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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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A Daughter’s Pride
Arianna (Ari) Richard Eswatini 2017-2019 The first time someone called me their daughter in Eswatini, I felt intensely grateful before a sadness descended into my ...
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Diversity Day at Tororo
The busuti is the traditional dress of women in some regions of Uganda. Khangas are rectangular cloths worn by men and women in East Africa ...
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Simba and Tembo
For over 47 years, these two dark-brown, glass beer bottles sat idly on the top shelf of my bookcase with handicrafts and textbooks from my ...
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Lessons of the Bao Board
John Hatch Tanzania - 1963-66 During my first observation of a Bao game in 1964 in Kahama, Tanzania, my KiSwahili was not fluent in KiSwahili....
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Silver and Saddles
Cathy Sunshine Niger 1975–1977 During my second year as a health educator in Aderbissinat, Niger, my partner and I had new saddles ....
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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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  • HONDURAS
  • NICARAGUA
  • PARAGUAY
  • PERU
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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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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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