Saturday, March 1, 2014

Happy Birthday, Peace Corps!

March 1 marks the 53rd birthday of the U.S. Peace Corps.  It's incredible to me that JFK had created the organization (under the State Department) within about 6 weeks of taking office.  The first volunteers were on the ground in Ghana before the end of the year.

I am lucky to have found an active Returned Peace Corps community in Portland, and it is exciting to learn from others (many significantly my senior) who have served in countries all around the world and who continue to believe in the importance of the Peace Corps and its mission.

This is a picture-of-a picture of two of the wall hangings in the Peace Corps provincial office in Northern Province.  The President of Zambia, elected during my service, and an old school PC poster overlooked many a report-writing and Skyping session in that office.