1994: Gwendolyn A Ross served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Fiji in Lautoka beginning in 1994



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Gwendolyn A Ross can be contacted at gwendolynross30088ahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Fiji

Training Group: Fiji 77

Cities you served in: Lautoka

Arrival Year: 1994

Departure Year: 1997

Work Description:

Small business adviser with a women's micro loan program.

Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work Description:

Currently administrative officer in Guyana in South America

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

Peace Corps to AmeriCorps and back to Peace Corps. Community service is in my blood.

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

Glad I served and will do it again when I retire. It wasn't all fun but on reflection, I do not remember the challenges only the personal growth. I have to read my journal to read the stuff that went wrong.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

For trainees: Stick with it even when you do not want to go to another boring training session.

In my current job I hear from volunteers and trainees who left early and they all start sentences with "If only..." It is true that the first year is the hardest and the second year is the shortest.

Originally posted: January 10, 2007

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Related Links:

Peace Corps Fiji; Directory of Fiji RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Fiji RPCVs; Peace Corps Annual Report: 1994