Peace Corps Volunteers at work in Chile

Collection Title: Peace Corps Volunteers at work in Chile

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Description: 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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: 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 Bill Davis does a Mapuche dance with his neighbors, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Bill Davis 1965-1967 worked in rural community development projects in the campo near Lautaro. Davis worked with reforestation and the improvement of rabbit raising methods projects in 1967.

: 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 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 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 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.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Clare Palmer holds a puppy and poses with a woman holding a baby, Toconao, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Clare Palmer 1966-1968 worked in rural community development with women in Toconao, helping them market their handicrafts.

: 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.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Fisk (center) going over plans for new houses with the Junta de Vecinos at Población Colo Colo, Nueva Palena, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Fisk 1965-1967 worked in urban community development in Nueva Palena, Chile. Fisk worked with the community to create a housing cooperative and 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 Dave St. John, left, working a cinva ram machine with fellow workers at Población Jose Maria Caro, Nueva Palena, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Dave St. John 1965-1967 worked in urban community development in Nueva Palena, Chile. St. John 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 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 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 engineer Phil Burgi surveying road into new Trovolhue town, Trovolhue, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Phil Burgi worked with a community development project to help relocate and rebuild Trovolhue, which began experiencing annual flooding after the 1960 earthquake. As an engineer, Phil surveyed for the road, the plaza, the new school, and designed a new bridge and developed a site plan, 1965/1968.

: Peace Corps Volunteer Frank Nuchi, left, with a colleague from INACAP designing a new improved hydraulic press, Nueva Palena, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Frank Nuchi 1965/1967 worked in urban community development in Nueva Palena, Chile. Nuchi 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 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 Larry Kness converses with two other men on a construction site in Barros Arana, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Larry Kness worked in urban community development as a civil engineer and master carpenter with community members in Barros Arana on a co-op and community center building, 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 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 Volunteer Paul Slattery helping a woman adjust a displayed weaving in a shop, Santiago, Chile; Peace Corps Volunteer Paul Slattery worked in urban community development from 1966-1968, working with artisan groups through out the Central Valley, helping bring their handicrafts to shops in Santiago, 1967.