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January 28, 2005: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: World Wise Schools: Tribune Georgian: The fourth-graders in Carrie Tabor's class at Mary Lee Clark Elementary got a special delivery from the other side of the world on Jan. 10. They received the first letters from their new pen pals in the rural village of Tumana in the west African country of Gambia - and they were pretty excited about it. 01/17 04:18pm [2]
January 23, 2005: Headlines: COS - Gambia: Law: Pittsburg Morning Sun: The Gambia RPCV Robert S. "Bob" Tomassi joins Pittsburg law firm 01/23 05:26pm [1]
July 12, 2004: Headlines: COS - the Gambia: Adventure: Travel:: Vagablogging: Todd Borgie was Expedition Educator on "Take Me With You! " World Tour 01/16 02:41pm [1]
January 8, 2005: Headlines: COS- Gambia: Beef: The Daily Oklahoman: The Gambia RPCV Heather Buckmaster to head Oklahoma Beef Council 01/11 07:35pm [1]
December 16, 2004: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Peace Corps sends April Butkus to the Gambia 01/01 07:55pm [1]
December 17, 2004: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Grand Island Independent: Chrissy Rerucha is a health care worker in the Peace Corps in The Gambia 12/24 04:57pm [1]
December 15, 2004: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Daily Observer: Peace Corps swears in 21 environment volunteers in The Gambia 12/17 07:40pm [1]
November 20, 2004: Headlines: COS - Gambia: The Coloradoan: Jen Johnson (Gambia, 1999-2001) said the diplomacy she learned in the Peace Corps is an essential part of her job as the community liaison for the city of Fort Collins and Colorado State University. 11/29 04:04am [1]
October 14, 2004: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: COS - Poland: Marriage: Medicine: The Chattanoogan: Saving lives by day, Dr. Voychehovski spent free evenings and days off windsurfing, playing tennis and courting Linda, the Peace Corps volunteer from Oak Ridge, Tennessee who eventually became his bride in a traditional Gambian wedding 11/06 02:40pm [1]
September 20, 2004: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: All Africa: The newly appointed Secretary of State for Education, Mrs. Fatou Faye, recently presided over the swearing-in ceremony of twenty education Peace Corps Volunteers at the residence of the US Ambassador in Fajara, the Gambia 10/02 03:42pm [1]
March 13, 2003: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Mathematics: Education: COS - Ghana: Oregon Live: Gambia and Ghana RPCV Ralph Schubothe adds fun to math 11/08 08:17am [2]
July 26, 2004: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Forestry: All Africa: The "All School's Tree Nursery Competition" was supported by Peace Corps 07/28 04:26pm [1]
July 12, 2004: Headlines: COS - the Gambia: Adventure: Travel:: Drive Around the World: Todd Borgie first had the opportunity to travel abroad when I left the country in 1992 with the US Peace Corps. I worked as a forestry and agriculture volunteer in the small village of Brikama Ba, The Gambia 07/13 05:38pm [1]
July 12, 2004: Headlines: COS - the Gambia: Adventure: Travel:: Drive around the World 1999: Our other two travelers, the Gambia RPCV Todd Borgie and Dave Hughes, affectionately referred to as "the Peace Corps guys," drove Hercules, the 1970 Dormobile in our Drive around the World in 1999 07/12 07:08pm [1]
July 12, 2004: Headlines: COS - the Gambia: Adventure: Travel: Parkinson's Disease: Contra Costa Times: The Gambia RPCV Todd Borgie of Berkeley is expedition educator of a team of nine adventurers who are driving around the world in four Land Rovers to raise funds for Parkinson's disease 07/12 07:08pm [1]
April 17, 2004: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Law: Berkeley: Interview with The Gambia RPCV Jean Galbraith 05/24 08:14pm [1]
May 22, 2004: Headlines: COS - the Gambia: Culture Shock: Personal Web Site: I experienced the never ending fury of culture shock. Everyday - literally - brought with it new challenges 05/24 08:11pm [1]
