2001: joanne crompton served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala in Totonicapan, Totonicapan beginning in 2001



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer joanne crompton can be contacted at joannecromptonayahoodcom

Country of Service: Guatemala

Training Group: Healthy Schools

Cities you served in: Totonicapan, Totonicapan

Arrival Year: 2001

Departure Year: 2003

Work Description:

I worked with two Mayan schools in creating sustainable health practices. The schools were E.O.R.M. Xenajtajuyup and E.O.R.M. Chuipachec.

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

I founded a nonprofit organization, We Improve Tomorrow (WIT), as a RPCV. WIT supports education through offering merit-based scholarships to students and providing classroom sets of textbooks to schools as a method to reduce poverty in Totonicapan.

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

My days in the Peace Corps were wonderful. I think about them often and would like to volunteer again in the future.

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

Anyone and everyone!

Any message for returned volunteers?:

We are so proud of you!

Originally posted: October 21, 2007

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