Answering Kennedy's call
Subtitle: pioneering the Peace Corps in the Philippines
By: Editors: Parker W. Borg, [et al.]
Edition: Peace Corps Writers 1st ed.
Publisher: Peace Corps Writers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oakland, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9781935925019
Subjects: Peace Corps (U.S.); Peace Corps/Philippines; Description and travel; Biography
Description: Less than six weeks after his inauguration on January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy signed an Executive Order establishing the Peace Corps. The authors of the essays in this book volunteered in the first year and were selected for the Philippines program, the first in Asia. The determination and spirit of the early volunteers around the world made the Peace Corps succeed despite great odds. Fifty years later, these early Philippines volunteers recall why they joined, what they experienced and how it has affected their lives. -- P. [4] of cover.