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Judith and Karl Stadler’s Service in Ecuador Years of Service: 1967-1969 My husband Karl and I served in Tulcan, Ecuador–a town of 20,000 on the Pan American Highway at the border with Colombia. Karl was a new engineer and he served with a group of engineers and linemen who were assigned to different towns in …
Laura Ehmann’s Service in Barbados Year of Service: 1984 Our group served in the Eastern Caribbean region in 1984-85. We were meant to replace Cubans working in some of the islands who were expelled after the US invaded Grenada in 1983. We were going to Barbados which at that time, we were told, had the …
Maria del Carmen Moreno’s Service in Mauritania and Mali Years of Service: 1989-1992 Maria del Carmen Moreno served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mauritania and Mali from 1989 to 1992. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New York, Moreno declined her first invitation to join the Peace Corps as an English teacher …
Dorothy Mayne’s Service in Madagascar Years of Service: 2008-2011 After several months living in my beautiful tropical town in Madagascar, I felt like I hit a wall with learning Malagasy. I could meet all of my basic needs and communicate for work (e.g., shopping, teaching), but I didn’t feel like I was making any new …
Thomas Rutherford’s Service in Nepal Years of Service: 1977-1979 “The year was 1977. Jimmy Carter was the new president, and there were high expectations that the country was going in a new and better direction. It was a great time to join the Peace Corps. When I applied to Peace Corps, I found the RSB …
Michael Merry’s Service in Peru Years of Service: 1968-1970 “Just being there!” I would spend my extra time in the afternoons with Juan, the SIPA veterinary technician, playing games with local children; tag and hide-and-seek were always fun games for the children. Juan was always on his 125 cc Honda. “What would you do with …
Laura Whitmore’s Service in Poland Years of Service: 1993-1995 It is difficult to drum down my Peace Corps experience into just memories or just one or two things to say about it. My Peace Corps experience defined me – particularly the me of the mid-1990s. As any human who grows, there are big and defining …
Cris Carusi’s Service in Nepal Years of Service: 1989-1992 I worked with Appropriate Technology Unit branches in Far Western Nepal and Surkhet. In the Far West, my work spanned three districts (Baitadi, Darchula and Dadeldhura). Bus transportation was limited, and I spent a great deal of time walking – sometimes days at a time – to …