^/'•^■•^■■"A^^^ -r %^Wh PEACE CORPS PROJECT NEEDS MAY I ? ^ 5 ; I In deciding whether to voliinteer for the PeacA(^:Ts, a person.^, .' must ask himself "What skill do I have that is neededAjT ^e hest ^nsvwr to this question comes from the countries vhich have aiked Tjbe_EeS.j^e ^ Corps to give them a hand. The following list describes monjr of^ifefe Jobs which countries have asked the Peace Corps to fill. It is not an exhaustive list; new projects calling for different skills and eureas of knowledge stre constantly being developed. Do not be abashed by the titles of some of the positions listed. The title does not necessarily in?)ly the level of skill or escperience required for such a position in the United States. For example, we ex- pect that a Volunteer may qualify to teach physics if he has majored in physics in college. While education courses woiild be helpful, they are not prerequisites. In many instances Volunteers will acquire necessary levels of skill in the course of the Peace Corps training program. The name of the country where a project is to be located has been omitted in some cases. This omission occvirs because discussions with the foreign government ijivolved are still progressing. In other cstses either recruitment or training has been ccxnpleted. The jobs filled are listed___ to give you an understanding of what has > ' jn done. Man3r;9,i];i|ilar pr^j^ects are now being considered for other co\intries. LATIN AMERICA Chile: U.a. »f POWTOWY Thirty men sind ten women to serve in the following capacities: agricultviral extension, demonstration and teaching of home crafts and industries, teaching of carpentry, home economists, health instruc- tors, recreation supervisors, radio technicians. The project will be administered by the Associated Universities of Indiana in co- operation with the Institute de Educacion Rural in Santiago. Training is at the University of Notre Dame. Colcmbia: Sixty-fovir men to work in villages with trained Colombian counter- parts. Together they will help to construct farm to market roads, build small schools, dig wells, excavate and stock fish ponds, teach anlniflT husbandry, establish children's recreation areas and encourage cooperative farm in^jrovement . The project will be ad- ministered by CARE. Training is at Rutgers University. St Lucia: Twelve men and women to conduct a pilot program in agricult\iral and community improvement that eventually might spread to sQJ. of the West Indies. Two will care for and distribute poultry emd swine. One will work at an agrictiltural experiment station. One will operate a small feed plant and one will help organize farm youth clubs. Three will help train elementaxy teachers, one will help establish an adult education system and one will teach farming to youths who have finished primary school. One will work aB « home economics aussistant and one will work with a chain of medical - 2 - aid stations which provide emergency treatment and preventive services. The project will be administered by Heifer, Inc., a non-secretarian, non-profit organization which donates livestock to needy coimtries. Training will be at Iowa State University. Project planned: Approximately 50 men and women to organize and act as counselors to farm youth clubs similar to the h-E and Future Farmers of America organizations. Project Planned: Fifteen men and women for a national school of agriculture and a national riaral extension service. Four will be teaching assistants, one in horticiilture, one in agronomy, one in animal htosbandry and one in bacteriology and biology. One will instruct in the operation and repair of farm machinery. Eight will act as assistants in general agricultural extension efforts, one will encourage the organization of farm youth clubs emd one will be a specialist in home economics programs. NEAR EAST Project planned: h8 men to work in a program to improve farming methods: 5 technicians for soil aind water laboratories and land classification; four mechanics for farm equipment; 28 to demonstrate the use of farm equipment; eight to teach animal husbandry, and three to serve as research assistants. Project planned: 30 "to U5 surveyors; 5 to 10 civil engineers; 15 to 25 geologists, hydrologists or soil analysts; 3 "to teach in trade schools; ^4- to 6 to serve as vocational training advisors; eight to 12 to teach English in secondary schools; 11 to I6 registered niirses and 22 to 32 practicsJ. nurses. ASIA East Pakistsm: 30 men and women will work in five small towns. Two audio - visual specied-ists to develop educational films; two men to teach physical education; 5 to work vmder the director of the Pakistan Academy for Village Development, including an experienced farmer, a mechanic, a youth worker, a librarisin and a communications specialist; 9 to help develop the ref-ugee town of Mirpur, including 2 mechanics, a town planner, a sociologist, a nurse, a medical assis- tant, a carpenter, bricklayer and a sanitary engineer; 3 civil engineers, an electrical engineer, an athletic instructor, three teachers in three of