1964: mert carpenter served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia in Dessie and Addis Ababa beginning in 1964



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer mert carpenter can be contacted at mertamertcarpenterphotodcom

Country of Service: Ethiopia

Training Group: III

Cities you served in: Dessie and Addis Ababa

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description:

Dessie-7thgrade ESL
Addis Ababa -7th & 8th grade math

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

STarted out teaching, became a technical writer, and since 1970 a professional photographerspecializing in industrila dn architecture

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

It took decades to absorb the changes my service wrought upon my soul

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

Any one from Addis or Dessie that can remember me.

Originally posted: August 8, 2008

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