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- Title
- Film for Action: Construyamos una escuela
- Date
- 1966/1968
- Creator
- Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
- Publisher
- Peace Corps (U.S.)
- Description
- "Construyamos una escuela" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Pesca. It shows the indigenous people living in the Andes mountains, building a school with PCV Gary Walker and PCV Architect Jim Carlisle. This film was also used to illustrate how inhabitants had to look for and be persistent with getting aid for projects from the government.
- Subject
- Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_film_for_action_4
- Type
- documentaries (motion picture genre)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1720
- Rights statement
- Copyright held by filmmakers. Film should be cited as follows: John Greven and Cliff Witt, Film for Action, Friends of Colombia Archive, American University
- Title
- Film for Action: Piedras como esta
- Date
- 1966/1968
- Creator
- Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
- Publisher
- Peace Corps (U.S.)
- Description
- "Piedras como esta" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Granadillo. It depicts the indigenous people building foot paths and bridges over a river in the southern Colombian mountains, led by PCV and civil engineer Gary Bryant. This project allowed the inhabitants to be able to take their produce to the nearby markets.
- Subject
- Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_film_for_action_3
- Type
- documentaries (motion picture genre)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1719
- Rights statement
- Copyright held by filmmakers. Film should be cited as follows: John Greven and Cliff Witt, Film for Action, Friends of Colombia Archive, American University
- Title
- Film for Action: Tendremos mas que puentes
- Date
- 1966/1968
- Creator
- Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
- Publisher
- Peace Corps (U.S.)
- Description
- "Tendremos mas que puentes" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Tumaco. It depicts a pacific coast culture working on their project to build foot bridges over the tidal flats.
- Subject
- Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_film_for_action_1
- Type
- documentaries (motion picture genre)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1717
- Rights statement
- Copyright held by filmmakers. Film should be cited as follows: John Greven and Cliff Witt, Film for Action, Friends of Colombia Archive, American University
- Title
- Film for Action: Un canto a mi tierra
- Date
- 1966/1968
- Creator
- Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
- Publisher
- Peace Corps (U.S.)
- Description
- "Un canto a mi tierra" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Arbeláez. It shows the mestizo people and PCVs Jim and Kathy Hardcastle with their school vegetable garden demonstration project, used to teach better practices of land use and nutrition.
- Subject
- Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_film_for_action_2
- Type
- documentaries (motion picture genre)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1718
- Rights statement
- Copyright held by filmmakers. Film should be cited as follows: John Greven and Cliff Witt, Film for Action, Friends of Colombia Archive, American University
- Title
- Peace Corps Program Memorandum for Agriculture and Rural Development Programs in Northeast Brazil 1970-1972
- Date
- 1970
- Subject
- Agriculture -- Brazil; Rural development -- Brazil
- Country
- Brazil
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Reeder_0001
- Type
- memorandums
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3164
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Peace Corps Volunteer Janie Beers presents a bowl of food to locals, Chile
- Date
- [date of publication not identified]
- Creator
- Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
- Description
- Peace Corps Volunteers Janie Beers worked in rural community development with villagers.
- Subject
- Rural development -- Chile; Volunteer workers in community development -- Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Beers, Janie
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0038
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2288
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Peace Corps Volunteer Lynne Alper and Mapuche children holding a kitten on the Reducción Quetrahué, Chile
- Date
- 1968
- Creator
- Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
- Description
- Peace Corps Volunteer Lynn Alper worked on rural community development projects at the Reducción Quetrahué. She and Dan Alper replaced Gage Skinner in Quetrahué, and helped the weavers expand their market, 1968.
- Subject
- Mapuche Indians; Rural development; Volunteers -- Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Alper, Lynne
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0027
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2264
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Peace Corps Volunteer Sharon Loveman chatting with a neighbor in Trovolhue, Chile
- Date
- 1965/1968
- Creator
- Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
- Description
- Peace Corps Volunteer Sharon Loveman worked with a community development project to help relocate and rebuild Trovolhue, which began experiencing annual flooding after the 1960 earthquake. As part of the project, Sharon taught home economics, taught the women in the three Centro de Madres how to can and preserve their fruits and vegetables and how to use sewing machines and patterns. Sharon also collaborated with a program initiated by the Director of the Regional hospital which trained health volunteers, establishing well-child clinics in Trovolhue and surrounding countryside, 1965/1968.
- Subject
- Rural development -- Chile; Volunteer workers in community development -- Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Loveman, Sharon
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0051
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2300
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.