the following fields, sociology, political science, international relations, American history, American litera- tiire and economics; two irrigation specialists, a mechanical engineer and an agriculttiral extension teacher. India: 2k men: 7 to teach farm management; k to teach the care and raising of poultry; 3 to demonstrate the use and care of farming Implements and simple machinery; 2 to teach methods of dairy farming; 2 to show how to make farm tools emd demonstrate their use in the field; an architect and a construction engineer to improve rural buildings; two to give vocational training in the operation of lathes, in electro-plating, sheet metal work and electrical wiring and two to assist at a training institute for small industries. Training will be at Ohio State University. Project planned: Men and women to act as college instructors in physics, botany, zoology and English, registered nurses, radio therapists, well drillers, mine foremen, as assistant librsirian for a college of animal husbandry, assistant museum cvirator for the same college, histologist, bio-chemist, electrical engineer, electronic engineer, internal, combustion expert and hospital equipment maintenance speci- alist. Malaya: 70 men and women: 2 librarians, two statisticians, two sirchitects, 2 civil engineers; 15 secondary school teachers of physics, chemis- try, biology and geography; ten instructors of apprentices in radio and television servicing, refrigeration and air conditioning, car- pentering, plumbing, motor mechanics, armature winding, master mechanics, diesel engines, machining and electrical installation; 7 experienced heavy machinery supervisors; 10 road surveyors; 5 soil analysts; one accovmtant; k registered ntirses; 2 gradxmte nurses; one bacteriologist; one bio-chemist, and 6 hospital labora- tory technicians. The project will be administered by the Peace Corps. The training site is yet to be chosen. Philippines: 300 men and women, inclxoding married couples, to act as teaching aides in English and general science in elementary schools. The f)roject will be administered by the Peace Corps and training will be at Pennsylvania State University. Project planned: 72 men and women, including university instructors in education, town planning, landscape architecture, economics, sociology, English, mechanical engineering, ccanmerce and various sciences; instructors in crafts and hams economics; teachers of agricvilture; teajns to help eradicate malaria; entomologists; tech- nicians in microscopy and teachers of English in secondary schools. AFRICA Ghana: 50 to 75 men and women, including married couples, to teach mathematics, physics, biology and English in secondar schools. The project will be administered by the Peace Corps and training has been completed at the University of California at Berkeley. IIIIVERSITY OF FLORIDA , 3 1262 08851 7130 - h - Tanganyika: 28 men, Incliiiing 20 road surveyors, four geologists and k civil engineers. They will survey farm to market roads, design bridges and culverts and conduct geological mapping. The project •will be administered by the Peace Corps. Training has been com- pleted at Texas Western State College. Nigeria: 3 projects involving different areas, have been approved. They are: 14-5 men and women, including married couples, to teach one or more of the following subjects in secondary schools: English, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and history. The project training will be conducted at Harvard University. It will be administered by the Peace orps. 30 men amd women, including married couples, to serve as university instructors in the following subjects: agric\ilture, biology, biosiness administration, chemistry, dramatics, English, painting, sciilpture, Erench, journalism and mathematics. The project will be administered by the Peace ^orps. The training institution is yet to be selected. Approximately 100 volunteers to serve as secondary school teachers in the following subjects physics, chemistry, biology, mathe- matics, general science. Pi anch, Latin, commercial courses; agri- cvilttire, geography, economics, English and history. The project will be administered by the Peace Corps* Training will be conducted by the University of California at Los Angeles. Project planned: 38 inen and women to teach the following subjects in secon- dary schools: mathematics and science (lO); English and humanities (k); social science (3), physical education (3); trade and cretft skills (13) and farming (6). Project planned: 35 nien who are journey men or who have been teachers in vocational schools. They will be instructors in carpentry, masonry, welding, electrical wiring, auto mechanics and radio repair. UNITED NATIONS PROJECTS h6 men to teach dairying methods; Ik to be instructors in the hiisbandry of beef cattle, 10 in the care of sheep, 10 in sheep raising, 12 in the production of swine, 10 in po\iltjy; 60 men and women to teach nutrition and home economics; 21 men and women to help form youth clubs and 20 men to help establish agricultvireJ. cooperatives .