1978: Jim Dickinson served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal in Kathmandu beginning in 1978



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jim Dickinson can be contacted at jimiddickinsonagmaildcom

Country of Service: Nepal

Training Group: N75

Cities you served in: Kathmandu

Arrival Year: 1978

Departure Year: 1980

Work Description:

I was in the Community Water Supply (CWS) program, constructing gravity-flow water systems in mountain villages.

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

Could not find work building gravity-flow water systems in U.S. so I went with Big Oil and now do transportation planning in Houston.

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

Truly the best and most memorable years of my life. They were hard is certain ways.

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

Richard Stratton, Fred Pollack, Bill Joiner, Steve Crabtree.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Did you bring any Khukri rum?

Originally posted: August 8, 2008

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