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Sixteen Peace Corps Volunteers are at work on a rural development project on the island of St. Lucia - From The Volunteer Newsletter November 1961
They are helping to increase livestock and vegetable production, to establish modern irrigation systems, to introduce modern soil conservation practices and to develop a farm youth organization on the island. This program is designed to serve as a pilot project for other islands in the West Indies Federation.
Sixteen Peace Corps Volunteers are at work on a rural development project on the island of St. Lucia - From The Volunteer Newsletter November 1961
Saint Lucia:
Sixteen Peace Corps Volunteers are at work on a rural development project on the island of St. Lucia.
They are helping to increase livestock and vegetable production, to establish modern irrigation systems, to introduce modern soil conservation practices and to develop a farm youth organization on the island. This program is designed to serve as a pilot project for other islands in the West Indies Federation.
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Peace Corps Annual Report: 1961; Peace Corps Saint Lucia; Directory of Saint Lucia RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Saint Lucia RPCVs; The 1960's
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