Ron Dizon collection

Operation Help final report
Final report, including photographs taken by PCVs Ron Dizon and James C. Hicks, from Operation Help. The Peace Corps and USAID send volunteers to participate in Operation Help, an Afghanistan government effort to provide relief to victims of severe drought. This program fed 250,000 before the winter of 1972.
Operation Help plan
Working plan for Operation Help created by the Coordination Committee. The Peace Corps and USAID send volunteers to participate in Operation Help, an Afghanistan government effort to provide relief to victims of severe drought. This program fed 250,000 before the winter of 1972.
Peace Corps Afghanistan Rural Public Works and Food for Work program description
Peace Corps document outlining the background and volunteer involvement for the Rural Public Works and Food for Work Program in Afghanastan.
Letter of recommendation for Ron Dizon written by Abe S. Ashcanase, 14 June 1973
Letter of recommendation written by Abe S. Ashcanase, Assistant Director for Management for the United States of American Agency for International Development, regarding Ron Dizon's involvement with the Peace Corps and the Operation Help report.
The Gospel According to Timothy and James
Account of The Either Or Otter Corps (EOOC) in Afghanistan during the 1972.
Peace Corps Afghanistan: 1964-1978
A 244 page document of personal stories and photographs from sixty-four returned Peace Corps Afghanistan Volunteers.
Afghanistan Black & White: Slideshow
Slide show of black and white photograhs taken in Afghanistan.
Death on the Darzak
Photograph of a person wearing a black robe and carrying a long staff. The person walks along a rocky terrain near a steep cliff on the Darzak Plains of Afghanistan, c. 1971-1973. Mountains and clouds can be seen in the background.
Hope - Jawand, Afghanistan
An elderly woman, wearing a dark robe and a headscarf, sits outdoors on the desert ground with her hands clasped. She is seated next to three people dressed in black robes. They await food and humanitarian aid in Jawand, Afghanistan, c. 1971-1973.
The Wait - Food Relief
A young girl and boy wait for food and humanitarian relief in Afghanistan, c. 1971-1973. The girl is dressed in a long, dark embroidered robe that covers her head. She covers her mouth with her right hand as she hugs the boy, who is standing to her left. The boy is wearing an embroidered robe and a Mazari cap, or Pashteen hat. A tree branch extends into the frame from the top left corner, and a wall made of rocks can be seen in the background.
Letter from M.I. Majid-Seraj to Ron Dizon, February 15, 1973
Digitized by Archives, Letter from M.I. Majid-Seraj, Chairman of the Coordination Committee for Operation Help, thanking Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon for his work in famine relief in Afghanistan.
Either Or Otter Corps Convocation Photos, 1973-Present, Slideshow from "Portland Convocation - A Moment in Time Reunion - July 26-29, 2012 - Special Thanks to Jim Poplack, Jim Hicks, Fritz Laurenovics"
Slide slow created by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon, who served in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. This slide show displays personal photographs of Peace Corps volunteers taken after their service concluded in 1973, including photographs of post-service reunions at Yosemite National Park and in Las Vegas, Nevada, among others. It was presented during the volunteers' 2012 Moment in Time Reunion in Portland, Oregon.
Exhibition Photographs - Afghanistan 2012 slideshow from "Portland Convocation - A Moment in Time Reunion - July 26-29, 2012 – Special Thanks to Jim Poplack, Jim Hicks, Fritz Laurenovics"
Slide slow created by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon, who served in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. This slide show displays personal photographs of Peace Corps volunteers from the Either Or Otter Corps, which was sent to Afghanistan in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken after the volunteers completed their Peace Corps service in 1973. Many of the photographs show the volunteers spending time together at the 2012 Moment in Time Reunion in Portland, Oregon.
Peace Corps Afghanistan - Volunteers 1971-1973 slideshow from "Portland Convocation - A Moment in Time Reunion - July 26-29, 2012 - Special Thanks to Jim Poplack, Jim Hicks, Fritz Laurenovics"
Slide slow created by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon, who served in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. This slide show contains personal photographs of Peace Corps volunteers in the Either Or Otter Corps, which they took during their service in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. These volunteers attended the Moment in Time Reunion, which took place from July 26th through July 29th, 2012 in Portland, Oregon.