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Ca' 030 98 , ., TITLE Peace Corps \.DOCUMENT RESUME ED 209 548 Ca' 030 98 , ., TITLE Peace CorPs. 2nd Annual Repott to Congre'ss for the F4cal Year Ended June 304, 1963, ' INS'TITUTI0N - Peace Cofps, Washington, D.C. PaB.DATE 63 NOTE Phdtographs will not reproduce well.. For . related documents see CE 030 699- 708,.E)D 028 368, and ED 132 308. EDRS PRICE EF01/PC04 .PIUS Postage. DESCRIPTORS Agriculture;-Annual Reports:-*Communlity Development:, Cooperative Programs; Coordination; *Developing Nations: *Economic-Develdpient: Education; Federal 1' Programs: Innovation: *International Progtams; ° *Vrogram Descriptions: Program_Improvement; Public A . A ,. : Health; Socioecon'dmic Influences; Technical ,.. Assistance; *Voluntary Agencies; Volunteers; Volunteer Trainink. IDENTIFIERS *Peace Corps s, c, .. ABSTRACT ' . ' . Projects,operatidns,:and fitureplatsare covered in this angual repOrt for the secondyear of the,Peace Corps. The,fitst sedk4on _looks attCe'Peace Corps in action in Africa, Latin America, the Far last, the Near.East,'andvSouth Asia. ,brief descriptions are provided iiii the second-section of programs 11 .eight host-countires: E1- Salvador, Ghana, Plilii.pines, Togo, Nepal, Tanganyika, North Borneo(Sarawak, and Colombia: R section on operations considers.' recruitment, selection,.&id training of volunteers; operations overseas: and staffing fot overseas service. Section 4 discusses new developments that represent kaproyements Upon past procedures and practices, including educational- television, lawyers for Africa, . training counterparts in the Uni.ted States, Gabon construction project, orientation for staff wiveu volunteer conferpnces, other nations° Peace Corps, andreturningblunteers.Othersections-focud .on the budget, unsolicited opinions from the press, iad research, ipevaluation,/and the' medical Programt. (YLB) 4 ******1c**************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS-are the best that can be made * , ... * from the original document. * *******i.********************************************44************ 4 II U.S. DEPARTMENT OP EDUCATION e NALIONAL INSTITUTE OF EOUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) The document has been reproduced u received from the- persona organization odgMating ii . Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality I' Points of view or opinions stated m this docu- ment do not necessarily represent official NIE position or policy. I. PEACECORPS A V* CONTENTS . Z00' ,, v ,. PAG1: ON THE JOBCOmmunny development It orker 4 : I THE PEACE CORPS IN ACTION Introduction 10 Africae )14 Latin America 1 6 Far East , 18 .. Near East arid South Asia 20 -1 11. 'THE 'VOLUNTEER IN: El Salvador , 53 Ghana . : Philippines 24 Togo 27 Nepal . 28 . 30 Tanganyika, . Norlh Borneo Sarawak 31 33(,..---, a Colombia I J III. OPERATIONS. A. Recruitment ' 34 B. Selection 35 C. Training 36. D. Operations Overseas 38 E. Staffing 39, I 2 *. ih. 2nd AnnualReport PAGE F., University, Private and International Cooperation 40 PEOPLE TO PEOPLE 42 IV. THE FUTURE A.' New Directions 44 . Mr B. Educational Television 44 C. Lawyers for Africa 44> D. Training Counterparts in the United States 45 E. Construction Project 45 F. Orientation for4Staff Wives 46 G. Volunteer Conferences 46 H. Other Nations' Peace Corps 47 I. Returning Volunteers . .49 . , V. BUDGET _ 52 VI. FRIENDS, CRITICS and ENEMIES - 54 VII. BACKGROUND and SUPPORT A. Research 65 B. Evaluation 66 C Medical Program 66 ON rHF JOBHealth Worker 7 3 4 3 1 4 --,,ayvortg7Vercr-'74SYO°5'IeIV:1"7 .44'4X'tk;'1:4.A"t. inunity opitent worker ,Catiais a' section of CaraT that is very high in unemployment, delinqueney'end anti-American passions. The walls of this slum, one of the 'worst irt,Latiti America, are smearedwith slogans like CUBA St YANKIS0andjtyqvia this section that Richard Nixon ,,,vas,stonedin 1958. S1ñce1uly1962, Peace Corps Volun- pteet legotney ',Page .y-,:and four others havebeen Work* .wit11411-tideat' *,,,,,tAeach the young of Cada. (60% of the '-'0411,4e ulafitels.ibetween 14 and j9.)The method f eliii4ikOthers, alt trained in physical educa- -,,,,Amr0E6:4,rits actiyities they try to instill a Kleamtokand iespeet for authority, all e' "hat cpac Clessoli'for a tough neglected !§. I .4:4.0...."... ,........_ / it % Although baseball isVenezuelafinationalsport, none of Jerry Page's. boys had ever played they couldn't afford the equipment. The first thing Page did was to get a bulldozer and truck from a 'local businessman, and volunteex labor from most of theadults .and children of Catia.Soon, they had a baseball diamond and enough equipment to form a team, which Page coached. They played a good team from the other side Caracas, tool: one game from them, and were treated to loc -cr-room showers the first time any of Page's boys had ever seenionc. Page's efforts are not limited to playing fields. Often, after a long hot day ofathletics. he will drive his jeep into the heart of Catia, rig a movieprojector on its hood and project a freefilm on the side of a house., He also spends hours helping the boyswith their studies, and has promised to assist any student with good grades toobtain a scholarship to an American university. 