{"id":399,"date":"2014-02-12T12:59:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T17:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/?p=399"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:14:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T18:14:39","slug":"going-above-and-beyond-community-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/going-above-and-beyond-community-partnerships\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Above and Beyond: Community Partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tIn a statement issued March 1, 1961, President Kennedy acknowledged that Peace Corps Volunteers would never make a fortune from their service abroad.\u00a0 Most made enough to subsist. Nevertheless, volunteers often went above and beyond\u2014taking on additional projects to satisfy the community\u2019s needs.\u00a0 Projects included recruiting volunteer labor and additional funding for renovating and construction projects.<\/p>\n<p>During his service in Paraguay, Robert Meade oversaw a school partnership project to build an elementary school.\u00a0 A school in Bethesda, Maryland partnered with the Paraguay community and raised $700 for the construction.\u00a0 Meade documented the efforts of local volunteers, as well as the entire building process, through photography.\u00a0 The partnerships created during the school project\u00a0represent the essence of the Peace Corps.\u00a0 Robert Meade created the captions below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_401\" style=\"width: 1491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/02\/Meade020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-401\" class=\" wp-image-401 \" title=\"Robert Meade, School Partnership, 1968-1969\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/02\/Meade020.jpg\" alt=\"Paraguayan workers on the building of Maria Auxiliadora Elementary School. Bricks were made nearby and all labor on the school was voluntary.\" width=\"1481\" height=\"1033\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Paraguayan workers on the building of Maria Auxiliadora Elementary School. Bricks were made nearby and all labor on the school was voluntary.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_402\" style=\"width: 2231px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/02\/Meade021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402\" class=\" wp-image-402 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/02\/Meade021.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Putting on the roof of Maria Auxiliadora.&quot;\" width=\"2221\" height=\"1433\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Putting on the roof of Maria Auxiliadora.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_403\" style=\"width: 2208px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/02\/Meade022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-403\" class=\" wp-image-403 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/02\/Meade022.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Oxcart delivering bricks for the school project.&quot;\" width=\"2198\" height=\"1450\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Oxcart delivering bricks for the school project.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To learn more about Peace Corps Volunteers in Paraguay, visit the Peace Corps Community Archive at American University.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement issued March 1, 1961, President Kennedy acknowledged that Peace Corps Volunteers would never make a fortune from their service abroad.\u00a0 Most made enough to subsist. 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