1965: Zoe Hellekson Rae served in Bolivia in Cochabamba beginning in 1965



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Zoe Hellekson Rae can be contacted at zhraeaaoldcom

Country of Service: Bolivia

Training Group: 15

Cities you served in: Cochabamba

Arrival Year: 1965

Departure Year: 1967

Work Description:

Urban Community Development. Started the National Girl Scout movement with my partner Andrea Schmitt.

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

The nine Volunteers in the Bolivia 15 (Urban Community Development) group.

Originally posted: March 6, 2006

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By Zoe H RAE (73.26.10.10) on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 - 1:38 pm: Edit Post

The Bolivia 15 group originally consisted of La Paz - Gerard Cullen, Margaret Barry, and Jim Baker; Cochabamba - Zoe Hellekson (Rae), Andrea Schmitt (Brown), and Dale Harris (deceased 11/2019); Santa Cruz - Mike Hanrahan, Jessica Rohm and Rae Redfox.

It was an Urban Community Development group, trained at Yale, summer of 1964 and Ponce, Puerto Rico, summer of 1965 (Senior Year Program).

I think Gerard lives in Austin, TX; Rae in Round Rock, TX; Zoe in Albuquerque; Andrea in Peekskill, NY. Mike, Jessica, Margaret and Jim location unknown.

I thought about a reunion in 2015, our 50th anniversary, but Peace Corps headquarters did not have current locations of the group. Instead, we three ex-PCVs who served in Cochabamba, Bolivia (Zoe, Andrea and Dale) had a mini-reunion on Sanibel Island, Florida.

By Robert Burke (71.220.149.249) on Sunday, March 07, 2021 - 11:58 pm: Edit Post

Zoe and Andrea
Going through my PC photos I found images of you at the Girl Scout Camp above Chochabamba. Send me an email to confirm your out there and I will send them to you.

Bob Burke
RPCV Cochabamba 1966-68