April 28, 2004: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Pesticides: Pest Management: Fibers: Inventors: The Peace Corps sent Sally Fox to the Gambia in West Africa. There she observed the extensive misuse of pesticides which magnified her concern for the environment, encouraging her to develop safer methods of pest management 04/28 06:34pm [1]
November 13, 2003: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Bio-Energy: Africast: The Gambia RPCV Tim Cassidy announced that Global Bio-Energy Inc. plans to kick off a bio-diesel project in the country in March 2003 as its contribution towards the country’s poverty alleviation effort 05/15 10:31am [4]
March 22, 2004 - The Daily Observer: Labour lashes at Peace Corps in the Gambia 04/08 08:05pm [1]
April 1, 2004 - The New England Journal of Medicine: A 23-year-old Peace Corps volunteer lived in a traditional mud hut with a thatched roof in a rural savannah village in Gambia 10/05 01:54pm [3]
December 17, 2003 - Africast: Peace Corps Country Director, Thomas K. Morgan, said since AIDS was first identified in the early 80s, his organisation had been working tirelessly to help individuals and communities understand the disease, and to collectively develop solutions for the prevention and control of the disease 04/01 05:24pm [1]
March 14, 2004 - Metrowest Daily News: Tom and Pam Pendleton met while working in the Peace Corps in the early 1980s in Congo Kinsasha. Now they are working to establish Mango Bridge, an organization with the mission to provide educational opportunities and vocational resources to individuals and families in The Gambia. 03/14 07:49pm [1]
February 11, 2004 - Florida Times Union: Fleming Island students sends help to the Gambia RPCV Elizabeth Frame to build school 02/20 12:35am [1]
January 8, 2004 - Friends of Senegal and The Gambia: Join the Friends of Senegal and The Gambia 01/15 08:04am [1]
December 22, 1981 - Dayton Daily News: RPCVs remember Peace Corps Volunteer Bridgette Mcclellan who died while serving in The Gambia in December, 1981 at Age 25 12/30 11:08am [1]
August 26, 1979 - Dayton Daily News: RPCVs remember Peace Corps Volunteer Lois Lane who died while serving in The Gambia in August, 1979 at Age 33 12/30 11:06am [1]
November 30, 2003 - Greensboro News Record: School honors The Gambia RPCV James Llewellyn 02/03 08:56pm [2]
October 4, 2003 - All Africa: Peace Corps Volunteers work in Training Workshop in the Gambia 10/11 12:59pm [1]
September 16, 2002 - All Africa: Peace Corps Marks 35 Years in the Gambia 10/06 12:16pm [1]
July 13, 2003 - Keene Sentinel : The Gambia RPCV Claudia M. Dery shares music from Guinea with students 07/13 09:19am [1]
July 5, 2003 - The Grand Island Independent: Krissy Rerucha on her way to Gambia in the Peace Corps 07/11 11:23am [1]
July 6, 2003 - The Sun Chronicle: Amanda Little will teach at the secondary school level in The Gambia 07/11 11:23am [1]
July 3, 2003 - The Holland Online Sentinel: Curiosity drives Mike Sheppard to travel to the Gambia with Peace Corps 06/15 06:41pm [3]
May 6, 2003 - North Idaho College: Katy Newbold, drafting major, joined the Peace Corps when she was 46 years old. She worked three years in Africa, starting out in a Muslim country in western Africa called Gambia 06/22 12:33pm [1]
June 3, 2003 - Daily Bruin: Esther Hong taught biology at Gambia College 06/09 12:26pm [1]
March 13, 2003 - Beaverton News: Gambia and Ghana RPCV Ralph Schubothe named outstanding kindergarten-12th grade math or science teacher in Oregon 05/29 11:10am [1]
The Peace Corps sent Sally Fox to The Gambia in West Africa. There she observed the extensive misuse of pesticides which magnified her concern for the environment, encouraging her to develop safer methods of pest management. 07/17 08:21am [1]
Today we wrote our first letter to a Peace Corps volunteer who lives and works there. She is Paula Han in Banjul in The Gambia,West Africa. 01/04 05:22pm [3]
