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My Eritrean Sister
I first noticed Mhret and her son Tefera in October 1964 when they arrived by bus in Adi Teclesan, the village in Eritrea where my ...
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From Czechoslovakia to Africa
I was born and grew up in Czechoslovakia, did competitive ballroom dancing, escaped in 1986 through Yugoslavia, came to the USA, learned English, earned a ...
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Learning of Loss and Dignity
Each school day in the town of Anecho began with our 400 students lining up in the quad outside their respective classrooms. Headmaster Etienne Adotevi ...
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The Story of a Little Boy with a Broken Arm
Journal entry, Bignona, Senegal, January 1967: A few weeks ago, a little boy came over to show us that his wrist was swollen stiff. It ...
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Kindness of Strangers
Picture a tiny village, just a few houses next to the lagoon that separates Keta—a coastal town and the center of traditional Ewe weaving—from Ghana’s ...
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Sixty-five Latrines
We always began digging a hole in the early morning…..and covered it with tin so no one would fall in the hole during the night.
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Asia

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EASTERN EUROPE AND
CENTRAL ASIA

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Sewing in Nepal
Bernice L. Haner Nepal 1991–1993 After raising six children and working multiple jobs, it was finally time to retire. I put my retirement...
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LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

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Miriam’s Dream
Joe Thigpen Brazil – 1963-1965 I was a 21-year-old Peace Corps Volunteer working in community development in Capinzal, Santa...
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Images of Peace
Alyssa Galik Colombia 2016–2018 Cartagena has always been a place of contradictions, a city of “magical realism” (realismo mágico), where...
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Working With “Lost” People
Rosemarie Ricks Ecuador 1994–1996 In some ways, being a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador was less challenging for me than for most of...
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Carved Artesania
Nicola Dino Ecuador 1994–1997, Leaving Ecuador The last day of service in my community—Juan Montalvo, Province of Carchi—was one of the most...
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The Coal Pot
Deborah Manget St. Lucia 1978–1979 Peace Corps sent me to St. Lucia, an island in the Caribbean, to teach home economics to middle school...
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Huipil Blouse
Catherine Blumhorst Guatemala 1988–1991 Guatemala is a country full of iconic post-card images, from the smoking volcanos, to the colonial era...
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NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

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PACIFIC ISLANDS

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