December 25, 2003 - Las Vegas Review-Journal : Claire Kolkoski taught computer skills to Samoan customs officers
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December 25, 2003 - Las Vegas Review-Journal : Claire Kolkoski taught computer skills to Samoan customs officers
Peace Corps Volunteer Claire Kolkoski taught computer skills to Samoan customs officers
Claire is 27, and she spent the past two Christmases in Samoa. Her Peace Corps assignment was teaching computer skills to Samoan customs officers. It's one way to keep Samoans from leaving their country for better jobs, part of the corps' mission to stop the "Third World brain drain," she explained. Claire is more serious and more academic than her older brother, who is more happy-go-lucky, their mother said. Claire, a graduate of the University of Notre Dame's engineering school, worked at Nellis Air Force Base in a civilian job for three years before deciding it wasn't satisfying and applied to the Peace Corps. Her 27-month stint in the Peace Corps ended in September. Enthusiastically, she described the lifestyle and cultural values of the Samoan family, who typically live 10 to a house and sleep in a room smaller than most of our living rooms.
Peace Corps Volunteer Claire Kolkoski taught computer skills to Samoan customs officers
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Claire is 27, and she spent the past two Christmases in Samoa.
Her Peace Corps assignment was teaching computer skills to Samoan customs officers. It's one way to keep Samoans from leaving their country for better jobs, part of the corps' mission to stop the "Third World brain drain," she explained.
Claire is more serious and more academic than her older brother, who is more happy-go-lucky, their mother said.
Claire, a graduate of the University of Notre Dame's engineering school, worked at Nellis Air Force Base in a civilian job for three years before deciding it wasn't satisfying and applied to the Peace Corps.
Her 27-month stint in the Peace Corps ended in September. Enthusiastically, she described the lifestyle and cultural values of the Samoan family, who typically live 10 to a house and sleep in a room smaller than most of our living rooms.
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