Benjamin Hadary served as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in The Gambia, West Africa, from 1994 to 1996, where he taught English, worked at the National Council for Law Reporting, and learned to speak Mandinka. 01/24 12:24pm [3]
We welcome the return of Jennifer Sanneh from her Peace Corps service in the Gambia. Jennifer served for two years in Agriforestry and for a third year as a Volunteer Leader. 01/05 12:01am [2]
Sonia's Page: My first regular teaching job was with the Peace Corps in The Gambia, West Africa. During my two years in The Gambia, I taught general science, biology and gardening. 04/09 03:22pm [10]
While a Peace Corps volunteer in the Gambia, I was confronted with the responsibility for developing a health education program for Mandinka women who were not formally schooled. 07/17 08:13am [1]
A former U.S. Peace Corps volunteer to The Gambia (1982-1984) living in Kansas City, Missouri writes: in my time in The Gambia, there were altogether two functional telephones in the whole country and definitely no personal computers. 06/17 05:58pm [2]
About The Gambia 07/17 08:11am [1]
Sharon Rowell was a Peace Corps Volunteer in The Gambia, West Africa, from 1991 to 1994. 05/08 12:34pm [2]
Books for Gambia: Peace Corps volunteers who have spent time in The Gambia have been helpful consultants to the project. 06/21 11:37am [2]
Known as Penda Jawo in her village in The Gambia, West Africa, Melanie Burt's (BSc/98) goals as a Peace Corps volunteer have focussed on teaching sustainable forestry practises, creating gardens and orchards, and fire prevention. 07/17 08:05am [1]
Jackie's Adventures in The Gambia 09/17 12:20pm [4]
Fishbowl - Located In Fajara, The Gambia - West Africa 07/04 06:54pm [1]
The Gambia Peace Corps StudEnt Scholarship Fund 07/11 02:32pm [3]
This is the story of my time in the Peace Corps in the Gambia. 01/16 05:27pm [2]
Peace Corps in the Gambia 12/18 09:14pm [2]
Matt Judd, Peace Corps Volunteer - The Gambia. 07/03 09:09pm [1]
Sarah Johnston, PCV in Gambia, was introduced to Peace Corps opportunities by her father, who spent time volunteering in Brazil in the 1960s 06/23 02:54pm [1]
Web Sites about the Gambia [0]
April 27, 2003 - Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University: Joseph Hilliard's final Peace Corps assignment was as country director in Banjul, the Gambia 02/01 02:27pm [1]
April 27, 2003 - Seattle Times: RPCV Shelby Tarutis, who founded GambiaHELP (Health Education Liason Project) 04/27 09:00pm [1]
April 27, 2003 - Personal Web Page: Mrs. Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice President of the Republic of The Gambia, worked in the 1970's as an instructor of US Peace Corps Volunteers in Gambian languages and culture 04/27 08:55pm [1]
April 27, 2003 - Tulane University: As a Peace Corps Volunteer, Kari Beth Fitzmorris was stationed in The Gambia in West Africa where she worked as a natural resources volunteer trained in environmental and conservation techniques 04/27 08:53pm [1]
April 27, 2003 - Crescent Blues: In 1979, Bruce [Trimble] and I decided to do "something different." We joined the Peace Corps and served for two years in Gambia, a tiny country located along the Atlantic coast of Africa, running inland on either side of the Gambia River and surrounded on three sides by Senegal 04/27 08:51pm [1]
April 27, 2003 - Personal Web Page: Welcome to the Groundnut News! This is a website about my experiences living in The Gambia as a Peace Corps Volunteer 11/28 03:13am [4]
April 27, 2003 - Personal Web Page: Sabrina Claydean Tindal in The Gambia 02/08 03:39pm [4]
April 27, 2003 - University of Rochester: Sarah Collard '95 currently serves as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Gambia 04/27 08:39pm [1]
April 27, 2003 - Michigan Technical University: The day before yesterday was Peace Corps Day in the Gambia 04/27 08:38pm [1]
April 27, 2003 - View News: Tom Vehe's assignment was a tree reforestation project. Vehe stayed in a mud hut, used candles for light and retrieved water from a well. 12/04 08:45pm [5]
