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Peace Corps
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The film chronicles the history of the agency, from its idealistic origins during the Cold War through multiple political shifts, controversies, and dramatic events in world affairs.
Peace Corps Kenya began in 1964 and remains one of the oldest Peace Corps programs in Africa
We have just added an online exhibition about Malian Bogolan (mud cloth) to the website of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Check out these five playlists of Smithsonian Folkways tracks related to the 2011 Festival programs.
This installment of Festival Audio features a conversation with two returned Peace Corps volunteers: Jimmy Schneidewind, who served in Mozambique from 2007 to 2009 in HIV/AIDS and health education, and Yung-Mei Haloski, who served in China from 1997 to 19
The Opika Performance Group from Perechyn, Ukraine, reconnects local orphaned children with their region’s culture and heritage through performances of Ukraine’s diverse song and dance traditions
In her work with the Peace Corps, Frances Parsons has worked to promote communications for deaf people in communities around the world.
Congressman John Garamendi and his wife were both Peace Corps volunteers in the late 1960s
Here are the top ten photos posted on Flickr from day ten of the Festival.
While the 2011 Festival is now over, we hope you'll keep uploading those gorgeous images to our Festival Flickr site
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