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Christie Pearson-Musa
Sierra Leone 1981–1983
People in modern societies take for granted the clothes they wear since clothing is usually made…
Angene Wilson
Liberia 1962–64
I began my education in African proverbs when my husband and I taught 6-12 English and History at…
Steve & Lois Hirst
Liberia 1962–1964
While watching him work on those pensive afternoons, I learned that Dru came from a family of carvers…
Cynthia Tse Kimberlin
Eritrea 1962–1964
I was a member of the first Peace Corps group to Ethiopia and the first American woman of Chinese…
Betty Hiebert
Lesotho 1993–1995
I had planned to travel after retiring from my long career in elementary education, and at age 63, I…
Frank Mitchell
Tanzania 1961-1964
was ready to leave my magical, down-to-earth home at Bwiru Boys’ Secondary School, near Lake…
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Evelyn Kohl LaTorre
Peru 1964–1966
Two months before the end of our Peace Corps assignment in Abancay, Peru, my roommate Marie and…
Kay Dixon
Colombia 1962–1964
When President Kennedy asked, “What can you do for your country?” I wrote a letter volunteering for…
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– President John F. Kennedy, March 1, 1961
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