Ron Dizon collection

Collection Title: Ron Dizon collection

Description: Ron Dizon served in the Peace Corps between 1971 and 1973 in Kabul, Afghanistan working for Operation Help and the Food for Work programs to provide relief to victims of the severe drought. This collection contains photographs, reports and plans, and related documents regarding Operation Help and the Food for Work programs as well as his tour of duty in the Peace Corps.

: 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.

: 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.