1994: Gary Tyson served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia in Opuwo beginning in 1994



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Gary Tyson can be contacted at gtyson97ayahoodcom

Country of Service: Namibia

Training Group: Youth & Sport

Cities you served in: Opuwo

Arrival Year: 1994

Departure Year: 1996

Work Description:

Set up a regional youth center from an abandoned building. Set up Opuwo's first public library.

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

Back to school. Earned MSW & MPH. Married and now Executive Director of 64 bed assisted living facility in Charleston, SC.

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

Taught me humility

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

Anyone from Opuwo's youth and sport branch

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Go back to school. Great sanctuary from the reality of being back in the states.

Originally posted: April 5, 2008

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