{"id":1751,"date":"2017-09-20T10:03:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T14:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2023-04-07T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T17:48:08","slug":"after-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/after-the-move\/","title":{"rendered":"After the Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tThe Peace Corps Community Archives (PCCA) began at American University in the spring of 2013, and by September already had 12 collections. Four years and a move later that number has grown to 69 collections, both from groups and individuals. With these collections come some interesting statistics that you can discover below about how the archive has grown over the years. (Note: Numbers refer to number of individual collections.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

People<\/strong>
\n*while most volunteers entered as single adults, a few of them served with their spouse<\/em><\/p>\n

2013: 17 Men, 10 Women<\/p>\n

2017: 37 Men, 31 Women, including 5 couples<\/p>\n

Most Common Types of Work<\/strong><\/p>\n

2013: Education – Health & Sanitation – Community Development<\/p>\n

2017: Education – Community Development – Environment & Health<\/p>\n

Decades of Service
\n<\/strong>The Peace Corps was founded in 1961 and volunteers have been serving ever since, and continue to serve to this day. Every decade since 1961 is represented in our collections.<\/p>\n

2013: \u00a021, 1960s – 4, 1970s – 0, 1980s – 0, 1990s – 2, 2000s – 1, 2010s<\/p>\n

2017: \u00a042, 1960s – 6, 1970s – 6, 1980s – 1, 1990s – 6, 2000s – 2, 2010s<\/p>\n

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Where Served
\n<\/strong>Peace Corps volunteers serve all around the world in 60 different countries. Below is where the volunteers from our collections have served through the years.<\/p>\n


\nCentral America<\/strong>
\n2013: 2 \u00a0 \u00a0 2017: 10
\nBelize – Dominican Republic – Eastern Caribbean – Haiti – Honduras – Jamaica – Mexico – Panama<\/em>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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South America<\/strong>
\n2013: 13 \u00a0 \u00a0 2017: 20
\nBolivia – Chile – Colombia – Paraguay – Peru – Suriname<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Africa<\/strong>
\n2013: 5 \u00a0 \u00a0 2017: 19
\n<\/em>Ghana – Kenya – Mali – Morocco – Nigeria – Senegal – Sierra Leone – Uganda<\/em><\/p>\n

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Eastern Europe\/Middle East<\/strong>
\n<\/em>2013: 2 \u00a0 \u00a0 2017: 4
\nAfghanistan – Turkey – Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n

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Asia\/Pacific Islands<\/strong>
\n<\/em>2013: 6 \u00a0 \u00a0 2017: 8
\n<\/em>Fiji – India – Malaysia – Philippines – Thailand<\/em><\/p>\n

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The archive has grown quite a bit since 2013, and we are excited about the diversity of the collections that are now available to the public. But we would love to keep growing! We are always looking to add to the PCCA, so if you can fill in the gaps or are interested in finding a home for your collection of Peace Corps materials please contact us.
\nEmail: archives@american.edu \u00a0 \u00a0 Phone: (202) 885-3256\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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