1967: Patrick O'Leary served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sierra Leone in Binkolo-Makeni beginning in 1967



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Patrick O'Leary can be contacted at trudyandpatanetzerodcom

Country of Service: Sierra Leone

Training Group: Tanzania XII

Cities you served in: Binkolo-Makeni

Arrival Year: 1967

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description:

Chiefdom development-palm wine and beer tester

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

I returned to Binkolo in 2003 having maintained correspondence of the chief of the area. The village was a hot spot in the war in 1997. The last house I live in while in Makeni had been burned.

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

It was a hard time but wonderful time. I was mentally exhausted when I left Lungi in 1968. The trip back in 2003 was also hard, I went pretty "bush".

Originally posted: April 5, 2008

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