1964: Jerry Cronin served in Colombia in Distraccion, La Guajira beginning in 1964



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jerry Cronin can be contacted at jcroninabmidnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Rural Community Dev.

Cities you served in: Distraccion, La Guajira

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description:

Organized communities for self help projects which included school construction, soccer field construction, digging of water wells, and home garden projects.

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

I have continued to work with the under served people. I worked in Watts for 3 years dealing with Digital Divide issues and placed 400 computers into the community.

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

Best experience of my life. I still make a living teaching Spanish.

Originally posted: January 19, 2004

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