{"id":504,"date":"2014-04-02T12:48:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T16:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/?p=504"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T18:12:23","slug":"new-arrivals-peace-corps-orientation-in-paraguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/new-arrivals-peace-corps-orientation-in-paraguay\/","title":{"rendered":"New Arrivals: Peace Corps Orientation in Paraguay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tAs Paraguay III arrived in December 1969,\u00a0Peace Corps\u00a0staff greeted\u00a0and educated new\u00a0volunteers\u00a0about the place they would call home for the next two years.<\/p>\n

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“Arrival of Paraguay III volunteers, Asuncion International Airport, December 1969.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Assistant Director Tony Bellotti addressing newly-arrived Paraguay III volunteers in Peace Corps office, Asuncion.”<\/p><\/div>\n

The previous images, as well as the ones that follow, are part of the Robert Meade collection.\u00a0 As a member of Paraguay II from\u00a01968-1969, Meade traveled\u00a0throughout Paraguay documenting his experiences.\u00a0 Those images enabled Meade\u00a0to create\u00a0a slide show to educate new trainees, as well as others, about Paraguay.\u00a0 Included in his slide show are images of eastern Paraguay, historic sites, Peace Corps activities, and the capital city Asuncion.\u00a0 Meade\u2019s orientation slide show presents\u00a0unique images of the country and people, and ultimately provides volunteers with an idea of the places and work they might experience.\u00a0 After completing his two-year commitment, Meade continued working as a trainer in Peace Corps training centers located in Escondido, California and Ponce, Puerto Rico.\u00a0[Note: All image captions were written by Robert Meade.]<\/p>\n

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“Itinerant vegetable vendor, Asuncion.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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“‘Campo’ about 50 miles east of Asuncion along the main road.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Paraguayan girls selling ‘chipa,’ a chewy cheese bread found throughout the country, Eusebio Ayala.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Near Colonia Sroessner, far east Paraguay.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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“The Church of San Roque in Caazapa. Caazapa was founded in 1607 as a Franciscan mission. The town\u2019s name means ‘after the forest’ or ‘in the clearing’ in Guarani.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Curing yerba mate over a mud over. Mate, an herbal tea, is the favored drink in the Paraguayan countryside.”<\/p><\/div>\n

To see more images from Paraguay, visit the AU Archives and browse the Robert Meade Collection.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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