Evaluating 50 years of impact

A little over a year ago, John Chromy (India 1963-65) began gathering narratives on programs where the cumulative efforts of Peace Corps Volunteers and their host country counterparts have become permanent elements in improving the lives of millions of people. Published posthumously, “When Small Things Make Great Things Possible” shares a 50-year perspective on 10 Peace Corps programs that demonstrate the lasting impact of service.

Asian Travels: 1967-75 A photographic journey, by Noel Zinn (India 48)

 Asian Travels: 1967-75 A photographic journey, by Noel Zinn (India 48) 

Noel's eight-year photographic journey begins in South Asia as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1967 growing rice in India and then in Nepal in 1969 trekking through the Himalayas to the base camp of Mount Everest. Then it moves to Southeast Asia. Arriving broke in Singapore in 1970 Noel found work as a navigator aboard a seismic vessel exploring in the Indian Ocean and the Bering Sea, then as the administrator of several geophysical land crews in Indonesia. He spent his off-time in Singapore where he met his future wife, Pauline, a Dutch national with the Netherlands embassy there. Noel and Pauline began a year of travel throughout Southeast Asia in 1974 with a three-month stay in Bali. Later travels included Indonesia (of course), Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Burma, all photographically documented with insightful commentary, before returning to the States via North Africa in 1975.

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By John Chromy, India 3