1964: Arleen Cheston served in Colombia in Riohacha beginning in 1964



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Arleen Cheston can be contacted at arlchesaaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Community Development

Cities you served in: Riohacha

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description:

rural communit development
worked with various entities in the area to improve volunteer efforts

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

career - teaching ESL to immigrant populations in the Washington DC area
Currently President of Friends of Colombia, an affilliate group of NPCA

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

My experience in Colombia has turned out to be a lifetime committment and has taken me in directions I would have never otherwise dreamed of.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Support your RPCV affilliate group, keep in touch with your fellow RPCVs and find ways to continue to serve the population you lived and worked with as a Peace Corps volunteer

Originally posted: March 8, 2004

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