Peace Corps Volunteers at work in Chile

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Children carrying a bucket through urban slums in the Población Colo Colo, Nueva Palena, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteers worked with the community to build homes during Chile's mid-1960s urban housing deficit. Self-help housing projects were one of the ways Chile addressed urban slum conditions in the 1960s and 1970s.
First Lady Hillary Clinton conversing with event attendees at the opening of the Internado Centro Cultural Mapuche in Temuco, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteers Will Cady 1992-1994 on right and Quinton Harris 1995-1998 attend the inauguration of the Internado Centro Cultural Mapuche, and discuss its mission with their guest, First Lady Hillary Clinton, 19 April 1998.
First Lady Hillary Clinton speaking at the closing ceremony of the Peace Corps in Chile, Santiago, Chile
First Lady Hillary Clinton speaking at the United States Embassy in Santiago for the closing ceremony of the Peace Corps in Chile after four decades of service, 20 April 1998.
A Mapuche woman and man standing with their oxen and cart, Chile
Mapuche woman and man, who are indigenous Chilean inhabitants.
Peace Corps Volunteer Amanda Herrera walking hand-in-hand with a group of Mapuche children going to the opening of the Internado Centro Cultural Mapuche, Temuco, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Amanda Herrera with Mapuche children in traditional dress going to the inauguration of the Mapuche Cultural Center. Behind is the completed Internado Cento Cultural Mapuche, 19 April 1998.
Peace Corps Volunteer Barbara Honer dances with Mapuche villagers, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Barbara Honer worked with the Mapuche community, Chile, 1968.
Peace Corps Volunteer Bill Egan with friends at Población Colo Colo, Nueva Palena, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Bill Egan worked in urban community development in Nueva Palena, Chile. Egan worked with the community to build homes during Chile's mid-1960s urban housing deficit. This self-help housing project received a lot of publicity from New York Times reporter, Juan de Onis, philosopher Walter Lippmann, Robert Kennedy, and President Nixon.
Peace Corps Volunteer Blanch Everhard sits next to a student at a loom during her weaving class at the Instituto de Educación Rural in Curicó, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Blanch Everhard taught weaving at the Instituto de Educación Rural in Curicó, Chile, 1966/1967.
Peace Corps Volunteer Brian Loveman goes over site plans with members of the town committee selected to direct the relocation project, Trovolhue, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Brian Loveman worked with a community development project to help relocate and rebuild Trovolhue, which began experiencing annual flooding after the 1960 earthquake. Loveman worked directly with the townspeople on the project, 1965/1968.
Peace Corps Volunteer Charlotte St. John at the Centro de Madres with community members from the Población Jose Maria Caro in Santiago, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Charlotte St. John worked in Población Jose Maria Caro in Santiago, Chile, 1966.
Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Brigham demonstrates first aid bandaging, Santiago, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Brigham worked in urban community development in poblaciones in the Santiago suburbs teaching classes in first aid and nutrition, 1967.
Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Fisk (center) going over plans for new houses with the Junta de Vecinos at Población Colo Colo, Nueva Palena, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Fisk 1965-1967 worked in urban community development in Nueva Palena, Chile. Fisk worked with the community to create a housing cooperative and build homes during Chile's mid-1960s urban housing deficit. This self-help housing project received a lot of publicity from New York Times reporter, Juan de Onis, philosopher Walter Lippmann, Robert Kennedy, and President Nixon.
Peace Corps Volunteer Dave St. John, left, working a cinva ram machine with fellow workers at Población Jose Maria Caro, Nueva Palena, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Dave St. John 1965-1967 worked in urban community development in Nueva Palena, Chile. St. John worked with the community to build homes during Chile's mid-1960s urban housing deficit. This self-help housing project received a lot of publicity from New York Times reporter, Juan de Onis, philosopher Walter Lippmann, Robert Kennedy, and President Nixon.
Peace Corps Volunteer Denny Darrympele instructs a población resident in weight lifting, Santiago, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Denny Darrympele taught Santiago población residents physical fitness and electric wiring, in Santiago, Chile, 1966
Peace Corps Volunteer Dick Powell talks with an expert in rabbit farming at an Angora rabbit cooperative, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Dick Powell worked in rural community development with campesinos near Angol, Chile to help start an Angora rabbit production cooperative.
Peace Corps Volunteer Don Cameron and local villagers carrying plants down a dirt road in Temuco, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Don Cameron worked on a reforestation project which aimed to help improve foraging and crop production in Temuco, Chile, 1966.
Peace Corps Volunteer Emery Panosh practices with the band that he helped restart after a 1960 earthquake, Valdivia, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Emery Panosh worked in urban community development. He taught musicians to read music and repair their instruments after a 1960 earthquake devastated the area, 1966.
Peace Corps Volunteer engineer Phil Burgi surveying road into new Trovolhue town, Trovolhue, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Phil Burgi worked with a community development project to help relocate and rebuild Trovolhue, which began experiencing annual flooding after the 1960 earthquake. As an engineer, Phil surveyed for the road, the plaza, the new school, and designed a new bridge and developed a site plan, 1965/1968.
Peace Corps Volunteer Frank Nuchi, left, with a colleague from INACAP designing a new improved hydraulic press, Nueva Palena, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Frank Nuchi 1965/1967 worked in urban community development in Nueva Palena, Chile. Nuchi worked with the community to build homes during Chile's mid-1960s urban housing deficit. This self-help housing project received a lot of publicity from New York Times reporter, Juan de Onis, philosopher Walter Lippmann, Robert Kennedy, and President Nixon.
Peace Corps Volunteer Gage Skinner in traditional dress sitting with Mapuche peoples, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Gage Skinner served in Chile between 1964-1966 under the supervision of the Dirección de Asuntos Indígenas (DAI). Skinner helped start the successful Mapuche beekeeping venture and proposed marketing the sticks and balls from the traditional Mapuche game of chueca, which sold out in Temuco. Next came drums, flutes, wooden masks, and cradle boards. Profits from the sales went one-quarter to the crafts person and the rest to the Reducción Quetrahue's women's organization for the purchase of wool and dye for weaving projects. After the Peace Corps, Skinner became a cultural anthropologist, with a specialty in Native American studies. Skinner eventually donated his extensive collection of Mapuche arts and crafts to San Diego's Museum of Man.

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