1962: Donald Leroy Baskett served in Ivory Coast in Guiglo beginning in 1962



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Donald Leroy Baskett can be contacted at passepartout68ayahoodcom

Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group: Ivory Coast I, Madison, WI

Cities you served in: Guiglo

Arrival Year: 1962

Departure Year: 1964

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:

I have taught English and French in secondary schools and have worked with DFS in Missouri. I have three children and have kept reasonably active in social justice causes. I probably gave 50 programs on my PC experience.

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:

I am very sad that things have gone bad recently in Ivory Coast and in West Africa in general, but I never had illusions of grandeur regarding our work abroad.

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

Information and ideas from, especially, volunteers of Ivory Coast I, II, and III.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Be prepared to do what you can, but also to accept the realities of the socio-political climate seemingly controlled to such a large extent by the neo-cons and the Christian right.

Originally posted: April 28, 2005

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