The people of Micronesia/US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI)  hosted Peace Corps Volunteers starting in 1967 in the then named districts: Marshall Islands, Ponapae, Truk, Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), Yap, &  Palau.  In 1978 the NMI became a US Commonwealth and PC ceased sending PCVs to the CNMI.

This site shares content as provided by PCVs/staff/trainers who served between 1967 and 1978.  The site was founded in 2016 by Kit Porter Van Meter, NMI PCV, to share her photos with the people of Rota where she lived from 1967-1969.  With support from Micronesia PC volunteers/staff/trainers, friends and the Northern Marianas Humanities Council the site now includes stories, remembrances, photos, videos, audio, Youtube stories, documents, art, articles & reports related to PC in Micronesia. 

On this site, you can learn from Tom Zink about PCVs working on the 1969 MicrOlympic Games on Saipan; John Whitbeck shares about the boat he was in sinking on the way to Tinian; Jim Moses shows & writes about Japanese artifacts and ampules found on Tinian; George Will tells about fishing with his “tata’; and Fay Nelson shares a video & photos from Rota.  More than twenty RPCVs share their photographs, videos and stories

Kit Porter Van Meter and Michael Sousa have made just a few additions to the website since March 2020 (COVID).  They have been adapting the website to add new additions from RPCVs since they designed and launched it in 2016. Now in 2024, at age 80, Kit plans to archive the website.  If you are interested in continuing it, contact us.

Additional documents & content related to Micronesia and Oceania are in KPV Collection.

Scroll down below for website's Twelve sections 

1) Peace Corps Volunteers,
​Staff, Trainers & Micro Groups

Books & articles, stories about training, about Peace Corps Micro Groups and general information about Peace Corps

2) Photo Inventory
​& Flickr

All slides & photos submitted by our contributors are here. You can now comment on photos/pictures using our new host: Flickr.

3) PC Stories
​& rememberances

Stories, vignettes and memories of times past by PCVs and other contributors

4) KPV COLLECTION ARCHIVE:
​PC CONTENT

Assorted box content from the KPV Collection that is specifically about Peace Corps.

5) Art &
Artifacts

Items preserved from times past, via photo and through narrative. Wood carvings, stone, woven, adornments, Japanese occupation & WW2, TT era.


6) Music​

Music recordings from 1960-1980s submitted by contributors can be viewed/listened to here.

7) PCV & Staff
​Content

Images, audio, stories, and more--from contributors who served as Peace Corps Volunteers, or Staff, in the Marianas.

8) PC Related:
Printed

Images, audio, stories, and more--from contributors who served as Peace Corps Volunteers, or Staff, in the Marianas.

9) YOUTUBE
​STORIES 

Curated images and audio put together into a slideshow, hosted on Youtube.

10) After Pc:
​Volunteers Reconnect

After their service is done, PC Volunteers reconnect and reunite to share their stories and lives.

11) About PCV Memories & 2019 Updates/Stories

A short narrative about our website, and our tracked updates/storties utilizing a grant (May 2019 to December 2019) from the Northern Marianas Humanities Council.

12) ENCOURAGERS, COLLABORATORS &
​SUPPORTERS

This entire effort would not have been possible without continued encouragement and support: click here to see who has helped along the way.