October 19, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Bradenton Herald: Ellen Meyi served in Ykua Jhovy, a small rural village in Paraguay
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October 19, 2005: Headlines: COS - Paraguay: Bradenton Herald: Ellen Meyi served in Ykua Jhovy, a small rural village in Paraguay
Ellen Meyi served in Ykua Jhovy, a small rural village in Paraguay
Meyi served in Ykua Jhovy, a small rural village in Paraguay. From 2000 to 2002, she helped establish the community's first water system and improved local water sanitation.
Ellen Meyi served in Ykua Jhovy, a small rural village in Paraguay
Peace Corps looking for recruits at Florida State
By LeMont Calloway
DEMOCRAT WRITER
Ellen Meyi knew at an early age what she wanted to be when she grew up. Unlike many though, she stuck to her plan and saw it through.
It was a television commercial about the Peace Corps, she said, that snagged her attention while in elementary school. After graduating from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., she joined the volunteer organization and set out on a journey to help the people of the world.
Today she's the Florida State University campus recruiter for the Peace Corps. Her mission is to find students who are interested in following the same path. She will be hosting a panel discussion at 1:30 p.m. today focused on post-graduation volunteer opportunities.
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A different world
Meyi served in Ykua Jhovy, a small rural village in Paraguay. From 2000 to 2002, she helped establish the community's first water system and improved local water sanitation.
"We had a party for parents that showed them how to flush toilets," Meyi recalled. "It was such a good moment to see them so excited over something that Americans take for granted."
Deborah Burr of Tallahassee shares similar sentiments. She volunteered in Paraguay from 1998 to 2000, working with farmers that harvested corn, beans, cotton and soy. Now back in the United States, she's the president of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of North Florida.
"Our main goal is to carry out the third goal of the Peace Corps, which is to bring our experiences back home and share them to increase awareness of other cultures," Burr said.
Meyi said college students today often are concerned about how to make it financially as volunteers.
"They usually want to know if everything over there is taken care of and how they will survive," Meyi said.
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