April 27, 2003 - Personal Web Page: Tobabo Afelli (The Gambia's First Fishpond) by RPCV Daniel Theisen 09/25 05:13am [2]
April 27, 2003 - World Links: Protocol of Agreement Between Peace Corps/The Gambia and World Links 04/27 08:32pm [1]
2006.12.20: December 20, 2006: Headlines: COS - the Gambia: Engineering: Water: The Monroe Times: The Gambia RPCV Beth Wentzel is Staff Water Resources Engineer at Applied Ecological Services 03/07 10:15am [1]
2006.11.10: November 10, 2006: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Crime: The Point: Abdoulie Badjie was brought before magistrate Edrisa Mbai at the Brikama Magistrates’ Court in the Gambia for allegedly raping a Peace Corps volunteer 01/13 03:53pm [1]
2006.09.19: September 19, 2006: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Daily Observer: 21 Peace Corps sworn-in in the Gambia 11/17 08:22am [1]
2006.09.07: September 7, 2006: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: The Kansan: After more than a year of anticipation and a quick three-day preparation seminar that he and other Peace Corps volunteers attended in Philadelphia, Peter Granitz got his first glimpse of Gambia 09/15 08:44am [1]
2006.08.21: August 21, 2006: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Allentown Morning Call: In the Gambia, Peace Corps volunteer Courtney Blake helped build a library, found another way to live 09/08 08:34am [1]
2006.06.06: June 6, 2006: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: The Easterner: Jim Hedgecock received word that he will be stationed in The Gambia 06/20 11:27am [1]
2006.06.06: June 6, 2006: Headlines: COS - Togo: Bicycles: University Education: Sports: : Marian College Hires Togo RPCV Dean Peterson as Cycling Coach 06/15 12:01pm [1]
2006.04.20: April 20, 2006: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: All Africa: Seventeen health volunteers of the US Peace Corps were sworn in at a ceremony held in the Gambia 05/27 03:37pm [1]
2006.02.17: February 17, 2006: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Obituaries: Chicago Daily Herald: The Gambia RPCV Michael John Bolt dies in Florida 03/12 01:03pm [1]
2006.03.03: March 3, 2006: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Kansas State Collegian : Nathan Kettle returned from the Peace Corps where he served from 2003-2005 in Gambia, Africa, in a village of 600 people 03/04 11:31am [1]
December 13, 2005: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Daily Observer: Peace Corps Volunteers take oath in the Gambia 12/13 09:37am [1]
August 15, 2005: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Blogs - the Gambia: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteers Matt and Syl in the Gambia: It is nice to be nice 08/20 02:00pm [1]
July 28, 2005: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Blogs - The Gambia: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Mike Sheppard in The Gamiba: On top of the Train! 08/07 04:33pm [1]
July 10, 2005: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Blogs - the Gambia: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Zac Shepard in The Gambia: This country is amazing. 07/14 12:44pm [1]
May 15, 2005: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Awards: Washington Post: RPCV Bill Roberts Named a Member of the National Order of The Gambia 05/25 04:42pm [1]
May 11, 2005: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Religion: Petoskey News-Review: Tom Cosier has spent 35 years in the Gambia. He recalls that he nearly didn't make it in the Peace Corps. "They found out I was religious, and you're not supposed to propagate your religion in the Peace Corps," he said. 05/17 11:38pm [2]
April 5, 2005: Headlines: COS - The Gambia: Congress: Radio Host: Stennis.gov: After losing reelection to Congress in 1996, The Gambia RPCV Mike Ward was appointed by President Clinton as associate director of the Peace Corps. 04/10 12:10am [1]