Peace Corps Volunteers at work in Chile

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 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 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 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.