4 Page's boys hive affectionatelycorruptedhis name to "Peggy". At right, they extend a vigorous welcome as he arrOe% for a visit to thir homes. Foreigners who have worked in Catia for years have never been invited into a hQme, but Jerry Page has a new invitation every Su.nday., IE. fis.441?,44 -ftwiimmt 40 4 Page's rugged, outgoing manner has made a hit in the pa- racas slums where he works. Above, he visits a typical low- rent housing area in Catia. Page's mission demands 811 his t4lerits, and energy, leaving .little time to relax in his pension (right)Of his large..effort, he says. "I may or may not be successful Idon't know. But at lhe least, I have interested my boys in the idea of going further." 8 I. THEPEACECORPS IN ACTION . .?INTRODUCTION In its first year, the Peace Corps grew from an idea to areality. Operations began in 17 countries. In the second year, the reality gained in size and significance. i and A doubled Volunteer force took up the task in A6 -countries, / the Peace Corps. began preparing programs for two more.* . Aoldevement remained difficult Io- measure with micrometer Precision., But "firstgeneration" Volunteers, completing two . years of service, returned to tellof.extraordinary, perso.nal re- wards, broadened understanding of world affairs, lastingfriend- ' ships made, sand hopeful s,igns,of impact in education,agriculture. and communitydevelopment abroad' Host country, officials continued to credit thePeace Corps with . a significant role in theirdevelopment plans.Every nation in which the Peace Corps is now serving asked for moreVolunteers, and additional requests came from a score ofcountries where thsre are no Peace Corps,programs at present. Perhaps -the most definitive recognition was the presentationof the Rathon Magsaysay Award, sometimes termed Asia'sequivalent of the Nobel Prize, to Peace, Corps Director SargentShriver on behalf of Volunteers who sewed in 11 Asian nations in 1962.It was the first time the Award, establishedin 1,958 to honbr the- late President of the Philippines, had been conferred on a. non -, 4 Asian group. a "In 22 months of quiet and sometimes painful, oftendis- couraging labor,"' the Manila Evening News commented."Peace - . Corps Volunteers who cane to this part of the world havesecured a verdict not before vouchsafedto any other foreign group. ,.. Attr Peace Corps workers achieved, in less than two years an under- standing with Asian peoples that,promises to passall tests." °Voitinteers will soon arrivein1.1rUguSyandGuinea. 1C? Half way across the world Arequipa, Peru, recognition came td the Peace Corps in the form of "the Silver Medal of,Arequipa:' presenttd by Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde. The 'award is given each year to the individual or group w,,hich has molt helped the city fal,Arequipa (second largest in Peru). The demacd, for Volunteers continued to exceed by a wide margin the PeacC Corps' capacity-to respond,, While the U. S. Pence Co?ps grew in numbers, the idea itself expanded., Following an International Conference sponsored and organized by the Peace-. Coips, a.. dozen countries moved this pastyear- to implement' plans for leace Corps-type activities. Some will send Volunteers _to work in other countries.Others will recruit Volunteers for service in domestic projects within their own frontiers. The communist-controlled press throughouttheworldac- knowledged the krovvt. h of the Peace '6orps inits .own fashion. Attacks on the Peace Corps were stepped up. At the same time, comment" from the foreign press and from leaders of countries where Peace Corps Volunteers are at work grew more favor'able. Reaction of the ,American press in1962 proved to be an embarrassment of riches. Under the admiring spotlight of 'domes- tic news and editorial comment, the tr,ue picture abroad slipped out of focusSuccesses loomed larger than life,while, failures were unnoticed or simply ignored. 'Ile Volunteers ov,erseas began to wonder wholly- they were serving a reality or a legend., As the second year ended, however. a more authentic version. of the Peace Corps had begun to emerge one which reported achievements and the frustrations. The lessons of the firs/ year in the Peace Cqrps became thC, ,watchword of the secon year. ;Experience hag- proved' the im- 1 pottance of thorough advaftte egploration of Volunteer assign- ments. In the first year, efforts and talents of some underemployed Volunfeeis were wasted through no fault their own.In' the second year. scouting. of new projects was extended to the towns' or villages where the Volunteers would work, to assure tat job - 'descriptions provided. by government officials accorded witthe - realities of ,the lseal ;ituation in .y%Lhich the Volunteers ere to , e work.,' . ' The second year eroduced its own lecsons.It .became evidet, for 'example. that only' the thinnestline runs between under- supplying and over-supplying the Vollinteer5 v.ith, support .ma- feria6. Wtrena PFIlte Corps constkiiction team in Sig-I-al-Cone *, displayed 'their gasoline-powered chain' say.
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