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Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2008-075-002
Sally H. Foote served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica from 1968 to 1970 on a public health project (Costa Rica IX). Her project was originally designed for a three-member team with one person focusing on public health, the second on agriculture, and the third on microeconomics or co-ops. However, once in Costa Rica, Foote was assigned by herself to a small town in the interior of the country. She worked with her community to raise funds to construct a small clinic building for public health services. For her second year, Foote transferred to San Jose and worked at a special education school for the visual and hearing impaired. In the interview, she also describes the psychological strategies employed during the Peace Corps training and selection process. Interviewed and recorded by Joanne Roll, June 6, 2008. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2008-075-001
Jennifer Walter Fowler served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica from 1968 to 1971 on a public health project (Costa Rica IX). As part of a three person team, she trained in public health while her other two team members trained in agriculture and microeconomics. In Costa Rica, Fowler worked with the community to raise money to build a public health clinic. She also taught nutrition in the local elementary school. Early in her service, Fowler married a fellow Peace Corps volunteer. Their home became a gathering place for other volunteers as well as Costa Ricans. In her interview, Fowler also discusses how health care was delivered at her site and how male and female volunteers were perceived differently. Interviewed and recorded by Joanne Roll, June 5, 2008. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2006-060
Janet Gerardy served as a Peace Corps volunteer in India from 1965 to 1967 on a poultry project. She trained at the University of California, Davis with the India 13 group. She learned Hindi Urdu, but was assigned to work at a gram sevak training center near Nabha in a Punjabi speaking area. Her initial entry into the country was difficult due to heat and illness. Gerardy taught poultry science to the female students and teachers at the training center. She also accompanied veterinarians to rural villages to check on established poultry projects. In the second year, Gerardy moved to the village of Mandour and taught various subjects at the elementary school. She discusses her experiences as a woman in India, as well as the temporary evacuation of all volunteers in the Punjab region to New Delhi due to fighting between India and Pakistan. After the Peace Corps, Gerardy completed an anthropology degree and worked as an ESL teacher. Interviewed and recorded by Joanne Roll, April 7, 2006. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).