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Brochures

This page is a collection of Peace Corps produced brochures and pamphlets that vary in scope and in purpose. The documents are small and were meant to be given out and easy to carry. Most of the brochures were meant to help recruit new volunteers for the Peace Corps. Due to the age of these documents and the time periods in which they were published in, some language may be out of date or some country names may no longer be accurate.

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Asian and Pacific Americans in the U.S. Peace Corps

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"For 30 years and in 100 countries Asian & Pacific Americans have been working quietly on some very tough problems. They are Volunteers in the United States Peace Corps." -[p.2]
United States Peace Corps

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"For over 25 years, Peace Corps Volunteers in developing nations have been making history an inch at a time. In a world that has changed dramatically during those decades, the Peace Corps has remained a steady symbol of how our nation cares—people-to-people." -[p.2]
United States Peace Corps: The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"Since 1961, Peace Corps volunteers have been sharing their skills and energies with people in the developing world. They are helping these people learn new ways to fight hunger, disease, poverty and lack of opportunity. In return, volunteers are seeing themselves, their country and the world from a new perspective." -[p.5]
Black Americans and the U.S. Peace Corps

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"More than 5,000 Black Americans have lived and worked in the villages and towns of over 90 developing countries. Black Americans work side by side with farmers, mothers, village elders and children in their daily battle against hunger, disease and poverty." -[p.4]
Peace Corps: For Over 25 years It's Been Making a World of Difference

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"For over 25 years, Peace Corps Volunteers in developing nations have been making history an inch at a time. In a world that has changed dramatically during those decades, the Peace Corps has remained a steady symbol of how our nation cares—people-to-people." -[p.1]
Peace Corps: Agriculture

Peace Corps (U.S.)

This is a brochure for the Peace Corps to potential volunteers. It describes opportunities available in agricultural volunteering, as well as possible benefits to your post Peace Corps life. It also includes a list of desired skills and qualifications of potential volunteers. There are anecdotes and information about benefits for Peace Corps volunteers.
Peace Corps: Business

Peace Corps (U.S.)

This is a brochure aimed at potential Peace Corps volunteers interested in business development. It describes the various opportunities and challenges you may face in the role, as well as the requirements and benefits. It contains experiences from previous volunteers to give perspective on what the position is like and what they gained from volunteering. This is the 1985 edition of this brochure.
Peace Corps: Community Development

Peace Corps (U.S.)

This document is a brochure meant to advertise the Peace Corps to prospective volunteers. It includes information about Peace Corps benefits and general duties. There is a section about how volunteering with the Peace Corps will help the prospective volunteer not just develop the communities they are inserted in, but also help them develop themselves. It includes the personal anecdotes and testimonies of four volunteers who have worked in different countries.
Peace Corps: Fisheries

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"Through fish farming, you help people in developing nations help themselves in many ways . . . increased protein consumption means better health . . . fish pond construction, development and maintenance produce marketable skills and marketable products . . . fish culture is a durable, productive outlet that has sustained increased living standards among many families who would otherwise live at subsistence levels." -[p.2]
Peace Corps: Forestry

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"In the Peace Corps, you will work both with trees and with people. You will not plant and manage trees by yourself. You will inspire and motivate your host country citizens to do it for themselves. In teaching them how to develop and maintain their own natural resources, you will leave more behind than trees, and you will come away with more than technical skills." -[p.4]
Peace Corps: Special Education

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"As a Peace Corps Volunteer in special education, you can make a difference. You can apply all your creativity, flexibility, determination, goodwill, knowledge and dedication toward helping special children, particularly in isolated, rural areas." -[p.2]
Peace Corps: Agriculture

Peace Corps (U.S.)

This is a 1984 edition of a Peace Corps brochure about Peace Corps volunteers and agriculture. Several pages include anecdotes from volunteers about their background pre-Peace Corps and their experiences volunteering with the organization. It includes information on what volunteers can expect as well as regulations for joining the Peace Corps.
Peace Corps: Business

Peace Corps (U.S.)

