Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps in New York, United States. Shriver delivers a speech about the activities of Peace Corps volunteers, men and women seated in the background. He says that Peace Corps volunteers are treated equally all over the world irrespective of their religion. He narrates an incident about a Roman Catholic volunteer living in a Protestant Church. He also quotes from an article published in an Indian newspaper, Times of India and how the assumptions made in the article have been proved wrong by the Peace Corps volunteers. He gives examples of how Peace Corps volunteers live in difficult conditions. Some of them teach in Latin American University whereas other live at a slum in Rio De Janeiro.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps in New York, United States. Shriver delivers a speech about the success of Peace Corps volunteers, men and women seated in the background. He quotes an example of a Peace Corps volunteer who got elected to the supreme board of directors of all the slums in a city in Peru. Shriver says that future peace depends on creating awareness among the downtrodden masses. He narrates an incident how the Bolivian Ambassador praised the work done by Peace Corps volunteers in Bolivia.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps in New York, United States. Shriver delivers a speech about the success of Peace Corps volunteers. He narrates an incident about how President Kennedy received a warm welcome in Colombia because due to the efforts of Peace Corps volunteers people believed America was on their side. He says that Peace Corps have led people all over the world to believe that America is sincerely working for the poor.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps in New York, United States. Shriver at the end of a speech about the activities of Peace Corps volunteers, answers questions of the audience. He clarifies that the Peace Corps is free from the government control and the State Department has never dictated terms to the Corps. He also tells that Peace Corps is open to people who do not have a college degree in a specific field. A man delivers a vote of thanks to Shriver and audiences applaud in appreciation.
The United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, United States. Delegates discuss the issue of invasion of South Korea by North Korea (Korean War period). Soviet representative Yakov Malik boycotts the presence of Nationalist Chinese representative and walks out of the meeting.
Major events of the year 1957. Volunteers and firefighters carry on an operation to rescue Benny Hooper from the bottom of a 20 feet deep well in New York, United States. Benny put in an ambulance after being rescued after 24 hours.
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