 worked in rural community development, and helped Mapuche women on the Reducción Quetrahue (Quetrahue Reservation) market their weavings.

: Peace Corps Volunteers Pat Weidner and Jim Olenhauser show a forestry film to the Mapuche members of the community, Puerto Domínguez, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteers Pat Widner and Jim Olenhauser worked in rural community development in reforestation and road construction projects near Puerto Domínguez, 1966.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Sharon Loveman chatting with a neighbor in Trovolhue, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Sharon Loveman worked with a community development project to help relocate and rebuild Trovolhue, which began experiencing annual flooding after the 1960 earthquake. As part of the project, Sharon taught home economics, taught the women in the three Centro de Madres how to can and preserve their fruits and vegetables and how to use sewing machines and patterns. Sharon also collaborated with a program initiated by the Director of the Regional hospital which trained health volunteers, establishing well-child clinics in Trovolhue and surrounding countryside, 1965/1968.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Jonathan Isleib demonstrating architectural design for his class at the Universidad Técnica del Estado in Santiago, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Jonathan Isleib taught architecture design at the Universidad Técnica del Estado in Santiago, Chile, 1966.

: Children carrying a bucket through urban slums in the Población Colo Colo, Nueva Palena, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteers worked with the community to build homes during Chile's mid-1960s urban housing deficit. Self-help housing projects were one of the ways Chile addressed urban slum conditions in the 1960s and 1970s.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Brigham demonstrates first aid bandaging, Santiago, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Brigham worked in urban community development in poblaciones in the Santiago suburbs teaching classes in first aid and nutrition, 1967.

: The Peace Corps Serving Chile booklet, 1967; A booklet outlining the history of the Peace Corps in Chile. It also gives an overview of the volunteer work and programs maintained by the Peace Corps, such as rural and urban community development, education, forming cooperatives, and helping with professional assistance.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Gail Bakken Goodhue leads a meeting with Mapuche weavers, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Gail Bakken Goodhue worked with Mapuche weavers and wood carvers in the 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 Bob Laine helping a student with arithmetic, San Fernando, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Bob Laine taught arithmetic to campesinos, and assisted with rural health programs in San Fernando, Chile, 1965/1967.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Lynne Alper and Mapuche children holding a kitten on the Reducción Quetrahué, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Lynn Alper worked on rural community development projects at the Reducción Quetrahué. She and Dan Alper replaced Gage Skinner in Quetrahué, and helped the weavers expand their market, 1968.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Chuck Lewis helps community members repair a well, near Temuco, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Chuck Lewis worked in rural community development near Temuco, Chile in 1966. He later worked as an assistant to the regional Peace Corps Director and became Associate Peace Corps Director in Honduras.