October 28, 1998 - Saratoga News: Brent Laffoon of Saratoga is one of the first group of Peace Corps volunteers to head for Mozambique

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Brent Laffoon of Saratoga is one of the first group of Peace Corps volunteers to head for Mozambique



Brent Laffoon of Saratoga is one of the first group of Peace Corps volunteers to head for Mozambique

PEACE CORPS BOUND: Not all of us are inhumane, of course. Brent Laffoon of Saratoga is one of the first group of Peace Corps volunteers to head for Mozambique. Laffoon, a recent Dartmouth College grad, will teach English in grades 8-10 and help Mozambique teachers improve their skills.

Peace Corps members are being sent to Mozambique, in South Africa, for the first time, because the Mozambique government requested Peace Corps help. Volunteers will have three days of training in Denver and meet with Mozambique ambassador Marcos Namashulua and Peace Corps director Mark Gearan.

Further training will be in Mozambique and will include three months of language and cross-cultural training. Laffoon's international interests are obviously far-reaching, since his degree was in Latin American literature, culture and society.

He worked on the Dartmouth College radio station, volunteered for the Hartford Sister City Project while in college, and has traveled widely in Central and South America.



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