This is a brochure for the Peace Corps to potential volunteers, and is aimed particularly at volunteers with experience or knowledge of topics related to business. It briefly describes the types of business related skills that the Peace Corps and potential host communities are looking for. Three anecdotes about volunteers and how their skills aided communities are included with connected photography. Some basic facts and regulations regarding the Peace Corps and what they expect out of volunteers are included at the end.
Peace Corps: Community Development

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"Men and women are needed as Peace Corps Volunteers to help with community development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. People in developing nations need skilled, ingenious, energetic and adaptable volunteers to help improve local craft marketing, to upgrade women's self-sufficiency projects, and to increase employment opportunities in rural areas." -[p.2]
Peace Corps: Education

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"Men and women with education expertise are needed as Peace Corps Volunteers around the world. Developing nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America need skilled, ingenious, energetic and adaptable volunteers, both as teachers and for teacher training." -[p.2]
Peace Corps: Health/Nutrition

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"If you are a doctor, nurse, therapist, medical technician or are knowledgeable in health and nutrition, you are desperately needed as a Peace Corps Volunteer to fill a vital role in combating and preventing disease. Whether you are assigned to train health professionals in a large urban center or to counsel mothers on child care and nutrition in an isolated village, you will be providing the most important service in your career." -[p.4]
Peace Corps: Home Economics and Nutrition

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"Men and women trained in home economics and nutrition are needed as Peace Corps Volunteers in countries around the world. Developing nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America need skilled, ingenious, energetic and adaptable volunteers." -[p.2]
The Peace Corps Families

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"Families may obtain general news about the country in which their volunteer is serving, and about the volunteer's assignment, through the appropriate Peace Corps Country Desk Unit, which is the liaison between Washington, D.C., and the Peace Corps staff overseas." -[p.3]
Peace Corps: Education

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"Men and women with education expertise are needed as Peace Corps volunteers around the world. Developing nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America need skilled, ingenious, energetic and adaptable volunteers, both as teachers and for teacher training."-[p.2]
Peace Corps: Engineering

Peace Corps (U.S.)

This is a pamphlet advertising Peace Corps opportunities and needs for engineers. "Engineers are in demand in the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America as volunteers. The Peace Corps needs civil, mechanical, environmental, mining and metallurigical engineers, as well as chief surveyors." - [p.2]
Peace Corps: Health Services

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"Trained men and women are in demand as Peace Corps volunteers by the health services of developing nations around the world in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Here the skills of ingenious, energetic and adaptable volunteers mean new hope." -[p.2]
Peace Corps: Agriculture

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"Men and women with agricultural degrees—or with farm experience— are in demand as Peace Corps volunteers in countries around the world. Developing nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America need skilled, ingenious, energetic and adaptable volunteers in all types of agriculture." -[p.3]
Peace Corps: Business

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"Countries around the world need Peace Corps volunteers to work on economic growth. Skilled, ingenious, energetic and adaptable volunteers are in demand on all levels of business in Africa, Asia and Latin America." -[p.3]
Peace Corps: Community Development

Peace Corps (U.S.)

"Men and women are needed as Peace Corps volunteers to help with community development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. People in developing nations need skilled, ingenious, energetic and adaptable volunteers to help improve local craft marketing, to upgrade women's self-sufficiency projects, and to increase employment opportunities in rural areas." -[p.3]
Current Openings, Fall 1977: Peace Corps, VISTA

ACTION (Service Corps)

This document is advertising to prospective U.S. citizens positions with the Peace Corps. And also to both U.S. citizens and permanent residents positions with VISTA, or Volunteers in Service to America. The Peace Corps side of the brochure lists specific fields and numbers of positions in specific countries for professionals to volunteer. The VISTA side is more general on the potential volunteer opportunities in poor communities in the United States.