Cornell University revisits Vicos, Peru
Cornell was involved with the community of Vicos, Peru in the ’50s and the ’60s. Decades later, the Vicos community invited Cornell University to return and evaluate what happened with the Cornell innovations after so many years. In the sixties, Cornell University also trained Peace Corps Volunteers to work in Peru. I believe this report should be a model for all RPCVs and Peace Corps staff. It simply, at the request of the host community, reviews and reports what worked and what did not. That is what, I believe, Peace Corps should do. A half-century later, Cornell revisits a small Andean village By Bill Steele July 23, 2009 More than 50 years ago, a Cornell mission to a small village in the Andes introduced social changes that made a profound improvement in the life of the village. Today, echoes of that mission are still visible and may help the community . . .
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Great story---congrats to Cornell and the people of Vicos.