President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps on March 1,
1961. In the fifty years since, nearly 200,000 Americans have served
in 139 countries, providing technical assistance, promoting a better
understanding of American culture, and bringing the world back to the
United States.
In _Voices from the Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Kentucky Volunteers,_
Angene Wilson and Jack Wilson, who served in Liberia from 1962 to
1964, follow the experiences of Peace Corps volunteers as they make
the decision to join, attend training, adjust to the job and living
overseas, make friends, and eventually return home to serve in their
communities. They also describe how the volunteers made a difference
in their host countries and how they became citizens of the world for
the rest of their lives. Among many others, the interviewees include a
physics teacher who served in Nigeria in 1961, a nineteen-year-old
Mexican American who worked in an agricultural program in Guatemala in
the 1970s, a builder of schools and relationships who served in Gabon
from 1989 to 1992, and a retired office administrator who taught
business in Ukraine from 2000 to 2002. _Voices from the Peace Corps_
emphasizes the value of practical idealism in building meaningful
cultural connections that span the globe.
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ISBN
9780813140100
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
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The University Press of Kentucky
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Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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