1971: Lucretia Metzler Humphrey served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sierra Leone in Pujehun beginning in 1971



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Lucretia Metzler Humphrey can be contacted at lucretiaaattdnet

Country of Service: Sierra Leone

Training Group: Secondary Education

Cities you served in: Pujehun

Arrival Year: 1971

Departure Year: 1974

Work Description:

Taught "hands-on" science in a girl' secondary school, along with other subjects.

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

I became a school counselor and have worked most of my career in elementary schools, but in the past 10 years have counseled in middle school and an alternative high school and GED program.

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

They were absolutely challenging, easy and stretching.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

I have appreciated the connections through Friends of Sierra Leone. It is a terrific group. I am so glad that I have been able to go back to Salone two times in the past three years. Re-connect with your former PC country.

Originally posted: July 13, 2007

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