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Africa

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That Teacher With the Wild Kids
Janet Matts Kenya 1977-79 I was lucky to be one of three volunteers asked to start the first school for children with special needs in...
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Healthy Jingles
Jack Allison Malawi, 1966-69 The first time I heard myself singing on Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, I almost fell out of the...
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The Devil’s Dance
Michael Colombo Sierra Leone 1969–1970 After two months of training we were deemed ready to head out to our appointed villages and set the...
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African Charm
Michael Varga Chad 1977–1979 Some villagers brought medications with instructions in English, Russian, French or German. They ....
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Balzac’s Saddle
John P. Hutchison Chad 1966–1968 When I arrived for training at San Francisco State University in 1966, I was already fluent in French. I was
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The Lion and the Hat
Jeanne D’Haem Somalia 1968–1970 The hat is just a bunch of little burrs stuck together with a fluffy black feather on the bill, but it
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Asia

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EASTERN EUROPE AND
CENTRAL ASIA

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Chapan Coat
Randall Ernest Trudelle Afghanistan, 1968–1969, Bolivia 1970, Peru 1971 Early in my first Peace Corps assignment, I was an architect without a home.  In 1968,
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Closets
Jeffrey Janis Ukraine 2004 –2006 Upon my arrival in Ukraine in 2004, the Peace Corps staff advised me not to tell my host family or
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The Grand Project
Rebecca Madden-Sturges The Republic of Georgia 2005–2007 Within a few weeks after I arrived in Sagarejo in September of 2005, I began to feel very
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The hookah beside my fireplace
A Brass Hookah
Lex Rieffel India 1965–1967 My friends in ghaziabad, an industrial suburb of New Delhi, were too “modern” to smoke hookahs, but when...
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Properly Dressed for the Party
Lily Loh Slovakia, 1997-1999 I love costume parties! But when my husband George and I were invited to a costume party in our town...
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Red velvet bridal wedding gown
Turkish Wedding Dress
Joanne Omang Turkey 1964–1966 Growing up as a navy brat, moving constantly, I fancied myself endlessly adaptable, easily making...
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LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

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  • ST. LUCIA
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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Alpargatas – Footwear of Need or Choice?
Patricia Wand Colombia 1963–1965 Perhaps the simplicity of the sandals, or the fibers in their composition, caught my eye. I remember...
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Poverty and Music
Anne (Snell) Bluemel Ecuador, 1976-1978 The Peace Corps sent me to Cayambe in the Sierra of Ecuador, a town between Quito and...
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NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

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PACIFIC ISLANDS

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“For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps—who works in a foreign land—will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life, which is the foundation of freedom and a condition of peace.”
– President John F. Kennedy, March 1, 1961

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